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Any replacement for Saudi oil won't happen quickly.
Depends how you define quickly obviously but the oil majors have been positioning for shale for the better part of a decade now. This just happened a couple of days ago:



"ExxonMobil will buy out Pioneer Natural Resources and assume the position as the largest Permian Basin crude oil producer, but there are more deal opportunities out there as the Permian consolidates, analysts said in the wake of the Oct. 11 deal news.

Candidates for the next megadeal include Chevron or ConocoPhillips buying Diamondback Energy or Coterra Energy or snapping up several small-to-midsize Permian producers, analysts said".


The permian basin is the equivalent of two saudi arabia's so it's not exactly going to run out next week either.
 
higher for longer ... 2054 is a long way away
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The federal government has sold $8 billion of 31-year bonds in a heavily oversubscribed deal capitalising on Australia’s top credit rating and improved fiscal position.

The Australian bond offer, now the longest-dated issue in circulation, pays a yield of 4.93 per cent or 38.5 basis points more than the 10-year bond.

The Australian Office of Financial Management, the government’s financing arm, received more than $28 billion of bids, meaning it scaled back about $20 billion
 
I could very easily live in a motorhome. It'd have to be one of those good ones with a toilet & shower, but I could do it.
The problem is caravan parks are charging $60 _ $80/ night to park up and councils are not allowing people to free camp.
So it really isn't as easy as it sounds, as the issue of effluent and potable water becomes another issue.
 
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