About this episode

The episode discusses Australia's lack of preparation for the fossil fuel crisis with insights from energy security expert John Blackburn.

How did it come to this? Energy security expert and former deputy chief of the RAAF John Blackburn on how Australia's has done nothing to prepare itself for the current fossil fuel crisis. Plus: EV sales are surging and electric trucks are a thing. Someone tell the transport minister!

Topics covered

• energy security
• fossil fuel crisis
• electric vehicles
• transport

Keywords

• fuel rationing
• EV sales
• electric trucks

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