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Drop Bear

@drop-bear.bsky.social

"Replacing oil imports is pretty much the same as increasing exports. Why go through all the pain of having new LNG facilities and new coal mines when we can just kill oil imports and get a lot of votes in the process?"

#AusPol
#StrategicVulnerability
#ElectricVehicles

Australia should go hard on EVs, exempt them from GST, and save $40 billion a year in fuel imports

Why go through all the pain of having new LNG facilities and new coal mines when we can just kill oil imports and get a lot of votes in the process?

reneweconomy.com.au

January 22, 2026 at 5:18 AM

Drop Bear

@drop-bear.bsky.social

Australia's reliance on imported liquid fuels for transport is one of our greatest strategic vulnerabilities. In an increasingly uncertain world, not taking the obvious solution would be criminally negligent.
#AusPol
#StrategicVulnerability
#ElectricVehicles

January 22, 2026 at 6:13 AM

Drop Bear

@drop-bear.bsky.social

Australia's strategic vulnerability in its reliance on imported fossil fuels has been evident for decades.
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/03...
#AusPol #NationalInterest #FossilFuels #StrategicVulnerability

Former defence leaders say oil wars threaten our security, and climate change deepens the danger

In full-page statements in the national media today, 19 Australian security practitioners and former Defence leaders have published an Open Letter on why Australia’s dependence on fossil fuels is a cr...

johnmenadue.com

March 13, 2026 at 4:21 AM

CIA Shadows

@dukieboy2.bsky.social

When nature hits harder than NATO- Russia’s top sub base just took a beating from a tsunami. If a wave can shake Moscow’s nuclear fleet, imagine what a real conflict could expose. #RussianNavy #Tsunami #StrategicVulnerability #NuclearSubmarines #Military www.newsweek.com/russian-nucl...