Whinging & whining about petrol prices.

Signman,

I think you need to do a big trip. You mind is starting to go on the trip but you are not with it.:-))

Another thing about fuel price rising. Last year fuel at Well 33 $2.80. This year $3.00. I know that it is expensive but the cost of fuel out there has not risen as much as in the city.

I wounder where they get the cheap fuel from???

BTW Rang VKS this morning and they are going to email a new VKS call sign to me today.

Wayne

It never fails to amaze me that so many people get hung-up about the price of fuel. What about the increases in food, banking fees, alcohol (if you happen to need it), Health Insurance, Electricity etc etc. Too many people seem to get around with blinkers on and lose track of reality.
If you are planning to go on a long trip into the outback and remote ares of Australia, the fuel WILL COST MORE. It's all a matter of supply and demand and captive market (in secluded places). Why continue to go on about it. It's a choice that you (or anyone else)makes in planning.
What about an o/seas trip, just to get there (Europe) will cost $2,000 - $3,000 plus you are then at the mercy of tourist operators and the prices they charge. No one seems to complain about the air fare o/s so why continue to complain about the fuel cost for a trip around Oz. It's all about choices. If you choose to go - YOU PAY. If you stay at home then you can spend your money on other things or SAVE until you have enough to to what you want and go where you want.

I remember reading somewhere a comparison between wages and fuel costs over the past 30 or 40 years and the general theme of the article was that fuel is actually cheaper now than ever before, when you take in to account the average wage v the cost of fuel.

I did read this article about a year ago, so things may have changed a little in that time.

Who knows? I can't for the life of me find the article, though!

Cheers,

Mark

Now to make it more confusioning...Brisbane fuel prices.. diesel $169.9 ULP $141.9 28 cents difference....Now Bedourie... diesel $202 ULP $196 ....6 cents difference, "why " maybe they sell heaps more diesel out there, but we keep getting told that diesel costs is a lot more to refine now, as there is not enough refineries, well some crap like that. Anyway my 20 cents worth.

Cheers Bruce

Anyway, I'm not whinging about petrol costs. I don't use the stuff. But the cost of diesel is a different matter!

I was talking about this today with a bloke at work.In 1984 in NSW I was paying 40 cents a litre, and comparing to what I earned then to now and the cost of fuel now, its about the same !Only difference is I now have a wife and 3 kids to also support ! dont get me wrong ,I would still love to buy cheap fuel !

Cheers
Giffo

A litre of ----
Petrol say =$1.60.
Milk =$ 1.10 / $1.40
Bottled Water = $3.00 /$4.00

A Litre of Beer over the bar =$10? / $12 ? / $13 ? /$ 14 ?

What are we whinging about ?

Any way a whinge a day makes you feel good. LOL

Scrubcat