Petition for gas prices

**getafix** · 3rd February 2009, 11:43

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/N...etrol-prices?e

sick of the high petrol prices we are paying. Go to the link and put your name on the partition. Might organise a ride to Wellington to deliver partition to parliment. forward the link to all your nz contacts

**Naki Rat** · 3rd February 2009, 11:52

Originally Posted by getafix

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/N...etrol-prices?e

sick of the high petrol prices we are paying. Go to the link and put your name on the partition. Might organise a ride to Wellington to deliver partition to parliment. forward the link to all your nz contacts

Are you planning to attach the petition to the partition you plan on delivering?
Maybe you should also run a petition to stop the NZ$ falling against the US$, because the barrel price is quoted in greenbacks not NZ pecos, and that's what's causing our petrol prices to rise

**Gubb** · 3rd February 2009, 11:57

You're an idiot if you believe that this will change anything.

**Tank** · 3rd February 2009, 12:02

Unfortuantely while your petition is well meaning - it is fundamentally flawed.

The NZ dollar has fallen under 50 US Cents - the currency that oil is traded in - and that has more to do than the petrol companies.

Who were you planning on partitioning - the government? The oil companies?

Finally - you may want to look at the signatures - looks like its getting smart ass replies already.

Hopefully you can edit them out before delivering it to whomever.

**getafix** · 3rd February 2009, 12:24

Ok I have been following the oil prices and the nz dollar versus us since august. The price of oil us has been converted to nz dollars at that days exchange rates. On the 1st aug 2008 oil us was $124.25 us.The exchange rate at that time was 1.3598 nz for us dollar. Which equates to 168.958 nz per barell. 91 was selling for $2.069 at that time. Now oil is us $40.22 per barell. nz exchange rate today 1.9673 which equals barell nz 79.12494 hmm that is half the price nz as it was on first august yet 91 is no where near half the price of 1st Aug. Its about 60c litre dearer. And yes have already deleted smart arse petition signer

**Hitcher** · 3rd February 2009, 12:58

Originally Posted by getafix

Go to the link and put your name on the partition.

Petition. Sigh.

Why can't people get excited about issues that really matter to motorcyclists, such as ACC levies and cheesecutter barriers, rather than wasting their time over things that are beyond the legislative orbit of our elected officials. Sighs again.

**Dargor** · 3rd February 2009, 12:59

Yea and coca colo should be on tap in every house.

**Mikkel** · 3rd February 2009, 14:01

Originally Posted by getafix

sick of the high petrol prices we are paying.

No. But I am sick of whining fuckers who can't seem to grasp even the basics of economics. Also am I sick of naive socialists who think that online petitions are ever going to get anything done.

As long as there's more than 10 4x4s hauling power boats over the hill to Akaroa each weekend...
As long as the average number of occupants in cars during the morning commute is less than 2...
As long as a V8 dinosaur is considered a good investment...

As long as that remains the case fuel prices are not too high and I shall suffer no whiny complaint on the subject.

/rant off