The way that the Poms fight back against fuel prices

[fdrx7]

Originally posted by Steyr
Considering the government is using the current prices to reap huge profits from tax, maybe they're the people you should be venting your frustration against. Their cut is a percentage, so it increases as the price increases. Why can't they decide on a fixed rate instead, so that they don't profiteer off the current high prices?

oh you mean like the way the fuel excise is ALREADY?

Fuel excise is charged at 38.143c/l FIXED. It's a volume based charge, not price. The GST component is the problem, but the states get the windfall from that, not the feds. In fact QLDers get the GST on fuel refunded. If anything all the other states should follow suit, or at least return the extra money they've made since the increase. :neverhappen:

[Evo_Lee]

the answer is buy a hyrbid or kei car...use public transport but then both aren't available in Aust :p

[dave-o]

Hold up! So when GST came in, how come my petrol went up in price??? (I live in qld...)

Really the problem is it takes about 3weeks for the 'oil' price to work its way down to the bowser, so how come immediately when the oil price, or the dollar goes down, the price at the pumps changes, not the 3weeks later???

[Spammy]

so how come immediately when the oil price, or the dollar goes down, the price at the pumps changes, not the 3weeks later??

....all commodoties work like this...gas, oil, precious metals, pork bellies, frozen OJ concentrate etc etc.

Watch "Trading Places" (again) for a full explanation

[hostile]

I also like our fuel subsidy so my sister can visit from nsw and tell me that fuel is 5c cheaper there

[Steyr]

Originally posted by fdrx7
oh you mean like the way the fuel excise is ALREADY?

Fuel excise is charged at 38.143c/l FIXED.

Ok, my bad.
I thought I read in the paper recently that the excise is a percentage. Maybe I misread it and they were only saying what percentage of the overall current price is excise.

[Turbo4WD]

If you want to do something then try to shop at independants/small guys rather than the major brands.

[pro_ke]

Originally posted by Spammy
....all commodoties work like this...gas, oil, precious metals, pork bellies, frozen OJ concentrate etc etc.

Watch "Trading Places" (again) for a full explanation

Once you have a man with no legs, you never go back, baby!

[jampac]

Originally posted by Steyr
Ok, my bad.
I thought I read in the paper recently that the excise is a percentage. Maybe I misread it and they were only saying what percentage of the overall current price is excise.

It use to be, but it was fixed a couple of years back. I remember the howard government changing it cause fuel excise was 49% tax or something like this, so when it went over a dollar a few years ago, everyone complained, so they fixed it, literially.

[Jim]

Originally posted by Spammy
....all commodoties work like this...gas, oil, precious metals, pork bellies, frozen OJ concentrate etc etc.

Watch "Trading Places" (again) for a full explanation

sure but when the market price for corn spikes, the cornflakes in woolworths dont fluctuate on an hourly basis.

[Mike V]

Originally posted by Turbo4WD
If you want to do something then try to shop at independants/small guys rather than the major brands.

Don't independents water the fuel down with paint solvent?

[jampac]

They use to use acetone but the government slapped an excise on acetone as far as I know to stop this.

[intehnet]

i dunno why every in australia moans so much

our fuel is so bloody cheap

be thankful it's not $3 a litre like many countries

[dave-o]

Originally posted by jzz30
i dunno why every in australia moans so much

our fuel is so bloody cheap

be thankful it's not $3 a litre like many countries

Other countries have affordable and useable public trasit. Most are also smaller, so they dont have to travel such vast distances.

[qiksilva3]

I reckon people who can, should use public transport during the week and avoid all the traffic jams etc. Now, that would surely hurt the oil companies. unfourtunately, most people don't use public transport cos they are too fuckin lazy to walk down the street to the bus ,tram, train stop. If I worked office hours in the city etc, there is no way I would be driving my car. Not saying everyone can use public transport to get to work, but there would be plenty who could. If they tried it, they might actually be surprised that it is not as bad as they think. Less fuel, less chance of car accidents and fuck the oil companies a little.