Running on empty- Australia's fuel security crisis

摘要

I don't want to alarm you. Well actually I do. What if we ran out of fuel?I don't mean the family car, I mean Australia, the country. Do you realise that the last six governments have had no idea what Australia's liquid-fuel reserves are? They still don't, but it's been estimated at less than three weeks.This is staggering information given our dependence on liquid fuel. Transport in all forms, airlines, road and rail, hospitals, vital services, industry and construction would come to a standstill. In fact, the whole country would come to a stop.