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The Iran war exposes our stupidity. Australia should stop buying oil and electrify everything.

Saul Griffith · 4 May 2026

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  1. We should electrify our end uses instead - it would save us $135m a day.
  2. Every fossil flow has a clean substitute we know how to build.
  3. The economic case for electrifying the Australian car fleet is undebatable.

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