DAMN FRIGGIN OIL COMPANIES

[scumdog]

IMO the price of gas is not a real issue, especially for the owners of late model cars. Figure it out, a new Mazda 6 (for example) is going to devalue at a rate of around $230 to $250 a week (!!!) in the first year. What's another $5 on your tank of gas?
Of course, for those of us who live in the real world, it bloody sucks...

Thats why the newest vehicle that Crissy-Bimbo (Mrs s.d to you ) and I own apart from the H-D is her 1984 Laser Ghia (sheer luxury) but she needs something likr that for commuting, until three years ago she used her Anglia and at that time it ME who was the tycoon with the newest car, a'64 Anglia (hers is a '62) .

[moko]

i just searched google for fuel prices - UK prices around the 75p mark, 80p for premium, but in Ireland - try 93p for unleaded 91, and 1.18 for premium - that's $2.92 a litre!

Just posted this elsewhere but what the hell.Filled up this morning and locally 95 is 81p per litre,about $2.20 I think.We have some of the most heavily taxed fuel in the world,the most heavily taxed everything in fact yet public services are way behind N.Z. Have to pay for our psychotic f**k of a leader`s wars somehow I suppose.

[pete376403]

And it can only get worse. Depending on whose stories you read there's only about 20 years worth of easily extractable oil left. (Oh sure there are lots of reserve of tars and so on, but the energy required to get these into useable form exceed the energy released)
We are probably the last generation that will see petrol powered motor vehicles as a birthright.
Hopefully the energy companies will come up with something - Hydrogen p'raps.

The Oil Wars that were part of the Mad Max story may very well occur
Rather glad I probably won't be around in 20 - 30 years.

[Big Dog]

Those of you who are really interested in how fuel pricing works may like to follow this link.Chevron-Texaco pricing strategy. This is more of a global answer from Caltexes parent company, as such there is no provision for the 75% odd that the govt takes (plus gst).

[bungbung]

For daily NZ fuel prices try www.pricewatch.co.nz

[Big Dog]

For daily NZ fuel prices try www.pricewatch.co.nz

Shit! if that site is right Caltex is up to 20c below market!

[scumdog]

Just posted this elsewhere but what the hell.Filled up this morning and locally 95 is 81p per litre,about $2.20 I think.We have some of the most heavily taxed fuel in the world,the most heavily taxed everything in fact yet public services are way behind N.Z. Have to pay for our psychotic f**k of a leader`s wars somehow I suppose.

If we didn't have so many f....ng lazy c..ts and indiscriminate breeders in thos country our taxes would go a lot further, man it burns me up to see people that leech of us working dudes, if everybody worked we would be so much further ahead

[Jackrat]

And it can only get worse. Depending on whose stories you read there's only about 20 years worth of easily extractable oil left. (Oh sure there are lots of reserve of tars and so on, but the energy required to get these into useable form exceed the energy released)
We are probably the last generation that will see petrol powered motor vehicles as a birthright.
Hopefully the energy companies will come up with something - Hydrogen p'raps.

The Oil Wars that were part of the Mad Max story may very well occur
Rather glad I probably won't be around in 20 - 30 years.

Rumor has it that the yanks are siting on enough oil stores to keep them going for another hundred years or so.Don't think anyone else is ever going to benifit from all them Texas oil feilds aye.
After all they have a war machine to keep running remember.
Mr son of a bush can kiss my ass

[pete376403]

Rumor has it that the yanks are siting on enough oil stores to keep them going for another hundred years or so.Don't think anyone else is ever going to benifit from all them Texas oil feilds aye.
After all they have a war machine to keep running remember.
Mr son of a bush can kiss my ass

They have the Navy Strategic Reserve (IIRC) but I doubt its 100 years worth