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Crude Oil Imports

According to the DFAT  document 'Trade at a glance 2011', our top 3 imports were:

 

  • 1. Crude Petroleum. $20.830 billion.                                          (75% used for transport; $15 billion).                                   (2012-13: $20.186 billion).

 

  • 2. Refined Petrolium. $14.305 billion.                                           ( 2012-13: $16.868 billion).

 

  • 3. Passenger Vehicles. $14.159 billion.                                          ( 2012-13: $17.33 billion).

 

 

Soon we will be importing all our oil.

 

OR, we could not spend the $35 billion or so on other countries and use it to run an electric fleet. Electric vehicles cost half as much to run. (not taking into account purchase price).

Who's making Electric Cars. All of them (and soon not us)

Toyota Prius and Camery
GM Volt
Ford Focus
Tesla Model S: 100 km/h in 4.2 sec, up to 424 km range.
Mitsubishi MiEV
Nissan Leaf
BMW
Mecedes
Hyundi
Mazda

Comment: Over time some have speculated that Hybrids are not worth it because you will need to replace the batteries at some time. Turns out this was a lie. Not only does Toyota warranty them for 180,000 km, but some Priuses have gone for 350,000 km and 550.000 km.
Read article....

SUMMARY

  • The running costs of Electric vehicles (energy and servicing) is approximately half that of petrol cars.

  • 17 million vehicles in Australia.

  • 1 million in new vehicle sales per year.

  • 25 years to change over minimum. (my guess).

  • If we started at 2017, we finish at 2042. However, before 2030 the price of a litre of petrol will be well over $2 per litre.


Nearly 1 billion vehicles on the planet today.

All other countries in the same situation. We will be competing with them for vehicles and Crude.

Australia wont be their primary concern.

 

 

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