Insane Petrol prices

[icytailmark (Mark)]

just filled up with E10 $1.56 per litre. When will it end? Its gunna get to a point where half your pay packet will be spent just on getting to work. I really feel sorry for taxi drivers

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Between 1.46 and 1.49 around here.

Lower than yours but still way to high.

[skysurfer]

Well that's "cheap" !

Here in Holland you pay EUR 1.76 per liter, which is more than AU$ 2 !
The most expensive of Europe !

Here a comparison of gas prices:

http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lis...bal_gasprices/

[AndrewJ]

All you need to know is that in this world of today
( as run by bankers, politicians and other scrofulous miscreants )
the only way you can get something cheap is to pay
more for it.
Once you understand that,
occupying your place at the bottom of the wealth pyramid
wont seem half so hard.

Andrew

[AndrewJ]

Here in Holland you pay EUR 1.76 per liter, which is more than AU$ 2 !

Yeah, but even at that price it still only takes $2 to drive across Holland

Andrew

who drove across it in an hour in 1986

[omegacrux (David)]

$1.55 for standard ulp here in NW Tas , least we don't have traffic problems, no rush hour where I live ,10ks to work in 12 mins

[Stardrifter_WA]

Originally Posted by skysurfer

Well that's "cheap" !

Here in Holland you pay EUR 1.76 per liter, which is more than AU$ 2 !
The most expensive of Europe !

Here a comparison of gas prices:

http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lis...bal_gasprices/

The only reason we are not paying over $2 a litre is the strength of the Australian dollar. When that devalues....oops!

[pgc hunter]

LPG here went from 52c a litre in January, to 80c now. What a crock, this is just criminal. I am now paying over $40 to fill up my car, when less than 2 months ago I was barely hitting $30 for a full tank.

There's no point in getting a conversion done anymore, when you consider that LPG is about 30% less efficient to run on. When it was a third the cost of petrol, you would still be saving heaps, but now, forget it.

It is even more sick when the govt keeps spewing the green mantra, greener fuels, greener living blah blah blah (all BS - just a cover up for their own stuff ups), then the price of our cleanest automobile fuel ALMOST DOUBLES. They're all a bunch of manky swine, the lot of 'em.

[supernova1965 (Warren)]

Unfortunately it is something we will need to get used to in the coming decade as oil supplies start to run low. It is believed that we are already at or have past peak oil. That is why we need to move to other fuels for our transportation needs. Like this plane that has been flying for some time on solar.

[supernova1965 (Warren)]

and here are two drag races between an electric car and a porsche and ferrari

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqqtJpfZElQ

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

In that link: All prices updated March, 2005.

so it is probably even worse.

[asimov (John)]

Don't drive then lol.

[TrevorW]

12c a gallon in Venezuela what gives ????

[Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)]

I work from home these days. I used to drive 70km each way to work up the M5 in Sydney to the North Sore. That's 850km per week allowing for parking and getting around to meetings. My diesel vehicle (Landrover) consumes 9-10l/100km on average, and 12 l/100km in the city. That's 100-odd litres - before I even think about weekends. The Landrover isn't the most frugal, but for what it is it actually isn't too bad. My weekend lifestyle requires it. There are sedans that use far more fuel then I do.

Tolls are $4.40 going north on the M5, $5.50 for the Eastern Distributor, $4.00 for the Bridge going south and again $4.40 for the M5 south back home. That's $18.30 in tolls each work day or $91.50 per week.

That's a total of some $250 per week just to get to work at today's fuel price.

I used to do this. I don't any more. Some would say it's social engineering at work.

[clive milne]

Originally Posted by pgc hunter

It is even more sick when the govt keeps spewing the green mantra, greener fuels, greener living blah blah blah (all BS - just a cover up for their own stuff ups), then the price of our cleanest automobile fuel ALMOST DOUBLES. They're all a bunch of manky swine, the lot of 'em.

No... this comment is total BS.

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

$1.85c here in Darwin ....
Brian.

Originally Posted by icytailmark

just filled up with E10 $1.56 per litre. When will it end? Its gunna get to a point where half your pay packet will be spent just on getting to work. I really feel sorry for taxi drivers

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

Peter see my last post , we are nearly there ( $2 ) , and all our fuel comes fron Singapore , I cant believe any thing else , except pure GREED !!! as we up here in Darwin are closer than the rest of OZ ??? We have a shipping terminal here , directly shipped .. Greedy Ba$!a,,,ds .
Brian.

Originally Posted by Stardrifter_WA

The only reason we are not paying over $2 a litre is the strength of the Australian dollar. When that devalues....oops!

[jenchris (Jennifer)]

Keep buying Chinese stuff and it'll go up some more - they use all the fuel now - there's more coming out of the ground than there ever was.
Now India and China are buying it.
If we don't sell it to them, they take it.
That's why they're being nice to Iran and Syria

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

and thanks Jen , what a sorry world we live in , if thats the case .
But Hey ! on the bright side , ... ,, .I might get a 5% pay rise this year ??? .....
Brian.

[Stardrifter_WA]

Originally Posted by brian nordstrom

Peter see my last post , we are nearly there ( $2 ) , and all our fuel comes fron Singapore , I cant believe any thing else , except pure GREED !!! as we up here in Darwin are closer than the rest of OZ ??? We have a shipping terminal here , directly shipped .. Greedy Ba$!a,,,ds .
Brian.

Hey Brian, it's not greed. It is simply supply and demand! China and India need more fuel than ever and are creating a huge demand. I don't like it one little bit, but that is the way of the world, unfortunately.

Cheers Peter