farmgineer comments on Governor Abbott declares disaster in Texas over diesel prices

[–] farmgineer@nord.pub 19 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It’s still cheaper in Texas than anywhere else in the world.

That's definitely not true. Converting litres to US gallons and JPY -> USD, we're under $3.50 here in Japan.

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[–] Freeposity@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's surprising. Do you know why that is?

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[–] farmgineer@nord.pub 8 points 1 month ago

I'm pretty sure the government has a hand in things since we'd grind to a halt pretty quickly (lots of things move by truck, farming requires diesel, and plenty of trains, particularly in rural areas, are diesel-electric). I don't know any detail, though.

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[+] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 child)

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[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 month ago

As is Australia, we consume more diesel per capita then any other country on earth and don't have a strategic reserve located on shore, we have small amount in some rented space in the US.

While some leeway should be given to the argument we're a big country with a small population and moving shit around is problematic and energy intensive, we've not invested in electrification of rail transport or trains at all (we recently abandoned a 1/2 completed inland rail project)and have indeed gone the other way for 50 years and just built roads.