just gonna leave this here.
kiss any summer plane travel plans good bye
everyone's out of jet fuel just before peak travel season...
tinyurl.com/PolycrisisWesleyan bsky.app/profile/70sb...

A lot of companies have been barely holding on over 2+ years of recession like conditions. This will be the final straw.

Builder loses three months of work as soaring diesel costs bite The owner of a Wellington building company says a lucrative contract vanished after he was forced to pass on a 20% rise in overheads.

The pain at the pump is starting to expand into the supply chain. www.stuff.co.nz/home-propert...

Iran war: Greens call to ‘electrify everything’ and distance NZ from US The Green Party says a national electrification plan is needed to build NZ’s energy security as, unlike oil shipments, wind and solar can’t be held up in the Strait of Hormuz.

www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...

Hell yes. 🙌🏽 Greens first out the gate with ‘electrify everything’.

It’s always been dumb to import so much fossil energy and now this draining sound from our economy

'The economics stack up': Fuel pain drives e-bike boom Electrify NZ says its e-bike sales have doubled since the energy crisis began.

Really really is time to drop the silly culture war on bike lanes, roll our sleaves up and complete the long planned cycleway networks. Everyone wins when someone rides, leaving more of expensive stinky stuff for other users:
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland/...

www.ishormuzopenyet.com

IRAN TELLS MEDIATORS WILL CHARGE TOLLS DURING CEASEFIRE: WSJ

Fuel stocks fall again, one shipment delayed but 'no risk' says PM Energy officials revealed one "small shipment" has been delayed in Singapore, with warnings that delays around fuel shipping are becoming more frequent.

NZ PM Luxon says there is “no risk of disruption to our future fuel supply"

wtf is he up to?

www.1news.co.nz/2026/04/15/f...

Victoria has made public transport free – NSW hasn’t. Has there been any difference in uptake? Public transport access, travel time and familiarity with the network all play a role in how many people switch away from driving.

“… suggests price is not the main constraint on mode shift. Access, travel time, service reliability and the ability to make specific trips appear to matter more.” theconversation.com/victoria-has...

Péter Magyar, who unseated Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Sunday in a landslide, shared a bombshell with reporters that the outgoing leader had diverted taxpayer funds to bankroll the American Conservative Political Action Conference. trib.al/ct7GGV3

Join me in boycotting fuel instead 😅

Don't boycott RUCs over diesel price, vehicle owners told Diesel was selling for an average $3.89 a litre on Monday, according to Gaspy, while 91 was $3.48.

Something to watch. Talk of boycotting road user charges (RUC) for diesel.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

💥🇭🇺🗳️First results of the Hungarian parliamentary elections are in: with 14.72% counted, the opposition leads with mandates nearing a two-thirds majority.

Everything points to Viktor Orbán’s defeat and Péter Magyar becoming Hungary’s next prime minister.

Hungary’s turnout is BRUTAL: 37.98% by 11am (2022: 22.77%), pointing to 75–80% or more overall. In such a scenario, Orbán’s chances look slim, and it’s unlikely any party beyond Fidesz and Péter Magyar’s Tisza clears the 5% threshold.

Follow me for more #HungaryElection updates.

It's got to sting. You base your whole strategy on blaming last Govt for inflation caused by a global price shock, and then another one pops up as you head into the election!
Now, can you invest in lessening the impact? Well, yes, but you can't because you've made fiscal constraint your thing! Lol.

Why an Orbán loss would be a huge win for the EU - and disastrous for Putin and MAGA It's hard to understate how much vast geopolitics hinges on an election in a country with a population of only 9.6M

🔥 I took a couple of days to compile this long analysis.

The elections in Hungary tomorrow are seismic, globally. So I cover:

- The rise of Orbán
- Orbán’s weakening
- The emergence of Péter Magyar
- The election battle
- The JD Vance visit
- What it all means for Hungary, the EU, Putin & Trump

Great timing for this report. www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/we-...

$200m more a week how? It's crude (get it) but... Average retail cost over previous year for diesel, petrol 95 and petrol 91 = 188c, 271c, and 256c Consumption in litres per day for diesel, petrol 95 and petrol 91 = 12m, 0.5m, and 7.5m Now, assume reduction in consumption of 5% diesel and 10% petrol Use MBIE weekly retail data to work out the extra cost. Oh, haven't included aviation fuel.

You might have noticed that fuel is more expensive. My rough reckons (see ALT) suggests that the country is spending about $200m more per week on fuel compared to the average over the year before the Trump Genie granted Netanyahu another wish. Potential economic impact? [1/n]

Gender Affirming Vehicle h/t @stano.bsky.social

“Researchers also found the rear cab was "seldom used" and 88% of ute trips were driver-only.”

Use was also "highly gendered", with the male to female ratio of drivers at 5:1.
😅
www.1news.co.nz/2026/04/10/d...

New Zealand: don’t accelerate too fast and take stuff out of the trunk to reduce weight

South Korea: “We need to accelerate the diversification of energy supply sources, the transition toward a renewable energy-centered society, and innovation in industrial structures,"

m.koreaherald.com/article/1071...

Dr Giulio Mattioli: Car dependence: understanding barriers to change through the decades YouTube video by University of Otago - Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka

My talk on car dependence research for the Otago Transport Research Network & Living Streets Aotearoa Webinar Series is now on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUu-...

Love to see this: A new poll conducted in Hungary has shown that JD Vance's visit to Budapest caused Putin puppet Viktor Orbán's party to LOSE 3% of its support. ⬇️

Diesel v Petrol use in transport

It is time 💪🏽

This is going to be incredibly destabilising and challenging for a lot of people in our car dependent cities.