How low has your gas prices become? - Page 4

ZenGum · 11-28-2008, 03:24 AM

I make my own gas, and give it away for free. Breathe deep!

Now petrol, that's another matter. It peaked at about $1.60/liter, and has since fallen to about $1.05, not such a huge fall because (a) most of that is tax anyway, which doesn't change and (b) the price is calculated based on the international market, and the Aussie dollar just took that nose-dive, hence the price, in our currency, has to be higher.

Aliantha · 11-28-2008, 03:27 AM

Well why was it still so much higher than US by comparison even when the Aussie dollar was almost equal to that of the US?

ZenGum · 11-28-2008, 03:29 AM

Tax. Petrol tax. GST on the petrol, and GST on the petrol tax too. Probably bloody GST on the GST too, I shouldn't wonder.

Aliantha · 11-28-2008, 03:34 AM

It was well over $1.60 up here for quite some time. I realize we pay a lot of tax on fuel here, but it still seems exhorbitantly high in comparison. Seriously, four times the price (roughly)?

wolf · 11-28-2008, 09:44 AM

1.89 last night.

Will be interesting to see what it this afternoon.

TheMercenary · 11-28-2008, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

It was well over $1.60 up here for quite some time. I realize we pay a lot of tax on fuel here, but it still seems exhorbitantly high in comparison. Seriously, four times the price (roughly)?

Yes, and don't you buy by the liter?

Urbane Guerrilla · 11-28-2008, 02:00 PM

If there's a way to drive converting another cheaply available hydrocarbon to liquid fuel/petrol by solar power, Australia should seriously look into the matter. Germany used coal as a feedstock for synthetic oil once. Australia's got coal in Queensland.

Just paid a buck eighty-something per gallon (3.96 l) this morning. A combination of the dollar strengthening against other currencies and commodities and increase in inventory.

Aliantha · 11-28-2008, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Yes, and don't you buy by the liter?

Yes we do buy by the 'litre'. You'll see me mention in my earliest post that we're still paying the equivalent of over $4/gallon.

TheMercenary · 11-28-2008, 02:45 PM

I sort of remember it but was being lazy.

lumberjim · 11-28-2008, 03:01 PM

$1.67 in NJ today

Elspode · 11-28-2008, 04:43 PM

$1.39 yesterday in Grandview on my way to get my kid.

TheMercenary · 11-28-2008, 04:45 PM

That has to be the record lowest in the US since the 80's.

classicman · 11-28-2008, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

Just paid a buck eighty-something per gallon (3.96 l) this morning.

Your math not working very well - a liter is about a 1/4 of a gallon - not 4 gallons. The approximate conversion is 1 liter = 0.26 US gallons.

ZenGum · 11-28-2008, 06:01 PM

Classic, I read UG as saying his gallon was = 3.96 liters, so - just this once - I think he is right. Just this one time, mind you, lets be very clear about that.

classicman · 11-28-2008, 07:35 PM

wouldn't we divide the cost per gallon instead of multiplying it since there are roughly 4 liters in a gallon, not four gallons in a liter? I have had a lot of wine today and yesterday but still...

11-28-2008, 03:24 AM	#46
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	I make my own gas, and give it away for free. Breathe deep! Now petrol, that's another matter. It peaked at about $1.60/liter, and has since fallen to about $1.05, not such a huge fall because (a) most of that is tax anyway, which doesn't change and (b) the price is calculated based on the international market, and the Aussie dollar just took that nose-dive, hence the price, in our currency, has to be higher. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

11-28-2008, 03:27 AM	#47
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Well why was it still so much higher than US by comparison even when the Aussie dollar was almost equal to that of the US? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-28-2008, 03:29 AM	#48
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Tax. Petrol tax. GST on the petrol, and GST on the petrol tax too. Probably bloody GST on the GST too, I shouldn't wonder. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

11-28-2008, 03:34 AM	#49
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	It was well over $1.60 up here for quite some time. I realize we pay a lot of tax on fuel here, but it still seems exhorbitantly high in comparison. Seriously, four times the price (roughly)? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-28-2008, 09:44 AM	#50
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	1.89 last night. Will be interesting to see what it this afternoon. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-28-2008, 02:00 PM	#52
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	If there's a way to drive converting another cheaply available hydrocarbon to liquid fuel/petrol by solar power, Australia should seriously look into the matter. Germany used coal as a feedstock for synthetic oil once. Australia's got coal in Queensland. Just paid a buck eighty-something per gallon (3.96 l) this morning. A combination of the dollar strengthening against other currencies and commodities and increase in inventory. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course. Last edited by Urbane Guerrilla; 11-28-2008 at 02:07 PM.

11-28-2008, 02:45 PM	#54
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	I sort of remember it but was being lazy. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

11-28-2008, 03:01 PM	#55
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11-28-2008, 04:43 PM	#56
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	$1.39 yesterday in Grandview on my way to get my kid. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

11-28-2008, 04:45 PM	#57
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	That has to be the record lowest in the US since the 80's. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

11-28-2008, 06:01 PM	#59
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Classic, I read UG as saying his gallon was = 3.96 liters, so - just this once - I think he is right. Just this one time, mind you, lets be very clear about that. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

11-28-2008, 07:35 PM	#60
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	wouldn't we divide the cost per gallon instead of multiplying it since there are roughly 4 liters in a gallon, not four gallons in a liter? I have had a lot of wine today and yesterday but still... __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

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