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Australia now has more fuel on hand than before the war in the Middle East began (www.sbs.com.au)
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[–] Ilandar@lemmy.today 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Good work on behalf of the government, but I do wonder whether this news and falling fuel prices (partially as a result of the cut to the excise tax) Australians might be getting a bit complacent again. These are short-term improvements to a problem that could be long-term and is out of our control. Now is the time to be thinking long-term about how we can prepare for the worst case scenario, including making changes to our individual lifestyles, not sticking to our usual routines of driving everywhere for everything and then suddenly panicking again if things take another turn for the worse.

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I agree that its always a great time to buy an e-bike.

However, i don't think we should be making long term policy decisions on the basis of the current crisis.

[–] Ilandar@lemmy.today 0 points 3 weeks ago

I don't think the federal government necessarily has to make long-term policy decisions right now. My concern is more that short-term decisions can and will influence public behaviour to the point that more significant responses may be needed in the longer term. We don't seem to be willing to adapt to the crisis or learn to live with it. Instead it's either pretending everything is fine and ignoring the problem or panicking and demanding the government do something about it, which results in short-term "solutions" like cutting the fuel excise tax so we can all go right back to pretending the problem doesn't exist or affect us when it absolutely will at some point.