Thread: Diesel prices!

Here we go.......

A little pro-active action that Aussie's are too compliant to do

Thousands join protests on Europe's roads | theage.com.au


"CONCERNS are growing that there will be a summer of co-ordinated fuel protests after tens of thousands of Spanish truck drivers blocked roads and the French border, sparking similar action in Portugal and France, while unions across Europe prepared new action over petrol and diesel prices."


The Hume Hwy looks good

Bit the bullet and filled Blackbetty up today.$161.00,$1.855CPL I think,extra annoying the most Ive ever paid to fill her and the lowest ever Ks from a tank,570km.V8 territory.Bring on the Nanocom,things are out of control under the hood!!!!! MAF sensor surely?????
She has done 2 big loads of wood which is around a 90km return trip each but that uneconomy is SO WRONG
Andrew

filled the car to day @e1.419/l that is aus2.34/l so lets hear your comments on this

just to put a smile on your faces...

I drove past a pump in the south of the UK today & diesel was £1.999. Yeah thats right, £2 per f******* litre. ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. If ever there was a time to leave this little island, its surely not far away.

Have to say though, the average price in the uk is about £1.33 /litre. Still shocking though.

I fear we will NEVER see your prices again on this side of the water.

Blame it on the government...

I'm not all that old - a couple of months off 22 - but I remember the days of diesel being around $0.60/L when we lived in North Queensland...that was only 12-15 years ago. Sure there is the inflation factor - but I would argue that wages haven't gone up to compensate.

Making my own biodiesel is becoming not just a romantic idea, but will start to be a necessity soon - that's if it will be possible to source used oil!

G'day All, Just for comparison, here is a line or two from another forum, the person was in Iran a few days ago, now in Pakistan read on and wonder why!!!
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Location: Iran




Just filled up for a quid!
« on: June 01, 2008, 06:26:32 PM »
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Actually, make that 73 pence...
We're in Iran, and the first time that I filled up the rear tank (about 72litres) with diesel, it cost me 20,000Rials, which is about 1.13 pounds (no pound sign on this keyboard). The next time I filled up, the guy dispensed 74litres (spilling the obligatory 2 or 3 litres on the ground, so probably only 72 in the tank), it cost me 13,000Rials, which is about 73pence!!! That's less than 1pence per litre, or 4 1/2pence per gallon!!

No problems with the quality so far, I am adding Millers diesel additive jic and changing filters more often. It seems less smelly that the stuff in Syria (ie less sulphur maybe), perhaps they've started to cut the content and improve the quality. The diesel in Syria was 25p/litre, the locals were complaining because a month previous it had been 15p/litre

Internet access a bit irregular at the moment, but I'll try and sort some photos out sometime.


Fid
diesel hasn't been that cheap in Oz since since the very early 60's, back then it was 1 shilling (10 cents) a gallon (4 1/2 litres) cheers Dennis

Petrol Prices| The Australian

Originally Posted by Dinty

Location: Iran

Wouldn't live there even if fuel was $50 dollars a litre here.....