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Out-of-control fire rages at one of Australia's two oil refineries in Geelong (www.abc.net.au)
submitted 2 weeks ago by YeahToast@aussie.zone to c/australia@aussie.zone
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We're giving it a red hot crack to be as miserable as possible.

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[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 13 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Alright tin foil hat is going on

Someone really wants this fuel shortage and our involvement in Israel's war

[–] kingofras@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I said $4/L at the start of this and on way or another I’ll get it there!

[–] Longmactoppedup@aussie.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wise sage, how many $/L to stop land cruisers being driven in to high rise office basement car parks?

[–] YeahToast@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hmm.. and how far would you go to ensure your prediction is correct? Where were you at 10.30pm on the 15th of April.

[–] kingofras@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

At home cooking dinner.

While pressing a red remote control button.

[–] Salvo@aussie.zone 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I’ve already heard from the conspiracy theorists who believe that Jacinta and Dan Andrews blew it up to make everyone buy EVs.

Sigh

[–] BadlyDrawnRhino@aussie.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

Well, we've tried everything else...

[–] YoureHotCupCake@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Puts tinfoil hat on

Billionaires have been saying how much they want to kill off tons of poor people while also building bunkers to hide away in when things get bad, they have the power to accomplish this too.

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Crank it up to ~~11~~ 12, there's profit to be made.

ETA Another likely scenario:

George: Hey, Ron, you know that maintenance we've been putting off because line must go up ?

Ron: Yeah..

George: Wouldn't it be terrible if something happened and the government had to pay for it to be fixed real fast...

Ron: Heh heh heh.

The best punchline would be if the government nationalized it as well due to negligence of critical infrastructure..

Would also send a great message to the power companies about line maintenance. But I'm (probably) dreaming, I'll send it out into the aether anyway.

[–] neutronbumblebee@mander.xyz 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Getting strong Frostpunk vibes from when I overloaded The Generator, and left it going just a bit too long. Its plausible the refinery was running close to its production limits given the situation. Environment Victoria blamed aging infrastructure so a combination of factors seems possible. It first opened in 1954.

[–] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago

Well that sucks. Every time things look more positive we get a big negative dumped on us.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

If Guy Pierce had been there it wouldn’t have went down like this.