Tom Swann
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Don't worry, everything can always get worse.
South Korea is a major importer of Australian coal and gas. They are now saying relying on imports is "dangerous" and the solution is faster renewables installation.
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Albert Pinto
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2/ On Iran war accelerating electric switch. Read NYTimes report
#DemandDestructionWatch
My favourite part is epic surge in bottom up consumer demand in so many countries. Our ELECTRIC WORLD ORDER podcast
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Albert Pinto
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Ok everyone started the Electrostate versus Petrostate framing after Trump won & gutted IRA. Two strong pieces contest that framing: 1 China qualifes as Electrostate but US is not a Petrostate economically in but a "closed Petrostate" (Tooze) 2 China is not an Electrostate, but a coal power (Wang)
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John Bull
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"i have two Microsoft Outlooks, and neither one of those are working." The Astronauts truly representing us all up there.
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Mariana Mazzucato
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Tesla received billions in government loans, tax credits and subsidies, making Elon Musk the world's richest person. The public? No equity stake, no profit-sharing, no guarantee of affordable access.
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only one flag Angus? bit woke isn't that?
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"BE ALL YOU CAN BE" - US army recruitment ad. Shots of white and black men and women saluting in lines. Etc. All you can be. This is as good as it's going to get for you. So sign up.
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Old mate is a doofus and totally fumbling this
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In my experience the best way to stop a panic attack is to tell someone just don't do it. Works every time. Never makes it worse.
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A new contender for best headline
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Someone should make peak time dancefloor banger sampling " two strong hearts... From the river to the sea", and play it at a big event in Qld, and cause a constitutional show down, that would the best
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David Roberts
10 days ago
The pols & pundits staying on X are choosing to be useful idiots for a nazi.
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Albert Pinto
22 days ago
1/ Disruptions mean countries will rush to exit US-led oil order Worst case scenario for oil companies (best for rest of us) is that people permanently shift...what they call “demand destruction“ i.e short term pain but Long: Iran war will accelerate ongoing STRUCTURAL shift to solar+EVs+batteries
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How to do it
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Meanwhile the bombings will continue until negotiations improve.
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Just had my mullet contained by a iranian barber who rolled out the banter starting by saying the war is great, trump is great, the Persian empire was great (it was pretty great actually as they went), and pauline is great,
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Omfg you could not have a more 2020s south island story. Infrastructure fuck up used as tourism draw card.
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The problem for LNG now is that it is either going to be so cheap the suppliers will lose money, or so expensive it will cause massive social disruption to the buying countries, and it is going to flip between both at random basically forever.
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Hades is too hard.
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Pete Milne
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Cyclone Narelle has shut down 44pc of WA's gas supply and hit LNG exports just when they are needed most. Chevron's Wheatstone, Santos' Varanus Island and Woodside's NWS are all not producing.
www.boilingcold.com.au/cyclone-nare...
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Cyclone Narelle shuts 44pc of WA gas supply
Santos' Varanus Island is not producing gas. Nor are the shuttered North West Shelf and Wheatstone plants.
https://www.boilingcold.com.au/cyclone-narelle-shuts-44pc-of-wa-gas-supply/
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Jordan
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Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.
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Wonder if this crisis may be better for services and hospo and the like. People will have less money overall, and costs will go up, but we aren't just shutting everything down because of a virus. And travel will be less possible. Maybe more local spending?
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"It’s not as if there’s a Strait of Hormuz between us and the sun." My good friend Dave announcing a community solar farm in Goulburn, set up by his dad and part owned by his children.
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'Electrons to the people:' Neighbours build commercial solar farm
Hundreds of residents of a rural NSW town combine to build their own commercial solar farm, demonstrating the community benefits of renewable energy.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-27/goulburn-community-farm-opens-after-significant-delays/106494962?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other
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He never used to talk like this. Even a decade ago. The word salad event horizon is pressing in on all speech acts at all times.
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Albert Pinto
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"Deutsche Bank has developed an index that helps to predict the next TACO by Trump. The "Pressure index" combines one-month change in approval ratings, one-year inflation expectations and performance of the S&P 500 & t-bill yields. The higher it goes, the greater the chances of 🌮"
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There is no point even trying to engage with the details. This is geopolitics by mushed pumpkin and hourly medication.
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lauren
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war_iran_final-blow_v1.pdf war_iran_final-final-blow-v2.pdf war_iran_final-blow-no edits.pdf war_iran_final-blow-no edits (1).pdf war_iran_final-blow-no edits (1) APPROVED.pdf IRANWARPLANSFINALFINALFINAL.pdf IRANWARPLANSFINALFINALFINAL (1).pdf
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I too lead my political messaging with my opponent's frame.
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Tim Lyons
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Thankfully, much needed supplies are getting through to the Gulf States.
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Michael Caley
12 days ago
Iran looking to formalize its control over the Strait and its power to receive tolls from favored nations in exchange for freedom of movement says India, Pakistan, Iraq, Malaysia and China are in negotiations now to establish rules of transit
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...
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Iran developing a ‘vetting system’ for Strait of Hormuz transit: Report
Lloyd's List reports that ships could be allowed to pass through 'safe corridor' once they are approved by IRGC.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/20/iran-developing-a-vetting-system-for-strait-of-hormuz-transit-report
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Reuters
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Exclusive: At least 40% of Russia's oil export capacity is at a halt following Ukrainian drone attacks, a disputed attack on a major pipeline and the seizure of tankers, according to Reuters calculations based on market data
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Exclusive: At least 40% of Russia's oil export capacity halted, Reuters calculations show
At least 40% of Russia's oil export capacity is at a halt following Ukrainian drone attacks, a disputed attack on a major pipeline and the seizure of tankers, according to Reuters calculations based ...
https://reut.rs/3NLOr1o
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INPEX is now earning wartime mega profits, once again, for gas it gets for free. The Japanese Govt thinks it is surprising that Australia would do something about this.
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Public hearings into fellas where are the public hearings.
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Ben Eltham
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Australia is highly vulnerable to an energy shock because we’ve done far too little to decarbonise our economy, especially transport. Good piece by Mike Barnard
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Hormuz is a warning: Australia’s oil problem is its electrification gap
The lesson from Hormuz is not that Australia needs a new panic plan for the Gulf. It is that the country needs to get serious about electrifying the parts of its economy that remain tied to traded oil.
https://reneweconomy.com.au/hormuz-is-a-warning-australias-oil-problem-is-its-electrification-gap/
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Ben Eltham
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Andrew Hastie … welcome to the resistance
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Andrew Hastie open to 25% tax on gas profits and says multinationals have ‘had a really good run’ on Australian wealth
Exclusive: speaking with the Australian Politics podcast, the Liberal frontbencher says a sovereign wealth fund would set Australians up for generations to come
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/26/andrew-hastie-open-to-25-tax-on-gas-profits-and-says-multinationals-have-had-a-really-good-run-on-australian-wealth?CMP=aus_bsky
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The invasion of iraq looks sensible and well executed by comparison with this.
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Greg Jericho
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No a gas tax won't warm diplomatic relation or hurt naitonal security (I mean FFS, surely we know the gas industry lies by now?)
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Gas export tax won’t harm trade or diplomacy despite industry scare campaign claims
Will a gas export tax harm our diplomatic relationships? No. Foreign companies being sad about having to pay some tax in Australia is quite different to foreign countries losing trust in Australia as ...
https://thepoint.com.au/explainers/260326-gas-export-tax-wont-harm-trade-or-diplomacy-despite-industry-scare-campaign-claims
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Life after cars is going to be so good
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The President of Germany.
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The War on Cars
13 days ago
The e-book edition of LIFE AFTER CARS is available for just $1.99 on
@bookshop.org
for a limited time!
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Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile
Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile
https://bookshop.org/a/9252/9780593850732
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Ross Floate
12 days ago
Remember in 1990 when Triple J staff got in trouble for playing NWA’s “Fuck Tha Police” one time too many and so just played NWA’s “Express Yourself” on repeat 82 times until management buckled? That ruled.
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Express yourself: The day Triple J played the same N.W.A. song 82 times in a row
First published in The Sydney Morning Herald on May 8, 1990
https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/express-yourself-the-day-triple-j-played-the-same-nwa-song-82-times-in-a-row-20150902-gjdk0d.html
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I have some ideas about how to reduce the ghost bikes caused by drivers killing cyclists!
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Not usually one for sticking up for the Canberra Liberals, but not sure their "failure" here is the story? What is Andrew Barr doing about the fuel crisis? And why didn't the Greens ultimately support the Liberal motion?
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Canberra Liberals fail in bid to reduce public transport fares to 50 cents
The Canberra Liberals introduced the motion for public transport fares to be temporarily cheaper to alleviate pressure on households while fuel prices soar, but it did not receive the support of the a...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-24/canberra-liberals-fail-in-bid-to-reduce-public-transport-fares/106490078
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Al Jazeera English
12 days ago
The US is “negotiating with itself,” an Iranian military spokesperson said, according to state media on Wednesday, a day after President Trump said Tehran wants to make a deal to end the war on Iran.
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rounding error for these guys. he spent 80+ billion on the metaverse, which went nowhere.
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And helping our trade partners get off the gas we sell it, the price of which is also going through the roof
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Renew Economy
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The lesson from
#Hormuz
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#Australia
needs a new panic plan for the
#Gulf
. It is that the country needs to get serious about electrifying the parts of its economy that remain tied to traded oil.
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Hormuz is a warning: Australia’s oil problem is its electrification gap
The lesson from Hormuz is not that Australia needs a new panic plan for the Gulf. It is that the country needs to get serious about electrifying the parts of its economy that remain tied to traded oil.
https://reneweconomy.com.au/hormuz-is-a-warning-australias-oil-problem-is-its-electrification-gap/
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depths of wikipedia
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are there any more things like this
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Greg Jericho
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Part 2 in "Just how big is the oil and gas industry". The private adult education sector pays almost as much in wages as does the gas industry. Profits are a tad different.
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And where are they going to go? Qatar? No surprises there! And their existing facilities, they can't exactly move them.
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