About 10 days ago, I had a post on Australia. This post is a continuation of the story. The prior post was on seeing diesel and fuel price hikes. Well, as the price increases have continued, the Australian government is stepping in to assist. How? Cutting the excise tax by half for the next 3 months.
Interesting thought on securing supplies. I did not realize Australia’s oil production had dropped so drastically. In the 2000s, Australia was producing over 700K bbls daily. The country’s production is 398K bbls/day (2024 data), and consumption is > 1.1M bbls/day. OTOH, Australia does have a very high EV adoption rate - in the mid teens.
Norway has the funds, generated by oil, to transform itself. Maybe if Denmark had oil rigs instead of windmills offshore they could do the same. Norway is exporting pollution just like California but with better fiscal management.
Australia bears a certain resemblance to California here. Currently, Australia has two operational oil refineries. The number of refineries has decreased over the years, from eight in the early 2000s to four by 2020, and now down to two.
Have 10-12% of cars sales as BEVs isn’t going to help them much here.
True. But, I think as 2026 continues more Australian car buyers will give a lot more consideration to buying an EV or hybrid. Their charging capacity seems to be growing at a reasonable pace (I saw one article suggest 100 plugs/month) with multiple charging station vendors besides Tesla.
Denmark does not have windmills offshore. They have wind turbines offshore, onshore and solar generation making them one of the cleanest electricity countries in the world (91% LowCarbon). Denmark Electricity Generation Mix 2025 | Low-Carbon Power Data
What makes you think that California is exporting pollution?
And California’s refineries are shutting down due to increasingly stringent and more expensive processing. California will be importing increasing amounts refined elsewhere (until their ban on ICE vehicles becomes effective).