Fuel supply/ shortages

Whenarewethere · Guru

RE: Fuel supply/ shortages

Ineedabiggerboat · Senior Member

I think that this whole situation will become much worse. Lack of fuel means farmers cant produce, nothing will be transported by road. Airlines will cancel flights. Cost of everything will go through the roof. Not being pessimistic just realistic. There is no positive side to this. There is no way I would be setting out in a long trip. Getting cancer follow ups in Newcastle and Port Macquarie will be painful.

rmoor · Guru

Part of the problem seems to be the big operators are getting the fuel and concentrating on supplying the cities first.
So many small rural towns have small independent operators and this is where the diesel is needed the most.

The govt released 100,000 litres to a needy rural region, but the idiots sent unleaded.

When the supermarket shelves become bare for meat, fish, eggs, milk and bread soon, then they will be screaming in the cities there is no food and that will be the next toilet paper like rush.

Then, maybe, just maybe, those idiots in the capital city with in their shiny butt pants will finally realise the true value of the Aussie farmer and their need for diesel.

It is OK to quote the advantages of electric trucks, but how do producers move from 400 or 800 KM one way 60 round bales, a milk tanker, an abattoir truck or any other produce that requires heavy bulky transport?
Electric trucks might be OK for an Aldi run of 5 KM in a city but would be as handy as t*ts on a bull in the bush.......

Whenarewethere · Guru

That is exactly the point. All transport within a city can be done by EV. Probably reduces ICE wastage by 75%.