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I was clicking through Aussie news earlier this week and came across this article. I waited to see if anyone else posted it, but it never appeared from what I can see.
If this guy is correct, then petitioning of our gov to change its stance on buying foreign goods from suspect foreign powers/groups who take by force etc would not only make an impact on those said foreign groups, but also not effect our price of oil that much? I really hate the sensationalist heading and the focus on a religious faction (also knowing that it's a simple tactic by media to get people to read their stuff), but reading past all the doom and gloom and sensationalist comments, the lower section of the article is interesting as it suggests we can positively make a change. And one that (if this information is correct) I'd happily pay an extra few $ at the pump to make even a shred of difference. But really, can it be that simple? I'm guessing no, but a change in our own legislation could be a positive thing none the less. One of our nation's core values is, "give each other a fair go”... So... I also find it interesting that in the past week oil and fuel companies have been making news for all the wrong reasons. Anyway the article... http://www.news.com.au/finance/busin...43bb591188db85 Quote:
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There is some truth in it but I am not sure the fix is as simple as he suggests.
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I agree. Apart from the fact that you can't get those oxygen thieves in Canberra to do anything sensible - if Australia did stop buying from those criminal States, our consumption is a drop in the ocean of world oil supplies and it wouldn't achieve anything.
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It's not like we really have much say anyway. We could have pulled our own oil & gas out of bass strait & refined it rather than importing oil at prices set by "legalised" cartels, but you can thank previous governments & OPEC for making us rely on Singapore and be at the mercy of the world....
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So this clown has proof Australia is buying oil from ISIS? Really????
Must have got his professorship from the side of a Weeties packet.
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Just found this after some googling...
http://crudeoilpeak.info/australian-graphs Seems we get a huge majority from Asia not the middle East. I'm still interested in the policy we have though. Aussie muscle, you got any more info on the Iran situation?
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