Fuel costs and travelling

Every thing is going to increase unfortunately.
Reducing the speed limit sounds like a good idea.
The government needs to rethink their policy around fuel and also look into the huge price increase on fuel that has already in the tanks.
William

Why reduce the speed limit. If you can afford to sit on 100kph , go for it. I will now sit on 90kph to save fuel but we do not need the govt forcing us to drive slower. Savings will be around 10-15% if you drive slower. I just hope the van drivers start traveling at 80kph!! A lot also depends on the aerodynamics of the vehicle as well. I expect the war will spiral out of control as trump has no idea what he is doing or saying..thats why the rest of the world are reluctant to join in with the clown. We are already over governed and do not need more govt interference. Most vehicles sweet spot for best mileage is around 80Kph but it is not practical to drive on major roads and highways at this speed.

Agree with Bigfish, it is ridiculous to have mandated speed limit changes, for a start it would throw the whole road transport industry into chaos

By all means as an individual you can choose to drive your most economical speed

If you really want to conserve our national fuel supplies we could mandate that non essential travel like grey nomads have to stay home ;)

Fuel availability is going to be a huge problem.
It will be an annoyance for us if we get stuck somewhere waiting for fuel, it's a bit different if the farmers can not get fuel for cropping operations.
William

The overstock people will have their fuel stocks stashed away by now. The fuel problems will have eased by the time you start travelling. If you are not sure about places running out of fuel on the inland route, simply fuel up more often so you will have enough range to skip a few fuel stations at any stage.

Hi Guys,

I am not sure that fuel problems will be easing by mid April. The price may certainly stabilise, but it will still be high, possibly in the mid to high $3:00’s/Ltr. and there will still be some places where stocks will be low or non existent.

The actions taken by the Tangerine Circus Clown has reignited a long term conflict that will not end for some time to come. With Yemen also now threatening the Bab al-Mandan Strait at the southern end of the Red Sea in support of Iran, Oil supplies coming out of the Red Sea are now also more at risk.

Mandating a lower speed limit is not the answer, and whilst rationing is certainly a possibility, how can you ration Diesel for transport companies and primary producers? They need whatever fuel they need in order to get the job done. Swapping Road transport for Rail transport still entails using large quantities of Diesel, and you still need Road transport to get freight from the rail sidings to where it needs to be.

Ramping up production at the Asian Refineries is not possible without the Crude Oil to make it happen. The vast majority of Crude Oil to Asia comes from Saudia Arabia, Russia supplies Crude Oil to China. Venezuela used to export Oil to many countries in the World, including Australia, (not that we have the Refining capacity to do much with it anymore), but there has been an embargo on Venezuelan Oil for some time, and the US has now taken control of that supply. The US is the largest Oil producing country in the world, not sure if they can ramp up production. Even if they could, the Tangerine Circus Clown is likely to stack a whole heap of export tariffs on to it to “punish” the rest of the world for not coming to his aid.

Just my two cents worth.

Macca.

Macca.

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I think that summary is worth more than "two cents" Macca.

At present I have been reading blogs from a bloke named Matt Randolph, whom is a former petrol executive with over 30years experience in the industry.
His insights into the up coming supply issues have been quite accurate, as at present Northern Asia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam etc are experiencing shortages and have been seriously considering for a 3 day work week.
What Randolph has mentioned, even if this US - Uranian conflict finished tomorrow and Hormuz was opened up, due to Australia's geographical location being at the END of the Petroleum supply chain, it will take a quite a while for the Australian fuel stocks to be replenished as those countries in Northern Asia would be replenished first before Australia gets a look in.
Japan and China have large stocks of petroleum believed to be nearly 10 to 12 months..maybe more with rationing, so they will be less demanding for fuel supply over this period..it is hoped.
India has done a couple of deals with Russia, so its' dependance on Mid Eastern oil will not as significant as many have predicted..
The Pacific nations, where they will be with their supplies by late April would be anybodies guess. China is out of the equation for helping these countries, as they have of last week banned their overseas exports of its' own petroleum products.
This gives some credence why the Australian Government is now underwriting Australian fuel companies to go on the open petroleum market to buy more fuel supply.
Randolph stated, that the Asian region in the present circumstances will receive its' last designated quota load about April 13th-15th, which correlates to Bowen's mention of supply guaranteed to mid April.
I have been following a couple of economists, one has stated and he is laying it out there, telling it how it is..not being alarmist, just pointing out facts.
If this conflict continues, the fuel supply windows will get smaller and smaller and we in the western countries will experience Covid conditions without masks on, whilst also getting hit with economic effects similar to that of the 2008 GFC.
We are in for some very interesting times ahead...

Haha….just checked out Petrol Spy, and if its is correct….which I do not think anyone will be travelling because of the rain and cyclone up in the Cape area, diesel is actually cheaper in Weipa at $2.87.9 compared to an insane $2,94.9 here in Clare….go figure.

Its only cheaper Stephen because the town is now land locked, until the waters subside, so no one is using much fuel. At Karumba it is still only $2.05 because of the same reason.. Good to see the servos at Karumba are not gouging like the city mongrels are.

This is bull shite, gone up again in Clare……….when will it end $3.09.0 for diesel……when will it end

Only the orange haired felon knows Stephen.....I don't know why people are whinging...trumps family are making millions from this little debacle...poor buggers...Grrrrrr

Hi Bigfish

"Only the orange haired felon knows Stephen.....I don't know why people are whinging...trumps family are making millions from this little debacle...poor buggers...Grrrrrr"

For the benefit of us less educated than yourself, please supply some substantiated examples of how this is actually playing out.
Just how is his family making millions? I feel it will make interesting reading.

Regards
Roy

Roy, not personally au fait with the US markets but going off data produced by US market reporting, as presented by Planet America. A PBS story too (one of many)...

PBS market predictions

Perhaps look into when Trump's "announcements (ending soon, having talks, they want to surrender) are made. Just after close of the markets, allowing time for the markets to rise just after his announcements. Amazing coincidences. Now look for some of the trading data from the US. Someone is making a killing, just coincidentally at the same time as the "press" releases...

Planet America may be a semi-comedy news outlet, but I have never found their data to be incorrect. The way the market reacts to the slightest "positive" news, in spite of evryone being aware nothing this man-baby says can be taken as credible, is astounding.

Cheers,
Mark

$4.25 on Fraser Island..

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Ah Fraser…. Beautiful one day, outrageous the next.

$3.20 + seems to be the norm in many places across Australia. I was informed by a servo operator in Victoria that we could see a 30 cent rise per litre on or around Monday 30th March...

SW Qld is screaming out for the tourist season to kick off.
Having travelled out there this last week, they are hoping that people still visit and spend time and money in the towns as very little $$ are being spent in the regions due to higher costs.