Ouch! Now THAT hurts the wallet...

[Motu]

Diesel didn't go up!! It cost me another $120 in road user charges though....

Back in the early 70s I had an International AS110 pick up truck that we used as our dirt bike hauler...it did 4 mpg on a good day (adjustable main jet I could screw in) One day I took a mate with me on a weekend of off road riding and drunken parties,our two bikes on the back...split the fuel bill eh? He shit himself when we filled up in Silverdale - ''FUCK!! that took over ten bucks!! I've never put $10 of gas into a car before!'' I sometimes wish I had that truck again,but these days even starting it would cost more than $10!

[James Deuce]

ps: Time to bring on the hydrogen vehicles.

Isn't a goer until the energy gained from Hydrogen exceeds the amount expended to extract it.

[inlinefour]

It will get worse yet and the fuel prices will be going up yet again and again.

Sad, but true.

[Wolf]

Isn't a goer until the energy gained from Hydrogen exceeds the amount expended to extract it.

As the energy gained from hydrogen is pretty much constant (unless we want to tamper with more violent (and potentially poisonous) reactions than "2H2 + O2 = 2H2O"), that will mean finding more efficient means of liberating Hydrogen from its various compounds.

Chrysler-Benz's "Natrium" system (Sodium Borohydride) is great so far as a safe way of storing the hydrogen (chemically) and efficiently releasing it on demand (catalyst) and it's reuseable (rehydrate the "sludge" left after use) but the costly bit is getting the hydrogen to rehydrate the stuff. Current electrolysis and chemical extraction methods are costly and/or pollute just as much as petrochemicals.

Another alternative is a fuel cell that runs on Natural Gas - it is not as "clean" as a hydrogen fuel cell but it is cleaner than an internal combustion engine ("low emission") and NG is easier to get than hydrogen.

Then there's always: build a methane fuel cell and use Gixxer 4 ever's "bio gas" (or Riff Raff's farts)

[Gixxer 4 ever]

Aren't you already??....that bike of yours goes a shitload better than it should

I see you are back on here. Why aren't you at work? The sad part is your bikes displacement is 350 cc more than mine but it costs me $1.50 more to get to Taupo than you. It is an upside down world we live in.
Feck........ got gas at Bay View. Charged it to work so put 98 in. $1.39.9..............Fuck me I need a better job.

[MSTRS:Me]

I see you are back on here. Why aren't you at work? The sad part is your bikes displacement is 350 cc more than mine but it costs me $1.50 more to get to Taupo than you. It is an upside down world we live in.
Feck........ got gas at Bay View. Charged it to work so put 98 in. $1.39.9..............Fuck me I need a better job.

I blame the rider

[Gremlin]

ps: Time to bring on the hydrogen vehicles.

Like bikes? Want hydrogen vehicles?? Try a hydrogen bike

People reckon that with oil demand rising and the kiwi falling its only going to get very worse. Apparently oil companies need to raise the price (as if they need a reason) because of rising costs but don't want to push 91 through the "psychological" barrier of $1.30.

Oh, and the government now takes $0.61 and the companies get $0.68.

[Rod Steel]

im not too worried about petrol prices,,,, yet, im more worried about the increase in other products that are oil based, like tyres, fairings, electrical insulation, rubber orings for my paintball gun. Hell everything plastic really, cos all oil based products will be bound to be on the rise too in the near future.
But the petrol price hikes are putting me off wanting to get an xv650

[gav]

The email we got at work from our supplier Caltex had Petrol going up 5 cents a litre and Diesel going up 2 cents a litre, both + gst

[madboy]

Rising fuel prices will put everything up, everything. And the really shitty thing about it all is - those friggin Americans STILL buy SUVs, and those friggin chinese still want to be Americans (mate's just got back from 3yrs in China). So how does that place half the worlds oil supply?