All Activity

Because even though America produces all the oil and fuels it needs, American oil companies don't set the "global benchmark" for oil pricing. This is done by international oil traders, and especially oil futures traders. The benchmark prices for oil are Brent crude ("Brent") and West Texas Intermediate ("WTI"). As a result, American oil prices go up when the benchmark prices go up. American oil companies will sell their product to the market that is paying the most. If that market is somewhere else in the world (such as Europe), American refineries have to pay more to acquire their crude oil supplies. https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2026/03/20/america-produces-the-most-oil-so-why-are-gas-prices-surging/

No. I am not assuming the weight is mostly the prime mover. All I meant was that a road train of a prime mover and two trailers has one less prime mover than if each of the two trailers was pulled by a prime mover. In other words, a two trailer combination halves the amount of weight of two prime movers. These are the legal axle weights:

They have 1,409,000,000 people. We have 28,000,000.

The Chinese are doing it right. If we followed their plan we would prosper. Coal+nuclear+solar+wind+hydro in a sustainable balanced plan.

Yeah. They are Massive Hypocrites. NO rules apply to them. Nev

Ah. Theiss Bros and John Laws. Only rich Lawyers could afford the early Landcruisers. It was Patrols in WA. They all ruin your Back. BYD Shark rides beautifully. Watch the suspension next time you follow one. Nev

However, to balance the above..... Since September last year, the US military has conducted 47 strikes on civilians marine vessels travelling in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean, leading to over 190 deaths. No criminal trials, no evidence provided to the public to justify the violence, merely an arbitrary allegation of terrorism with no transparency nor accountability for who they have summarily executed. The USA then sent its military into Caracas, killing more than 80 people, to abduct the President of Venezuela and replace him with a compliant proxy. It then commenced a military campaign against Iran that has already killed thousands, without even attempting to conduct themselves within the parameters of international law. The UN Security Council was not consulted, and no evidence has been provided to support its flimsy attempts of retrospective justification. The US President has made genuine threats to invade Greenland, Panama, and Cuba, without ever once bothering to even pretend to discuss a legal justification for the hostility. People who live in glass houses......

Comment dredged from the interwebbything... Today, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stood before the world's media and made the following statement about Iran: “This is an international waterway, No country can control them. There is no international law that allows you to say, I’m going to put mines in an international body of water, and I’m going to blow up ships that don’t listen to us and try to go through.” “We cannot live in a world where a rogue state like this Iranian regime is allowed to claim, as a new normal, control over an international shipping lane,” I agree with him.

Anyone can Put $#!T on You Tube Mate. Trust you to Pick the Best of it. The day I need or HEED, Pauline Hansons advice will Never come. 3 generations of Pure Racism AND Hate. Pass thanks It's obvious WHO she is working for. People will work her out, eventually. The truth will OUT but it's getting More hard than ever to find due to the total failure of the mainstream Media to do it's job. Nev

You are assuming the Weight is Mostly the Prime Mover. Braking causes the Most severe road surface damage Plus tree roots and flood water saturation of the soil under the road.. We move stuff over long distances Here so have to bear the extra costs (of everything) when we live in remot(er) areas... Nev

The Inland rail still Goes to Parkes. Is it Possible that It was Found to Be Uneconomic before it was finished? IF so what is the right thing to do? Press on regardless?? It was Abbot and Hockey that Unceremoniously Kicked the Car Companies out. Both are NOT the same and never were, Anyhow we DONT now have a 2 Party system. If you think so, think again and remove your blinkers. The UNHOLY Alliance between the Libs and NATS was a major contributor to where we are at NOW. Nats represent Coal and Gas, and corrupt deals on the Darling River, NOT small Farmers. Nev

In Oz ICAC watches what Oil companies do with Pricing vs Cost including exchange rate effects. Maybe the West coast of the USA sources oil differently Regarding California, Asian Countries refining prices May be very Competitive. That's why we closed down 4 Refineries when the Libs were in. Storage amount relates to the Number of refineries so that (having a considerable COST) reduces accordingly. No-one Wants to Pay for these things till they Have to Lets face it . ALSO, anyone can be smart AFTER the event. WE didn't cause the Fracas in the ME either, but there's enough Hate there for anything to Happen with MAD People with axes to grind to Muck up things. Nev

Who do you think sets the price of fuel? I bet the oil companies are partying over the sitution Trump has created. I bet the party is being held in the East Wing Ballroom.

Well, we do have compulsory voting, and that's good. Everyone gets to make a choice. That's good. First past the post? Dunno, Just look at the primary votes in recent elections. It is very rare that a candidate gets more than 50% +1. At least with preferential voting one can indicate that which candidate you really don't want, and which candidates one thinks are better than the others.

Short road trains are very commonly seen running up and down the Newell. I suppose that with a train of two trailers at least the rod is spared the weight of one prime mover.

Millions spent on ISIS brides for monitoring Public safety means nothing to this Labor Govt. I've never thought it ever did anyway.

If the US has so much oil why then has the price of petrol there gone up 46.5% in the last 3 months. That is the national average at $US1.26 a litre. It is 50% higher than that in California. California also has the most renewables and largest EV percentage of all States as well as the largest GDP much to Trumps disgust as it is run by a democratic Governor..

Our preferential voting system is NOT democratic..thats the problem. It was done to make sure all votes counted but its faulty. We need the same compulsory voting to make sure everyone does make a choice and it needs to be First past the post. Then you truly get the majority of the will of the people. The more parties you have though can make this problematic because you can of course have 5 parties and the vote can thin out and you could end up governing on 21% of the vote if all the votes were roughly the same...BUT in this case you then have to negotiate with other parties to get a majority if you want a policy implemented. if there becomes a stalemate then on getting a policy through there needs to be a mechanism for the general populous to have their vote on that particular issue. Its sort of when supply is blocked you dont sack the government you go to the people to decide. This is more democratic than the shitshow we have now

Attempting to steer toward balance, I suggest that the Monster Trucks are being made in all formats - diesel, petrol and hybrid electric, by all manufacturers. And the manufacturers are driven (accidental unfunny pun) by market forces. Which is a polite way of saying that style is created by the buyers vanity. The issue of load carrying vs tare weight has been evolving for decades. I was shocked when, back in late 90's, I discovered that a nice big 80 series Toyota Landcruiser could only carry 550kg. Subtract 4 people and the sub fuel tank full of diesel, and you couldn't take more than a sandwich and change of undies with you, in a two ton truck.

We're at the beginning of a transitional period, questioning whether we should continue with ALP and Coalition ideological policy making and vote chasing. It's all becoming very damaging to Australia. We've lost car manufacturing. The cancellation of Inland Rail, etc, etc. We're getting no where.

My sincere apology, Nev. You are absolutely right. I was talking shyte.

No need to squabble guys. Every tech answer has an application. Diversity of energy sources is like an insurance policy against one source stopping. Specifically relating to Energy, reducing the pollution caused by any industry, is a benefit to all humanity. We should wean ourselves off the fossil fuel industry because burning it causes many kinds of pollution. Sooner the better, as long as we do it progressively. And EV's are a great step in the right direction.

Google it mate. It's important you are clear on this.. Nev

There's only Winners and whiners - no turd prizes are allowed.

One BIG truck does more damage than hundreds of Lighter vehicles. Nev