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Australia needs to be more self-sufficient if it is to survive a fuel crisis and it does not need residential development too close one of the last remaining refineries.
Written on the 27 February 2014 by The Conversation
http://www.acapma.com.au/articles/running-on-empty--australia-s-risky-approach-to-oil-supplies.html
It might sound unlikely, but Australia’s fuel gauge is worryingly low. We’re one of the world’s top energy exporters, but our stocks of liquid fuels – such as the oil on which almost the whole transport sector depends – are far from healthy.
Australia’s worsening liquid fuel security problem was detailed this week in the latest instalment of a report prepared for theNational Roads and Motorists' Association.
A year after the issue was first raised, there has been no action to address the growing risks, both logistical and financial, of keeping so little fuel in the tank.
Lack of refinement
According to the report, refinery closures coupled with growing demand for petroleum have increased Australia’s dependency on imported refined petroleum products. As a result, oil- dependent sectors such as transport, mining and agriculture are vulnerable to supply-chain......”
SW Comment
In 2014 Australia has only a small number of refineries and Altona Refinery which includes Pt Gellibrand fuel importation is one of the few remaining viable facilities.
How viable will it be if the Port Phillip Woollen Mills over development within 400m of the Major Hazard Facility is permitted? To even consider development of 800 dwellings for 2000 people so close to the fuel importation and crude oil storage and pipes is totally irrational and runs the risk of interfering with the protection of an essential supply chain for Victoria and the whole nation.
Read what the NRMA report says:
http://www.mynrma.com.au/media/Fuel_Security_Report.pdf
http://www.mynrma.com.au/images/About-PDF/Fuel-Security-Report-Pt2.pdf
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
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