Fuel price per barrel

[spookytooth]

try searching
OIL NOT Fossil
some interesting reading

[Horse]

Abiotic oil? Good grief. And I have space aliens from mars living in my basement.

[The Stranger:Me]

We've spent another 30 years extracting oil out of the ground, at an ever increasing rate. It's simply not an infinite resource - there's good evidence to suggest that we're at or about to reach peak, but if we're really lucky it's a few decades away and the world has time to investigate alternatives.

Saying "someone said peak oil in the 70s and they were wrong so there's no such thing" isn't a compelling argument.

Quite right sir, on both counts.
However, I would be wary of the "good evidence" we had that too in the 70s you know.
You were however quoting the report as if it were gospel, it isn't.

[Horse]

No, I've done a fair bit of reading on the subject, I'm convinced that we're at or close to peak oil. The links I present are merely good summaries of the situation for beginners.

[wickle]

Col, fuel retailers make almost nothing on a litre of gas. It's in the 1-2c /litre range. They make money on chocolate bars and coffee.

It's the wholesalers in collusion with the Government that artificially inflate the price.

My understanding it is approx 4.5cents per litre inluding GST the retailer recieves from the price at pump doesnt matter what the pump price is, and yes the Service Station owner has to cover drive off's . And dont worry prepay is coming no business can afford thief so how else are they going to stop it, STOP Bitching about the cost here ring the 0800 numbers of the OIL Companies or better email them ( clod up they mail box)

[MSTRS:Me]

No, I've done a fair bit of reading on the subject, I'm convinced that we're at or close to peak oil. The links I present are merely good summaries of the situation for beginners.

Listened to a JW say much the same thing? Different subject - same reasoning...
The Stranger is not arguing with you, just pointing out that we are 'given the facts' at any given time, only to learn (much) later that we've been misled - and should we believe them this time around.

[Horse]

Then educate yourself, make up your own mind. But don't just say "I don't know, and can't be arsed finding out more, therefore Peak Oil is wrong". Great for ostriches, bad for thinking people.

Plus there's a slight difference between science and religion.

[riffer]

Plus there's a slight difference between science and religion.

and very little between bad science and religion.

[Pedrostt500]

Im not certain where I heard it, but I understood that more oil was used in the production of plastics than was ever used to fill the tanks of motor vechicles.

[Horse]

"Bad" science: I know nothing about it, so I'll just throw epithets around to make myself feel better.

[Griffin]

Well we can argue 'peak oil' and profiteerring arabs etc etc all day long and to your average Joe petrol user... ME & YOU it makes bugger all difference.

What I DO notice is that the minute the price of a barrel of oil goes up even one blardy US dollar, our big petrol suppliers raise the price at the pump 'due to that increase'! BUT... the price of a barrel of oil can start dropping... and dropping... and dropping - and it seems to me that these same blardy tight arse suppliers are suddenly slow to adjust their prices in a similar direction.

WHY IS THAT