BellingenNSW<p>Tangled up in oil in Petrotopia</p><p>Imagine life on an Island that has to import 91% of fuel from overseas.<br>And the entire matrix of the place has been set up for oil dependency a century ago.</p><p>Without a car there is no mobility (in Petrotopia)<br>Without a car one can't get stuff (made /transported by fossil fuels)<br>Without a car one can't get to work or other places<br>Without a car one can't drop off the kids <br>Without a car one can't empty the dogs<br>Without a car one can't go for a walk<br>Without a car /mower one can't do the endless lawns<br>Without a car/ boat/ plane one can't re-create or have a holiday</p><p>Australia is reliant on imports for around 91% of fuel consumption. <br><a href="https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/australia-91-reliant-on-foreign-oil-research-report/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">australiainstitute.org.au/post</span><span class="invisible">/australia-91-reliant-on-foreign-oil-research-report/</span></a></p><p>Bondre, N. (2023). Petromobility and Energy Coloniality in Puerto Rico: Reading Luis Rafael Sánchez’s La Guaracha Del Macho Camacho. Green Letters, 27(2), 219–238. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/14688417.2023.2243488" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1080/14688417.2023.</span><span class="invisible">2243488</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/petroleum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>petroleum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/fuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fuel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/mobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mobility</span></a> modernity <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/dependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dependency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/EnergyDependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyDependency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/islands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>islands</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/automobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>automobility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/roads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/malls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>malls</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/highways" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>highways</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Petrotopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Petrotopia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/PetroMelancholia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PetroMelancholia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/CarDependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarDependency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/MobilityDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobilityDesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ClimateBreakdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateBreakdown</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/transformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/societies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>societies</span></a></p>