Magical $1:00 mark for fuel

Yea coops I keep thinking about bio diesel made from chip oil. I remember when 1994 fuel was $.66 cpl and when diesel was cheeper than petrol

Coops the trouble is people need to buy fuel when they need it.
Personally I think the majority of people now just don't care about fuel prices and just learnt to grin and bear it.
Fuel actually came down here just over 1c yesterday. We have 6c fuel discount dockets from Safeway/Woolworths +Petrol this week, and will be going down to fill up. What is more with Safeway/Woolworths +Petrol they have been consistantly up to a 1c cheaper than other outlets and sometimes up to 3c before you get your discount.

If public transport in aussie was worth weeing on, it MAY work..

People need $$... need to get to work, pick up kids etc..

Not buying fuel, companies would hold out, they have more $ than you or me.

Good idea, but it wont work.

I feel for you people in remote areas that get shafted with no KY on fuel prices. over a $ for a yr?... Cruel. Not that people out in remote areas have it hard enough without being screwed

You know how we all used to own a bank, an airline, public transport, electricity supplies, and all those things that we thought of as too important for greedy private enterprise to run? ... And.... You know how since we sold them to pay off debt but nothing really changed except the service we used to get? Well...... what if we said that fuel was an essential service? What if we set up a supply network owned by all of us..... well at least by our elected representatives..... and we ran it at a small profit.... Hmmmmm. Okay I know... it's a bit of a commie concept.... and yep there will be like all these government run things a far bit of dead-wood employment going on. BUT of course that will employ a few more people..... Ah well .... just dreaming.

I lived in the Gulf of Carpentera from 1985- 1990 and the standard price for unleaded fuel and diesel then was $1.00 per litre. We used one 44 gal per day of diesel and probably the same for petrol.( big dollars spent for not much return), so I reckon fuel is still cheap. Of course it's not but it seems so after being robbed for 5 years.

Good-day all ,we have been paying over the doolar for nearly two years here in Bega Valley NSW ,bonus in off tourist times and every one in business looking to have a dollar go thru the till how fuel drops considerably,come long weekends and up it go yet local also get hit,no public transport so its drive or hitch!Have old landrover so can cut across forestry roads to shorten my klms sometimes.many can`t afford to update to small vehicles so we pay the penalty.
Anyway thank you all for all the forum notes ,has been very useful on so many subjects.We will be off air from 18th-made the BIG DECISION -our on-site van gone and off to living on the road ,fishing rods,detector,paint brushes and paper ,lick the stamps for mail to my panicing sons of 30plus who think Mum is running away never to be seen again!When we go out the gate of our temporary home end of March watch the rain come down-the biggest flood will happen -we need rain desperately on the East Coast of our great country and I`m sure the west is drying out too by now-but have gum boots and that`s life.See some of you all out there we hope-little green /white 64 swb landy and trailer in company of small toyota -dyna with silver camper on tray -drop into our camps and have a cuppa.janjon

Hi ozieexplorer,
Don't know yet,more than likely South Oz to see my family,six year old grandson we haven't seen yet,spend a bit of time with the family & then toss a coin when we drive out the gate,trouble is haven't got a three sided coin.
When we know more will drop you all a line.
Jan/Jon