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 1303Steve
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| posted on January 17th, 2008 at 09:09 AM |
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Complaining about the fuel prices in OZ?
Hi
I just got an email from an ex pat living in Munich with the cost of the fuel over there.
"Prices in Germany are currently around:
Standard: Euro 1.44 (95 RON) = $2.39 AU
Super: Euro 1.46 (98 RON) = $2.43AU
Super Plus: Euro 1.51 (100 RON) $2.51 AU
Diesel: Euro 1.34 $2.23 AU
The Euro 1.46 cost of a litre of Super breaks down to:
Producers costs and profits: 57.2 cents (approx. 39%)
Petroleum and Environment Taxes: 65.4 cents (approx. 44%)
Sales Tax: 23.3 cents (approx. 16%) – in fact a tax on a tax
It looks as if Standard-Grade petrol is being phased out as it is the same or nearly the same price as Super-Grade."
Steve
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| posted on January 17th, 2008 at 04:38 PM |
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Also, I notice like everywhere else except Oz that diesel is cheaper than petrol!! Guess who owns a diesel engined vehicle
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| posted on January 17th, 2008 at 06:42 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by ancientbugger
Also, I notice like everywhere else except Oz that diesel is cheaper than petrol!! Guess who owns a diesel engined vehicle
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go back about 10 years and diesel was around half the cost of petrol..........makes you wonder!!
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| posted on January 18th, 2008 at 08:57 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by ancientbugger
Also, I notice like everywhere else except Oz that diesel is cheaper than petrol!! Guess who owns a diesel engined vehicle
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UK's more expensive to diesel. £1.04 for a litre of petrol, £1.09 for diesel.
LPG's still cheap.....until everyone jumps on the bandwagon (like diesel) & then watch the govm't crack that up to match.
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| posted on January 18th, 2008 at 10:26 AM |
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Just to think when I came to Oz petrol was 35cents a litre!
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| posted on January 18th, 2008 at 12:41 PM |
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The cost of gas where i get it for my company car has gone up about 10 cents in the past couple of weeks..
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| posted on January 18th, 2008 at 03:38 PM |
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oh wow someone thats actually paying more than the poms are
its nothing more than the greedy governments taxes thats got diesel so expensive atm
its easier to refine than petrol and is actually a bi product from the production of petrol
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| posted on January 19th, 2008 at 06:20 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by sikdub
The cost of gas where i get it for my company car has gone up about 10 cents in the past couple of weeks..
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I bought my dual fuel fairmont 6 weeks ago & fuel's gone up 13c a litre since then. NOT HAPPY...JAN!
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| posted on January 19th, 2008 at 06:59 PM |
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its good saying they pay X$ for their petrol ,but is there weekly income at the same rate as in oz,just fuel for thought
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| posted on January 21st, 2008 at 05:25 PM |
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people do forget that in the uK and Germany wages are much higher to cover the higher cost of living.
petrol prices are high in Europe but we should stop converting prices into Aus $ as it doesnt add up.
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| posted on January 21st, 2008 at 09:58 PM |
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Hi
That's a very good point. Maybe I should ask my friend in Munich what the average wage is? Maybe we could a Big Mac test and find out what they cost
in each country.
Steve
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| posted on January 28th, 2008 at 08:24 PM |
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hey havnt really read what this is all about but get this.. i was paying about 60-70 cents australian for petrol in Malaysia 3 months ago. everywhere
else in asia i paid about $1-$1.10 (thai, cambodia, laos)
everything dies baby, thats a fact..
maybe everything that dies one day comes back..
put your make up on and your hair up pretty..
and meet me tonight in Atlantic city..
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| posted on January 29th, 2008 at 07:28 AM |
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I haven't cried about the price of petrol since I was in Europe in 2001.
Paying 80p a litre with a 3:1 exchange rate meant we were paying the equivalent of $2.40 a litre.
Most people seem normal, till you get to know them.
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| posted on January 29th, 2008 at 04:14 PM |
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When I left London 20 years ago I was earning more in pounds then than I am in dollars NOW. Petrol was the same in pence per litre as it was in cents
per litre (approx 35cents/pence per litre). The exchange rate was $2.54 to the pound. My wages in that twenty years has only crept up by around fifty
per cent but petrol has increased around 200%. Include the addition of three kids into the equation  Just to put it all in perspective though I know where I'd rather be and it's not London
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| posted on January 29th, 2008 at 04:49 PM |
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Last time i was in holland my relos where paying in excess of $1800 pa for rego ....diesels are dearer ...higher usage me thinks ...wages over there
are much the same as here
Cheers&Beers
Ray V
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