Petrol falling, but what about diesel?

I wish we only did 10 000 Km a year,I don’t know how they work those sort of figures out.Doing those sort of K’s an EV is probably ideal.

we do around 25 to 30K in the car and almost 40K in the work van.

Last week,some place,(sorry can’t remember the name of the place)on the way to Fraser Island,south of Gympie,diesel was 212.9/litre which is the cheapest I have seen it for a while.

It was over $3.00 on the island,didn’t need any though.

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Originally Posted by DiscoMick

With the ACT to ban sales of new petrol vehicles from 2035.

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Not actually correct,lots of maybe this and maybe that, here.

ACT commits to 90 per cent EVs by 2030

I know one thing,once the Govt gets involved in this type of thing,it usually ends up in a mess.

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Originally Posted by Tombie

By my calcs - all the current price has done is add $3.00 per 100km to my costs. A quick 800km run is only $24 more.
Hardly worth even contemplating.

For the average motorist doing 10k a year thats $300

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That is exactly how I look at it too. Big deal

Anyone bought LPG lately? I used to pay $26 for an 8.5kg bottle, but the one I bought last week cost $35.

You can use different (still realistic) numbers such as 10 litres/100km and 20,000km a year and come to the conclusion that the annual increase is more like $1,100.
Or you could use 12 litres/100km and 30,000km and the increase would be over $2000.

Most of my driving is in a vehicle that uses less than 6l/100km so 20,000km adds about $600.

Some people are affected more than others.

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Originally Posted by scarry

Not actually correct,lots of maybe this and maybe that, here.

ACT commits to 90 per cent EVs by 2030

I know one thing,once the Govt gets involved in this type of thing,it usually ends up in a mess.

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Not making this post political as it is stating facts not opinions but you can draw your own conclusions.

The ACT Government is a coalition between Labor and the Greens with MLAs from both parties making up the Cabinet.

The ACT Attorney General is the ACT Greens Leader and the Environment Minister is a Greens MLA.

Opinion: While this arrangement continues, the ACT Government will continue to have a Green bent.

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Originally Posted by vnx205

Most of my driving is in a vehicle that uses less than 6l/100km so 20,000km adds about $600.

Some people are affected more than others.

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I put a 250L splash into my truck today that cost nearly $600.

I used to drive a truck with a 2500 litre fuel capacity, went through over 5000 litres a week, plus what the fridge van used running for six days.

And the margin between bulk and tetail prices is closing too. We buy around 15,000 litres a week and our last delivery was $1.92 a litre - until recently we could generally buy around 45 to 50 cents a litre cheaper than retail but that’s being eroded week on week.

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Originally Posted by vnx205

You can use different (still realistic) numbers such as 10 litres/100km and 20,000km a year and come to the conclusion that the annual increase is more like $1,100.
Or you could use 12 litres/100km and 30,000km and the increase would be over $2000.

Most of my driving is in a vehicle that uses less than 6l/100km so 20,000km adds about $600.

Some people are affected more than others.

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Of course it does. Still it’s not that drastic.

6l per 100 @ $0.30 extra a litre is $1.80 per 100
20,000km / 100 = 200 units x 1.80

That’s a whole $360.00. Not the $600 quoted.


12/100 = $3.60 extra
300 x $3.60 = $1,080. Not the $2,000 quoted


Really, the biggest pain is for trucking operators who can have 1:1 fuel consumption levels depending on what they are moving.