Diesel prices rising again.

I don't understand either. We left Brisbane last Saturday to head to Mackay for the weekend. When we left Diesel was 120.9 at Narangba. It was 115.9 at most areas up the coast and 113.9 at Miriam Vale. Even at Mackay it was 119.9. Talking to neighbours when we got back on Tuesday, the Narangba price didn't change all weekend either.

Listening to the motoring organisations reveals that to transport fuel to regional areas adds an average of 3c/l to the cost. There is absolutely no logic at all behind it.

Regards
David

HI Dave, We all have the opertunity to save he takes 10% of his bill and you off yours and where are you both,both putting dollars back in your pockets for the next 400,000klms not hard to fathom is it.?
Just the sceptism and distrust that is costing you the consumer thousands,but many have put their doubts to bed and are reaping the benifits.
That is why we advertise on this site to help us and you more you,as you get the benifits for the life of the car fitted we get the sale once
.And a in answer to your remark about pricing they do as they like with pricing, we offer a chance to get back at them.Put it in your pocket not theirs.

BILLS

Maybe it’s the old supply and demand issue as this weekend for most is the last of the Christmas holidays - getting ready to go back to school and work. Years ago (many in fact) as an apprentice motor mechanic I used to earn a bit of cash from the boss to do the driveway service on the weekends.

It was back in the days that only a handful of service stations would be on “roster” in the Brisbane area that were allowed open – remember those days and the list used to be in the Courier Mail.

So the boss would have the fuel price increased slightly, or rounded up, to capture those who are heading back home either on the long weekends or after school holidays – plus it covered the cost of paying me. But the price was back down on the following business day.

This morning I noticed the local service station was selling ULP at 119.9, a few days ago it was 104.9 - adds up for every tank full of the volume of cars going in. Diesel didn’t and hasn’t changed for a while at 119.9.

Hi Banjodog , this AM driveing to work diesel was 122.9 at the majors.
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Dave L.

I wish I could join in on the same level, but I haven't paid under $1.50 for over a year now. hopefully biodiesel will help soon, but I'm sure the beurocracies and big business will get hold of it & we will pay.

If it is treated the same as the majority of farm poduce up here (kununurra), It will be transported 3500km, stored for a while, then Coles will transport it back.

Locally, I also will not use the Coles 4 c discount. Being involved in a few community groups, we get (in my experience) no suport from Shell, wheras the local bloke at the BP is always helping out at community functions with donations and his labout/equiment.

cheers Andrew

Hi all.
I filled up this morning at WoolworthsPlus and it was $1.27. Of course this is in the wild west.
I believe everybody is entitiled to make a profit but the amount the government(s) stick on doesn't help at all either.
Jus wait until the emerging economies of China (in particular) and India start using oil at the rate that we do.
There's only so much and they're going to need heaps of it as their populations start to become better off and want the same things and standards of living that we enjoy.
Better get out there and enjoy it while we can!
Alan H.

Diesel was $2/ litre in Wiluna last year. $2.20 at Well 33, god knows what now? Perhaps $2.50 in some of these small,outback posts? Perhaps the Oil companies/government fools should just put it up to $2 in the city NOW, and watch the country grind to a bloody halt. They might be happy then.

Diesel always seems to be 4-5c a litre more expensive here in Whyalla, 375km by road north of Adelaide, than in Adelaide itself. Last time i was in town it was still 1.32 here but 1.21 in the city.

Barnesy

Diesel price has been pretty stable here in Adelaide for the last week or so, 130.9 at the local BP (Parafield Gardens). Filled up last Sunday at 129.9 (Mt Barker.)
ULP is all over the place, 122.9 to 127.9 within a couple of hours today.

Michael.

Guys,

The price of fuel will be, what the price of fuel will be. The oil companies will charge whatever they feel the market will bear and the remote operators will do exactly the same. It's called free enterprise. Governments will do bugger all about it.

There will always be differences between city/rural and between States for a variety of reasons. If you want to travel, you pay whatever the going rate is.

It's pointless wishing and hoping for a major change in the current climate. As others have said above, it's only going to go up overall.

Why do we continually agonize over this subject?

Regards

p.s. No, I don't have an endless supply of cash either. I, like most of you, have to save and plan carefully for any of my trips to the bush :))))))))

Along time ago, during a training course with my employer, my boss got up in front of us and drew a diagram on the whiteboard......it was simply 2 circles, one inside the other (like a target).
He went on to point out that all through our lives there will be things that fit within our "Circle Of Influence" (the inner circle) and things that are outside our influence, but are in our "Circle Of Concern" (the outer circle).
There is precious little point worrying about things over which we have little or no control.

When I save up for and then set-out upon, a long annual trip (whether it be to Cape York or across the Simpson Desert etc), I calculate ROUGHLY how many kilometers the trip is gunna be .....say 10,000klm. I then calculate based on average fuel consumption of say 17l/100klm how much fuel I might use and then add on a margin of say 10% (for side trips etc). Now here's the clincher. I then 'assume' the average price of fuel for the whole trip is gunna be $2-00 per litre. I factor this in to my budget for the trip. Guess what? I've always ended up spending less money on our annual holidays than I budgeted for!!!!! hahaha ;-)))

So, I get home, still with money in the bank! Tooo easy.

Fuel prices DO concern me. BUT, they are outside my circle of influence, so I've just gotta live with them. If I can't aford to go on a trip cos the fuel price is too high, then I bloody-well have to stay at home or go somewhere within my budget-range. Simple really. It works for me anyway.
Cheers
Roachie