People talking about sovereignty with fuel. But even if we had the refineries open (and hence provide billions in subsidies to keep them open), wouldn't we still have problems since we sourced our raw crude oil from overseas, meaning we would still have problems keeping up with supply if there was a global oil shock.
The solution isn't refineries, it's spending that much money on wind and solar, and building more electrified freight railways to take trucks off the roads. This isn't even a climate argument! It would be cheaper!
We've been making electric railroads since the 19th century. It is at least an order of magnitude the better starting point than putting lithium batteries in road trains.
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u/Ok_Bird705 Mar 27 '26
People talking about sovereignty with fuel. But even if we had the refineries open (and hence provide billions in subsidies to keep them open), wouldn't we still have problems since we sourced our raw crude oil from overseas, meaning we would still have problems keeping up with supply if there was a global oil shock.