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31-03-2011, 11:52 PM | #31 | ||
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42 gallon/159 Litres
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01-04-2011, 12:04 AM | #32 | ||
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one of my relo`s was over from pommy land was saying to me, be grateful your not paying pommy land prices for fuel, i think his rough conversion to ozzy dollars was $2.80 per litre.
moving on ............... so how does our lpg fit into all of this? |
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01-04-2011, 12:09 PM | #33 | |||
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Altho the government has committed to a phased increase in LPG excise (which aint much in the scheme of things), you can bet that any dramatic changeover from petrol use to LPG use would cause a huge shortfall in government revenues, and it would be changed as quick as a no carbon tax promise. |
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01-04-2011, 05:26 PM | #34 | ||
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My brother is very good mates with a bloke who works for a large oil company.
His take on the price of fuel is this "don't believe anything the media says, they set the price exactly as they like". I believe it too. GK
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01-04-2011, 07:01 PM | #35 | |||
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Most of the big money comes from the owners of the oil wells ie Saudia Arabia. If they are exporting 6 million barrels a day at $70 profit for each barrel, then they are making about $420 million a day in profit. It might sound alot, but distributed amongst its population (and obviously its not distributed equally) of 25 million people, it only amounts to $17 per person per day. Not quite enough to sustain a race of people who have a complete disdain to working. |
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01-04-2011, 07:10 PM | #36 | ||
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Will this happen or is it just a scare?
NRMA says petrol could go as high as $2 per litre "Not unrealistic" if continued strife in Middle East "We are really being protected by that strong dollar" PETROL prices are heading for $2 a litre and families should start saving money now, the NRMA has warned. Coles petrol subsidising cheap milkWatchClose Coles petrol 'subsidising cheap milk' Retail giant Coles has been accused of subsidising its lower milk prices by raising its petrol prices. It said the annual fuel bill of families could skyrocket by up to $2000 a vehicle, if ongoing tension in the Middle East continues to force oil prices up, The Daily Telegraph reported. The NRMA also called on the Federal Government to develop a strategy to deal with Australia's dependence on imported oil, saying motorists are "sitting ducks" when it comes to fuel prices. NRMA president Wendy Machin said households should be bracing themselves. "A couple of years ago we would have said $2 was alarmist, but in mid-2008 prices were close to $1.70 and 18 months before it was $1.10, a jump of 60c in that short time. "At the moment $1.50 is fairly average at the bowser and we have this strong Aussie dollar well on parity or above that. "So it is not unrealistic at all if we see continued strife in the Middle East and the dollar falls that we would be getting up to around $2 a litre." Yesterday unleaded prices across Sydney averaged $1.38 a litre, with a low of $1.30 and high of $1.51. An NRMA BusinessWise analysis found $2 a litre would add almost $2500 to the annual petrol bill for a Toyota Hilux driver from Penrith to the CBD, and $2000 for a Ford Falcon driver. A Campbelltown family with a Holden Commodore Berlina would pay an extra $1700 and $2210 if they lived in Gosford. Petrol Commissioner Joe Dimasi said petrol would be at least 20 cents dearer now if the local currency fell to last year's levels. "We are really being protected by that strong dollar," he said, and would not rule out petrol hitting $2 as a worst case scenario. Receptionist and law student Bianca Xerri, 21 drives from Cecil Hills to the city every day and spends $80 a week on petrol. "It doesn't matter how much prices go up, I'll have to find the money to pay it," she said. Petrol is the single biggest purchase by households on a weekly basis, said Commsec economist Savanth Sebastian. The average household pays over $200 on petrol for their monthly bill, up $35 in the past six months, he said. Read more: http://www.news.com.au/money/money-m...#ixzz1IG02Sce6 |
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01-04-2011, 09:07 PM | #37 | |||
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But then again, all things being equal, and the australian dollar falling to 60 US cents would achieve the same result. But then again, a litre of petrol was only 60 cents 12 years ago, so theirs no reason to think that in 12 years time it could be 2 and 1/2 times the current price ie $3.75 |
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01-04-2011, 09:35 PM | #38 | ||
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At the moment, I'm filling up once every 2 weeks just travelling to and from work in my Focus so thats not bad, it only cost me about $65 to fill up roughly 40L of diesel.
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01-04-2011, 09:52 PM | #39 | |||
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Am forced to use PULP E10, $1.496 when everywhere else was $1.55, plus you get 4c off when you buy over 40L. I don't notice any performance drop at all.
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01-04-2011, 10:48 PM | #40 | ||
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i noticed something odd today when we filled up the work ute.
we were getting deisel @ $1.799 / L and i was looking around at the other pumps. petrol bowser next us has 2 x ulp 91 and one vortex pump. vortex = $1.599 / L ,..... but one ulp 91 pump was $1.489 /L and the other one six inchs away was $1.980 ???. the next bowser along the driveway had one ulp 91 pump @ $1.469 and the othe @ $1.489 . so 3 different prices for the same fuel at the same time and place.
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01-04-2011, 11:27 PM | #41 | ||
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thanks for the helpful information bobthebilda
back when i used to use petrol cars as my daily drivers (and subsequently conform like a sheep lining up for petrol on cheep chuesday) i used to watch the price of oil and could tell you what the price of petrol would be in 2-3weeks time. nowadays i don't care for it so much.
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02-04-2011, 09:01 AM | #42 | |||
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02-04-2011, 11:52 AM | #43 | |||
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You've probably hit the nail on the head there jamesson. People are always angry when they have to spend $1.40 for a litre of petrol, that cost the service station $1.35 to buy, but they have no problem buying a bottle of coke (or even worse water) for $2.00 that cost the service station 40 cents to buy. |
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02-04-2011, 12:15 PM | #44 | ||
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Thats where they make there money i think.
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02-04-2011, 06:08 PM | #45 | |||
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But no, i don't think anyone points the finger at individual merchants for obscene prices.. i like to hate on the parent oil companies myself
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02-04-2011, 06:26 PM | #46 | ||
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Really cant wait till production of Ethanol gets up and kicking
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12-04-2011, 03:41 PM | #48 | ||
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You gotta love the logic we use in this country. An Industry of true national importance, is slowly dying off -
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...section=justin And the government fumbles head over T$T each year to prop up other industries, which wouldnt exist if this one didnt. You can almost see the headlines in five years time. Government subsidised 75% imported cruze, unable to be driven due to government short sightedness in not seeing asian fuel blockade. |
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