I can't help but notice that the price for a gallon of gas in the US has quickly climbed. I saw a report on my local news which predicts prices as much as $4.00 by Labor Day. I have a small car, and paying close to $40.00 to fill it up should be illegal. I say Alaska. More oil, lower prices. That sounds good to me. If all the darn environmentalists don't like it, find a new technology which uses alternative fuel. I am so sick and tired of the prices of EVERY THING rising because it costs more to transport the thing. I only see this as leading to uncontrolled inflation and sending us into a depression. This can not be allowed. Really you got to decide what is better protecting the environment and sending us in to a depression or to drill some stinking oil!
Originally posted by blindcheesecakeWalk
I can't help but notice that the price for a gallon of gas in the US has quickly climbed. I saw a report on my local news which predicts prices as much as $4.00 by Labor Day. I have a small car, and paying close to $40.00 to fill it up should be illegal. I say Alaska. More oil, lower prices. That sounds good to me. If all the darn environmentalists d ...[text shortened]... er protecting the environment and sending us in to a depression or to drill some stinking oil!
Originally posted by blindcheesecakeOh Boo Hoo.
I saw a report on my local news which predicts prices as much as $4.00 by Labor Day. I have a small car, and paying close to $40.00 to fill it up should be illegal.
1 US gallon = 3.7854118 liters
4.00 USD = 6.26500 NZD
6.26500 / 3.7854118 = 1.6550379
$4 a gallon there would be equivilent $1.66 a litre here. We pay $1.71 to $1.76 a litre here. That's despite a lower cost of living (and lower relative wages).
How do we cope? I don't own a car. I use the abundant public transport system to get where I need to be. I know numerous people who have cars but don't use them most days.
Originally posted by XanthosNZWe poor sods have to pay about 2.5 AUD per litre, of which about 70% is tax. It's called 'socialism'
Oh Boo Hoo.
1 US gallon = 3.7854118 liters
4.00 USD = 6.26500 NZD
6.26500 / 3.7854118 = 1.6550379
$4 a gallon there would be equivilent $1.66 a litre here. We pay $1.71 to $1.76 a litre here. That's despite a lower cost of living (and lower relative wages).
How do we cope? I don't own a car. I use the abundant public transport system to get where I need to be. I know numerous people who have cars but don't use them most days.
What really bugs me here in NZ is that we have supposed laws here to protect us consumers against getting ripped off. Im no lawyer but aren't companies forbidden to collude and fix prices? One week Caltex will up their price and within a few hours all the other brands will have equalled it. Then the following week, say BP, will have a go at being first....and so on. How can you fight those conglomerates?
Originally posted by matuaYou'd be better off fighting the biggest baddest monopoly there is...stinkin fuggin guvamint.
What really bugs me here in NZ is that we have supposed laws here to protect us consumers against getting ripped off. Im no lawyer but aren't companies forbidden to collude and fix prices? One week Caltex will up their price and within a few hours all the other brands will have equalled it. Then the following week, say BP, will have a go at being first....and so on. How can you fight those conglomerates?
For a start, the tax on gasoline is expressed as a percentage, so if gas goes up 10% the tax goes up 10%, where's the justification for that?
Originally posted by XanthosNZSo why don't we use the obvious common currency here, the Yen?
I think it's because you can't even keep track of ex-colonies.
Yes I know the conversion between AUD and NZD ( ~0.8AUD = 1NZD) but I also know the GBP to NZD rate ( 1:2.9 ). So why bother doing a conversion if it's not the right one?
Originally posted by XanthosNZWhat are you trying to say? The original poster happened to be an Aussie so I replied in his currency. Do you want me to go back to my conversion table to get the NZ currency equivalent?
I think it's because you can't even keep track of ex-colonies.
Yes I know the conversion between AUD and NZD ( ~0.8AUD = 1NZD) but I also know the GBP to NZD rate ( 1:2.9 ). So why bother doing a conversion if it's not the right one?
Originally posted by NargagunaNo one here is an Aussie. I count two Americans, 3 New Zealanders, one Cayman Islander and you. Also no one has mentioned Aussie dollars except you.
What are you trying to say? The original poster happened to be an Aussie so I replied in his currency. Do you want me to go back to my conversion table to get the NZ currency equivalent?
Perhaps you are going insane.
Originally posted by XanthosNZfor the sake of clarity [to include an Australian perspective]; everyone has gone nuts in Sydney because of Easter and Anzac day petrol jumped to $AU 1.39/L or $AU 1.49/L if you like using the higher octane premium stuff. I think the Aussie has risen to around $US 0.75 so that would be 1.39 x 3.785 x 0.75 = $US 3.95/gallon, which would be the price an American, just fresh off the plane would pay for a gallon of petrol in Australia.
No one here is an Aussie. I count two Americans, 3 New Zealanders, one Cayman Islander and you. Also no one has mentioned Aussie dollars except you.
Perhaps you are going insane.