fuel prices

[samo Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close samo]

im gunna have a winge about the price of diesel, i filled uplast night at caltex at morriset and put 160 litres in and it cost me $237, at $1.47, it will last me a few weeks, but when r we gunna see the barstard go down

[Lacey Member Find all posts View Profile Close Lacey]

We paid $1.41/L for diesel last week, still the same this week, and I paid $1.42 today for petrol for the 90 series. I reckon we get ripped off left, right and centre for everything, at least in Sydney :evil: . No wonder people would rather go OS for holidays than hang around here.

Lacey

[hoppy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close hoppy]

The highest prices in LA today was about $4 a USgallon for diesel. If my calculations are correct that is about US$1.05 a litre. If that is converted to Oz dollars at todays rate of 85cents, My guess is $1.24 a litre. Check it yourselves. The USA does have a lot more customers, so selling in bulk etc.....

http://www.losangelesgasprices.com/index.aspx?fuel=D

[spara Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close spara]

I heard the price of unleaded in London was $2.25 / ltr last week

[hoppy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close hoppy]

I heard the price of unleaded in London was $2.25 / ltr last week

I lived in London for a few years and its strange but you get used to the price. I was being paid pounds but it is all relative I guess. I always compared the price of of most things to a can of coke and it all seemed to work out similar to Oz prices.

[UberSarge Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close UberSarge]

As long as the pollies get fuel tax based on percentage of the fuel rather than a fixed amount per litre, nothing will happen. The higher the fuel price, the more $$$ the government get!! :evil: Sounds similar to their pay packets... Constantly increasing for little gain in productivity. :?

[Russ WA Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Russ WA]

Do you guys have fuel watch over in the Eastern states?


http://www.fuelwatch.wa.gov.au/prices/d ... esults.cfm

I assume you can check out the cost of fuel and get the shopping centre discount vochers at 4 cent per litre.

What do you call our Woolworths. Safeway.Or is that just Melbourne.

Russ

[nordic venture Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close nordic venture]

£1.04 a litre ($2.46?) here in Scotland

[Shell Member Find all posts View Profile Close Shell]

Fuel prices are a joke, Wednesday unleaded was $1.22.9/l yesterday(Thursday) it had jumped over night to $1.47.9/l. As it' now coming into the weekend it will be dearer again today. Tuesday next week it will drop slightly again.

[LiveFreeAndRoam Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close LiveFreeAndRoam]

According to Australian Fuel Pricing Facts, Facts About Diesel Prices, Australian customers continue to enjoy low diesel prices by international standards.

Now, doesn't that make you feel all warm and fuzzy.... not!

Basically, the document suggests the Diesel market is still too small, compared with ULP, for them to be similar prices.

With all these new TD Prado owners coming online, the price should be plummetting any moment now (eternal optimist )

I assume you can check out the cost of fuel and get the shopping centre discount vochers at 4 cent per litre.

There was a program recently that concluded supermarket vouchers are a conspiracy and have contributed to rising fuel prices. Essentially, the supermarket chains have pushed out the competition; less competition = higher fuel prices = higher profits. Clever little monkeys! Damn, I hate beeing hoodwinked :x

And when is Toyota releasing the Hydrogen-powered Prado?

Cheers,
LFaR.

[hoppy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close hoppy]

And when is Toyota releasing the Hydrogen-powered Prado?

Cheers,
LFaR.

Maybe they are working on a solar powered Prado? :shock:

[whiteman Member Find all posts View Profile Close whiteman]

Can't see why anyone is complaining about the price of fuels. It's called supply and demand and supply is waning and demand is growing. At least with a 180l fuel tank you can pick your days and hopefully avoid the very expensive fuel stops on longer journeys.

Worldwide the price of fuel is based upon the $US which is particularly weak at the moment. In Euro terms, the fuel price has not risen too much. With the dipping $A be prepared for another 10% rise real soon.

And yes, I know fuel is taxed at high rates but this is not what is driving up the price.

[hoppy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close hoppy]

Can't see why anyone is complaining about the price of fuels. It's called supply and demand and supply is waning and demand is growing. At least with a 180l fuel tank you can pick your days and hopefully avoid the very expensive fuel stops on longer journeys.

Worldwide the price of fuel is based upon the $US which is particularly weak at the moment. In Euro terms, the fuel price has not risen too much. With the dipping $A be prepared for another 10% rise real soon.

And yes, I know fuel is taxed at high rates but this is not what is driving up the price.

Im pretty sure that Australian oil prices are based on the Singapore crude oil index. That is because we are in that region.

[Damien Parker Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Damien Parker]

If the world suddenly dried up of oil overnight, we would have enough oil to get us through for the next 7 years in Australia at current usage rates.

A renewable fuel has be a serious consideration for any large manufacturer of vehicles. Hydrogen is the way to go at the moment IMO, the technology just needs to get out there so that costs decrease etc.. Plus its a naturally occurring element with no major refinement necessary other than the process to create it. Shit you could power a car for about 400 Km on a 1L of seawater.

I dont see that solar powered anything is a viable long term reneable solution as the very nature of the cells construction ensures that they have a limited lifespan to output ratio.

That and the fact that the owner of solar technologies are the oil companies, and its a known fact that sites that have been used for the manufacture of Solar cells get so contaminated that they are not fit for use after the factories have long shut down.

oh yeah... we got raped at the bowser this morning too... :roll:

[Peter Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Peter]

Check out the quarterly statistics over at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission site.

http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.ph ... mId=280309