With the US result some friends and I have been discussing who the worst PM was/is.

  • NathA
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    15 days ago

    WA still owns its power grid. My power bills in WA are far cheaper than they were in Victoria. These two facts are probably related.

    Also, the WA government reserves a stash of gas for local reservation before companies are allowed to sell the rest “at market rate”. That gas belongs to everyone, not just the company that extracts it. This policy also helps to keep energy prices in WA reasonable.

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      15 days ago

      That’s adamn sight better than here in Vic. Shit is expensive and inefficient.

    • Agent641@lemmy.world
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      15 days ago

      Public power grid, no pokies in the pubs, no toll roads, and it’s been over a week since a major sandworm attack. WA is #winning

    • Tregetour@lemdro.id
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      13 days ago

      My theory is Uncle Sam’s fingerprints are on high east coast gas prices. Giving it away for nothing has to put pressure on Russia’s LNG export income. The donkeys that head Origin, etc. are on board because they can gouge the home market as compensation, knowing (as part of the deal) that Canberra won’t contemplate a reservation policy.