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australia has almost no fuel refining capacity most of australia has less than 2 weeks of gasoline and imports it on weekly barges from singapore. in the XXIe

australia has almost no fuel refining capacity most of australia has less than 2 weeks of gasoline and imports it on weekly barges from singapore. in the XXIer century some australia cities have run out of gasoline for half a day, an afternoon, a few days https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-15/singapore-bound-duel-tanker-delayed-again-in-tasmania/6621740 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-15/singapore-bound-duel-...

oblio 10mo ago
> XXIer century Sorry, but it's a bit funny. Based on the name I assume you're French (speaking, at least)? That "XXIer" contraption is really funny to me, I speak a bit of French. In English it's twenty first so XXI or XXIst, in French as far I know it's vingt et unième, so XXI or XXIème. Is "XXIer" from another French dialect or another language entirely?
- fmajid 10mo ago
  Probably German (Zwanzig Erster)
  - oblio 10mo ago
    See, that's the problem with (my) assumptions :-D
- femtozer 10mo ago
  As a french person, it looks weird to me. I would only use it for the very first century: Ier siècle.
bgnn 10mo ago
That's unbelievable. A lot of 3rd world countries have their own refineries.. Wow.
throwaway290 10mo ago
> most of australia has less than 2 weeks of gasoline and imports it on weekly barges from singapore. And you know how much oil is found in the vast lands of Singapore... That stuff floating to Australia is probably Russian oil https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/09/loophole-russian-sanctions-oil-imported-to-australia https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/09/looph...