Is 'drill baby drill' the answer to our fuel crisis?
About this episode
The episode discusses whether Australia can achieve fuel security through increased oil production and refinery construction, featuring insights from energy expert Alison Reeve.
US President Donald Trump is all in on it, but could Australia 'drill baby drill' its way to fuel security and avoid oil shocks in the future? Australia used to have a network of refineries and we were mostly self-sufficient in fuel production. Who let so many close and why? Today, Alison Reeve, energy expert from the Grattan Institute on whether we really could build new refineries and successfully exploit new oil fields. Featured: Alison Reeve, Energy and Climate Change Program Director at the Grattan Institute
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