Carrington Clarke

Alan, Bruce has written in and asked, has the Geelong refinery returned to full production?

And has there been any findings on what caused the fire?

Now we've discussed the

the Geelong fire here on Fuelcast before.

You've chatted with the Viva Energy CEO, Scott Wyatt, in the days after the blaze.

Alan, do you have any answers for us?

Alan, those images were quite extraordinary, given they happened during the energy crisis.

But I guess since that time, the government has also managed, as they say, to get these extra shipments of diesel.

When we look at the prices on diesel at the moment, I mean, it hasn't come back to what it was before, but it hasn't seemed to have gotten much worse of late.

But are you concerned that if the refinery is out of action a little bit longer than they hope to get it back, that that could cause a bit of a crunch

here in Australia?

We shall see.

Interesting, the difference in emphasis coming from those two sides.

Donald Trump very much talking up that possibility, China keeping tight-lipped, but they might be trying to get something else from the Americans before they agree to put that pressure on.

There is a follow-up from Bruce as well, Alan.

Has the current fuel crisis caused any increase in the production of biofuel in Australia?

So one of the most noticeable changes in behaviour, buying behaviour, though, has been the move to electric vehicles.

We've had updated numbers showing that we've continued to see an uptick in people purchasing them, both full battery electric but also hybrid models.

They're all on the rise.

But we did hear from the opposition leader, Angus Taylor, once again talking about scrapping any subsidies for electric vehicles.