Petrol falling, but what about diesel?

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Originally Posted by Graeme

As a teenager with empty pockets I recall putting 2/- (officially 20c) of fuel in my car.

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As do I, from an after hours coin pump.

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Originally Posted by scarry

It was 13c/L when we had our first van changed over,worth every cent in those days,we eventually had all the vans done as they were purchased.

Many were factory fitted injection systems by Toyota and went over 300,000Km without an issue,then the vehicles were replaced.

Today it’s really not viable,and many garages don’t have it anymore which is a nuisance.

As an example,petrol around here is $1.65c/L,with LPG at around $1.20c/L.If you hunt around you may get it at $1.09,but it’s a bit of a drive.

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LPG has almost always been kept at less then half of the ULP price, still with a decent conversion costing 5k or more its probably not worth it.

Diesel has dropped to $2.12 here today

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Originally Posted by Tombie

Diesel has dropped to $2.12 here today

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I reckon they are sucking us in ready for when the price goes back up, the independent near work is $2.09 today [thumbsupbig].

Maybe the price decrease is due to people driving less due to the exorbitant price per litre and it is hurting the fuel companies bottom line because of a lower sales volume.
I did read somewhere recently that there is now a glut of fuel on the Asian market which would also encourage a price reduction.

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Originally Posted by Graeme

As a teenager with empty pockets I recall putting 2/- (officially 20c) of fuel in my car.

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In about 1960, there were three of us returning to Sydney from a university field trip near Mudgee in my VW Transporter. With it becoming clear that we would not make home the three of us went through all our pockets to gather all the change we had to get petrol at Kurrajong. I can't remember exactly how much we raked up, but it was definitely less than 5/-. 3/6 sticks in my mind.

An interesting article on why diesel is more expensive than petrol.

Is a US article but applies equally to Aust - noting we still use dirty high sulphur fuel but this is about to change.

Why diesel is more expensive than regular gas - CNN

Garry

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Originally Posted by 101RRS

noting we still use dirty high sulphur fuel but this is about to change.

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We've been < 10ppm since 2009. What is "about to change" ?

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Originally Posted by BradC

We've been < 10ppm since 2009. What is "about to change" ?

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Much of our home produced diesel was at that level, at the turn of the century.

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Originally Posted by BradC

We've been < 10ppm since 2009. What is "about to change" ?

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Yep my bad - saw a thing on the news yesterday and it was about petrol not diesel - thought they were talking diesel.

"While Australian diesel moved to ultra-low sulphur content standards in 2009, under which the fuel must contain no more than 10 parts per million (ppm) of sulphur, petrol quality is yet to be regulated to the same degree and contains up to 150ppm of sulphur for 91RON regular unleaded and up to 50ppm for 95 and 98RON premium unleaded.

Ampol have already committed to achieving 10ppm maximum limits for sulphur in petrol in Australia by 2024 and are undertaking refinery upgrades to meet those levels. This will bring Australia into line with most developed countries on sulphur and is three years ahead of the 2027 timeline announced by the government in 2019.”

Happy Now [thumbsupbig]