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Originally Posted by dpastern
Petrol is not cheap. I remember petrol being 15c a litre! I'm sorry Barry but wages haven't went up 8 fold. The OP has posted a valid question - with the Aussie dollar strengthening, and the price per barrel of oil dropping as well, oil (and petrol obviously) should be cheaper. Yet it isn't. Price fixing it is. We all know it, and no government has the balls to do anything about it. We're 90% self sufficient anyways when it comes to oil, so I say we say stuff you to the world oil consortium.
Dave
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Do you really think the petrol companies are not there to make as much money as they think they can. They sell petrol for what they can get away with. If you don't like it you don't have to buy it. (PS I once worked for Caltex)
Here are some comparative figures to let you "young chap" know what it was like when I was first driving 1953
Cost of petrol 3/4 per gallon (approx 9c /litre)
Cost to fill the average car 2 pd 10 s ($5.00)
Weekly pay before tax 8pd 10s ($17.00)
Mileage travelled on petrol 190 (312 KM)
Weekly cost of fuel 30% of income
2009
Cost of petrol 125c litre
Cost to fill tank $44.00
Weelky pay after tax $500.00 (I am only a pensioner)
Distance travelled 500 km
Weekly cost of fuel 9% if income
Yes my car uses much less petrol but it goes 1.6 x as fast and is 1.4 x more powerful. (and it is more comfortable)
Baz
