A commentary assessing the government's proposal to lift heavy vehicle weight restrictions during the fuel crisis, weighing potential fuel savings against increased road damage, noise pollution, and climate-related infrastructure strain.
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Yeah, look, two things going on. I mean, one is that we have really good supplies of diesel, aviation fuel and petrol in the country. As I've said to you, the priority number one is actually to make sure we maintain supply. Obviously, that's coming at a price. Although it's been good to see diesel, I think, come down 55 cents in the last two weeks, I think, the last 10 days, which is helpful. But I know it's still people paying for it at the pump. But what we're trying to do here is just make sure given diesel powers the economy. I mean that we want even additional supply over the tops that's what that's about we've actually supported the refurbishment of a tank in Marsden Point and we've actually arranged this commercial deal to get that filled with 90 million litres and that gives us as you said nine days cover and just a backstop and an insurance policy which is good on the other point we're just looking ahead and saying okay if we ever have to get into a situation of trying to get more fuel efficiency savings you know through this. through the system if there is a disruption to supply then what's the regulatory regulations that are sitting around that are just dumb and or stupid or don't maximize fuel efficiency so yeah we've talked about you know heavy heavy loads on trucks I agree with you it can be quite damaging to our roads so before we commit to doing any of those regulations we want to look at the pros and cons of it having said all of that what again we're working through this mantra of you know temporary timely and targeted
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increased wear from heavier trucks undermines sustainability
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