We're giving it a red hot crack to be as miserable as possible.
Out-of-control fire rages at one of Australia's two oil refineries in Geelong
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-16/geelong-corio-refinery-fire/106569692
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-16/geelong-corio-refinery-fire/106569692
We're giving it a red hot crack to be as miserable as possible.
13 Comments
ryannathans@aussie.zone · 17 pts · 119d
Alright tin foil hat is going on
Someone really wants this fuel shortage and our involvement in Israel's war
kingofras@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 119d
I said $4/L at the start of this and on way or another I’ll get it there!
Longmactoppedup@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 119d
Wise sage, how many $/L to stop land cruisers being driven in to high rise office basement car parks?
kingofras@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 119d
Yes
YeahToast@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 119d
Hmm.. and how far would you go to ensure your prediction is correct? Where were you at 10.30pm on the 15th of April.
kingofras@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 119d
At home cooking dinner.
While pressing a red remote control button.
Salvo@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 119d
I’ve already heard from the conspiracy theorists who believe that Jacinta and Dan Andrews blew it up to make everyone buy EVs.
Sigh
BadlyDrawnRhino@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 119d
Well, we've tried everything else...
YoureHotCupCake@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 119d
Puts tinfoil hat on
Billionaires have been saying how much they want to kill off tons of poor people while also building bunkers to hide away in when things get bad, they have the power to accomplish this too.
Greyghoster@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 120d
Well that sucks. Every time things look more positive we get a big negative dumped on us.
MalReynolds@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 119d
Crank it up to
1112, 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.
neutronbumblebee@mander.xyz · 5 pts · 119d
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.
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 119d
If Guy Pierce had been there it wouldn’t have went down like this.