A fire has broken out at one of Australia's two currently operational oil refineries, with residents in parts of Geelong told to stay indoors due to smoke.

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[–] 2 points 6 months ago

don't worry, the aussie tax payer will foot the bill to rebuild the plant. my guess is with the increased production the plant and maintenance program was not prepared and viva are making good coin so they are not going to shut equipment down for safety/maint etc...

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    Hopefully it's fixed up quickly, we don't need any more things impeding our fuel supply at the moment.

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    [–] 17 points 6 months ago (8 children)

    Alright tin foil hat is going on

    Someone really wants this fuel shortage and our involvement in Israel's war

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    I said $4/L at the start of this and on way or another I’ll get it there!

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    Crank it up to 11 12, there's profit to be made.

    ETA Another likely scenario:

    George: Hey, Ron, you know that maintenance we've been putting off because line must go up ?

    Ron: Yeah..

    George: Wouldn't it be terrible if something happened and the government had to pay for it to be fixed real fast...

    Ron: Heh heh heh.

    The best punchline would be if the government nationalized it as well due to negligence of critical infrastructure..

    Would also send a great message to the power companies about line maintenance. But I'm (probably) dreaming, I'll send it out into the aether anyway.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago

    Well that sucks. Every time things look more positive we get a big negative dumped on us.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    Getting strong Frostpunk vibes from when I overloaded The Generator, and left it going just a bit too long. Its plausible the refinery was running close to its production limits given the situation. Environment Victoria blamed aging infrastructure so a combination of factors seems possible. It first opened in 1954.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    If Guy Pierce had been there it wouldn’t have went down like this.

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