This is basically a classical dangerous Gain of Function (dGoF) experiment. I wish the US government would shut it down. A while ago, Stacey Schultz-Cherry and I wrote a commentary (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/article…), that ends with this sentence:

$266 BILLION OF AUSTRALIA'S EXPORTS RUN ON DIESEL. WE IMPORT 87% OF IT AND HOLD 31 DAYS. Ask any politician what pays the nation's bills and they'll say exports. Here's what pays for the exports. Last financial year Australia exported $646.6 billion. Iron ore, coal, gold, alumina and beef were $266 billion of it, 41% of everything we sell to the world. Add gas and mined commodities are nearly half. Every tonne of ore, coal and beef is dug, hauled or farmed on diesel. Mining and its trucking use 11.5 billion litres a year, 35% of all the diesel in the country. Our biggest export, iron ore, and coal account for more than 80% of mining's diesel. Now look at where the diesel comes from. 87% is imported. South Korea alone sends 8.7 billion litres a year, then Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei and India. We're the biggest diesel importer on earth, about 10% of all diesel shipped by sea. We used to make our own. In 2020 our refineries met about 42% of fuel demand. By 2025 it was 21%. BP closed Kwinana and ExxonMobil closed Altona in 2021 under the Coalition. Three more were closed between 2012 and 2015, under both sides. Western Australia, home of the Pilbara, hasn't refined a litre of its own fuel since 2021. And the buffer? 31 days of diesel nationally, by the Minister's own figure, down from 33 in April. WA's emergency stockpile is 20 million litres. Rio Tinto gave up 8 million litres of its own delivery to help fill it. In fairness, both parties let the refineries go, importing is usually cheaper, and the government has announced a $3.2 billion reserve and higher minimum stocks. But the reserve has no date, the refineries aren't coming back, and $266 billion a year of exports depends on a fuel we barely make and hold about a month of. That isn't a fuel problem. It's a national security problem. Same standard, every side. Cold Hard Facts. Corrected when wrong. No misinformation. What's your thoughts…? Peter Lyndon-James 🇦🇺 Sources: DFAT, Australia's top 25 exports 2024-25; IEEFA, Digging mining out of diesel dependence, Oct 2026 and Managing Australia's diesel squeeze, Apr 2026 (citing DCCEEW Australian Energy and Petroleum Statistics); Australian Petroleum Statistics, via NRMA, Mar 2026; ABC News, 24 Sep 2026; Argus Media, 10 Feb and 10 Mar 2021; NAB, 10 Apr 2026; Chris Bowen, LinkedIn, 24 Oct 2026; WA Government, 6 May 2026; Australian Mining, Apr 2026. Export totals and shares: author's calculation.

Nearly 2/3 of Australians support nuclear energy being considered. New polling Nuclear for Australia commissioned with YouGov shows rising support for nuclear power. ⚛️ Take Action & Learn More: LiftTheBan.com.au

David here lives on the other side of the world yet somehow knows all about my circumstances and transport needs. David is yet another #EVwanker

We don’t have ability to supply 24/7 on demand energy at industrial scale. The issue isn’t houses

Tomorrow one of the world’s leading nuclear experts, MIT Professor Jacopo Buongiorno will be in Parliament to educate politicians about nuclear ⚛️. He’ll be speaking to politicians across the aisle at a time where power demand is growing and technology is rapidly advancing.

Why is investment in utility solar drying up? South Australia in past 7 days shows why. Utility solar threw out (13.7)more electricity than sold (9.5). In the past 12 months utility solar threw out 42% of generation. Wind is better, but houshold batteries will kill that also.

Do you ever book your flight based on the aircraft type?

Seeing a lot of people on here say that they check out of hotels at the front desk I don’t think I’ve checked out of a hotel once in my entire life. I just leave and assume they’ll figure it out after my reservation is over So now I need to know Do you actually check out of hotels or do you just leave?

We're pushing ahead with the Queensland Fuel Security Plan.

Fact. Grifters hate nuclear energy because it threatens their renewables rort.

Man muss und sollte sich über eine Sache immer im Klaren sein: Erneuerbare Energien brauchen, wenn es Klimaschutz in Verbindung mit Versorgungssicherheit und Bezahlbarkeit geben soll, zwingend #Kernenergie als Back-up. Kernkraftwerke hingegen brauchen kein Back-up aus erneuerbaren Energien. ☢️❤️ #EnergiewendeEnde

Sovereign capability means drilling, refining and storing our own fuel here in Queensland.

Why diesel prices skyrocket when there's a supply disruption: the global anti-fossil-fuel movement has shut down vital refining capacity.

Some scientific researnot for you to watch - not me though I am referenced. p.s. It's by Dr Eric Huxter if you want to be impressed by qualifications. youtube.com/watch?v=13fyVEbf…

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) tried to cost out solar PV back in the 80s. They concluded that even if the photovoltaic panels were free, they still wouldn't produce competitive electricity due to the cost of the supports, connections, converters, land, etc. They are installed today larger as a matter of SOCIAL engineering (tax treatment, preferential dispatch, cross-subsidies, rate design) not cost engineering.