Gas pricing

Yes very strange as the price is around 52c in Melbourne but stranger still with safeway servo's ( caltex ) 2 ks apart the price can be 4 to 5c the difference and it all comes from the same supplier....

Try 95c a litre at Kalbarri and the same price at Tom Price about a thousand Ks further into woopwoop. Todays price in Melbourne57c

i am in dongara where a bleep load of gas comes from. i am glad i converted some years ago and have recouped my money. still a bit cheaper to run than a diesel but for how long i dont know.

you must be aware that "gas" and "LPG" are different things? LPG doesnt come straight from the ground.
Same reason why you cant buy fish fingers straight off the boat at the wharf?

Kalbarri also is well off the beaten track. Having said that if anyone is suprised that fuel companies are skimming a little bit off you well, where have you been?....

My understanding is that while LNG is produced in vast quantities on the NW coast, this is not what is sold for vehicle use. The LPG for vehicles is produced in Perth by Wesfarmers (Kleenheat) from gas pumped down the pipeline from the domestic/commercial supply pipeline to Bunbury.

LPG cant be piped for any large distance.

Please feel free to correct any incorrect portions of this!

what a load of crock , when i pay 10c per ltr more than what is transported 67klms down the track is a blianted rip off . untill the goverment get some balls this will always happen.

If transport is a big factor in the price differences then we should expect gas to become more expensive the further we travel from the point of manufacture but the prices are all over the place. The reality of the situation is that we are getting ripped wherever there is no competition. At least I am lucky enough to be able to drive past the riipoff merchants.

While I'm wound up, petrol at Kalbarri is $1.35 which is 10% dearer than the best Perth price which is probably reasonable but lpg at Kalbarri is 95c compared to todays best pice in perth of 59c this is a whopping 60% increase. So is it costing 60% extra to transport gas to here and only 10% more for petrol, I don't think so. something smells very fishy.

onya Zacc-so you reckon LPG comes out of the ground at Dongara??
Best look a little further into that to avoid looking a little foolish?

Of course we all get ripped off for fuel. No need to get nasty about it at me though. Only sought to explain part of it for your information.

Kalbarri and Tom Price are in totally different leagues in terms of road freight

fisho64 posted:

Kalbarri and Tom Price are in totally different leagues in terms of road freight

Ya dead right Tom Price is a hell of a lot further.

Coral Bay is a long way north of Kalbarri and the last time I was there the fuel prices were much the same and it is off the main drag.

Kleenheat have the monopoly and and are part of an organization that has been looked after by government for a very long time even when we have had government enquirers into the price they come out squeaky clean which is a surprise not.

These pricing deals are not done on a cost plus basis but on what they can screw you for and if they need to screw you more to subsidize a big corporation or whatever just get ready to bend over that's just how it works.

Same with the can't use auto gas in your lpg gas equipment when the gas they truck into town is the same gas but even though you are paying a heap for auto gas you will pay a lot more for bottled gas which is a bigger rip off.

don't need the BS excuses just the truth ....but I won't hold my breath

wafarmer

that is true , but they are voted in to so called run the country.
i could assure you if they had to dip in there own pockets to fill there cars they would do some thing about it .
it just comes down to that they are spineless bunch that dont give a hoot except for increasing taxes.