Sean Wade-McCue

Powerlake founder, engineer & drummer

[Sean Wade-McCue @spicydrumsticks]

@mattjcan Housing affordability in Australia literally translates (in English) to homes being lower cost, i.e., a reduction in their value.

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The fall in the weevil market this morning was astonishing.

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@AngusTaylorMP The price will rise until demand matches supply again. This won’t help at all and will take revenue away from the people.

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@KobeissiLetter They should have raised prices more steeply. Running out helps nobody, but at least an ambulance should be able to buy expensive fuel.

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@plebcapital Yeah, those goals can’t always be achieved simultaneously. More to the point, how do we prevent thumb twiddling with 20% less oil, etc?

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@VoteLewko @AlboMP Why would we reduce the price of fuel when we’re struggling to meet demand? There’s no point in running out.

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@Terri_1987a @AlboMP And you know this how?

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@theweekafternxt It just speaks to how competitive buyers are in our country. Prices will go up an arbitrary amount until demand comes into balance with supply, or we implement rations.

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@esdnews All that matters is that renewables offer better value.

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@PeterOB24979769 Agree. If you can afford it, you should be allowed to buy it. Pass on the cost. If your customer won’t pay the increase, then you’re not providing enough value and will go out of business.

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@mattjcan My only guess is that it’s for infrastructure that will eliminate the ongoing cost of fuel.

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@DavidCrisafulli I don’t see this fixing the immediate problem (servos running out of fuel). Operators need price freedom to control the flow of stock. Lazy operators completely running out are a serious issue. Running out should be an offence. An ambulance should pay anything for the last drop.

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@markgardn What productive thing did you do today?

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@AlboMP It would almost make sense to penalise charging too little and running out of supply. Empty servos are less useful than expensive ones.

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@QBCCIntegrity @AlboMP We’re not trying to reduce prices. We’re trying to reduce demand. If we could reduce demand without increasing prices I’m sure we’d do it.

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@rn_lilydale @AlboMP Higher prices keep fuel in the bowsers by reducing discretionary usage. There are no two ways around burning less fuel with the state of the supply chains. Lowering prices would result in worse shortages.

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@AussieBattl3r @AlboMP Production is down so we need to use less. Easiest way to prioritise usage is to increase the price. Only other option is rationing. IMO running out should be a more serious offence than charging too much. Ambulances etc must be able to fill up.

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@herokustatus Can't reach my app or log in to Heroku from Brisbane Aus right now.

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"The Fight" was written by Sean Wade-McCue

[Sean Wade-McCue @spicydrumsticks]

Fires breathe, don't seek to win
Burn so now, and speak herein
Where rivers flow but never go
Tied to sense; no thought
Captured by eternal fire

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Not of flame or smoke, but light of path
Fresh as breath of salted sea air
Beam of light, so ever bright
No shadow cast nor dark is night
When peace takes over from the fight