Will fuel prices ever return to sub $1.

[intehnet]

Guys don't push the coup thing too much. :lol

I don't want the SMH writing an article about PF gang members planning a coup.

"Internet hoon gang plans coup to overthrow world due to rising fuel costs.

"internet hoons plan to overthrow government using sacks filled with door knobs, with hopes to raise petrol price to $2.50 and exploit young single mothers"

i added that last bit in.. sounds like a good idea to me

[ccpl]

I like to add this remark to any petrol price thread, regardless of relevance. If my violent military coup were to sieze power tomorrow, the second thing I'd do after the waves of bloody executions would be to tax petrol to $2.50/litre as a minimum, in my opinion it is too cheap in australia and we use it like an inexhaustable item rather than a finite resource.

..... Says the member of a performance car forum.....

[TRAV-KE55]

Cutbacks To Coup

Intehnet,
due to cutbacks the coup has decided to switch from knobs and sacks to an un-named alternative.
Please re-submitt application of any alternative thats cheaper that you can think of to myself at tightarse@coup_corp.pforums.au
The reasons for cutbacks are due to rising fuel prices (thus postage of knobs & sacks are costing a fortune), & knobs and sacks will be put back into commision as fuel prices sub-side.
Kind regards
Trav-KE55
KNOB & SACK COUP ADMINISTRATION/ACCOUNTS MANAGER

[intehnet]

now using wooden and brass knobs as opposed to stainless steel, and titanium ones.

Can you please submit the minutes of this meeting to me in e-mail, as well as those TPS reports.
Thanks,
I love you.

Intehnet.

[TRAV-KE55]

Intehnet,
Cutbacks have been right across the board & as metioned earlier postage is costing the coup a fortune, there-for e-mail is now cost prohibitive due to postage.

As for the TPS reports, I am in accounts and work with numbers not letters, contact the letters department who are on the 5th floor next door to the coup postage department, they handle all the ABC's in the coup, while I handle the 123's.
Regards,
I love you more times 10

Trav-KE55

[BigMuz]

i won't let you down! my knobs and sacks are supurb!

Please, don't make us look at your knob, or your sack.

Cheers

Muz

Oh and fuel prices, if we all start using twice what we are currently using, then prices will fall due to economies of scale. So get out there revheads and burn it like a mad arab :D

[browny]

If you guys are having trouble finding a good supply of doorknobs, I know where we can get some steak knives.

[Captiva Fan]

There was a comment on the news recently from a public transport spokesperson who said that public transport use in Brisbane had increased from 6% to nearly 30% in the past six months (figures are a bit sketchy). I wondered that if it were possible for this 24% of people to catch public transport six months ago, why they didnt? There have been no major infrastructure developments or route changes in this time, just people have stopped being lazy.

Bus & train usage has gone up in Sydney too.
Once people start using the public transport they'll be hooked; the biggest hurdle is getting over the fact that you might need to walk for 5 minutes at either end. Once they're over the smelly passengers & filthy seats, so long as things run on time (yeah, I know), it's easy to get addicted to not having to not have the effort of driving (and the ability to have a drink or two after work).

[timtx5]

I think people just need to adjust their habits. Ten news did a survey (like thats going to be reliably), and apparently 61% of people have already adjusted their car use.

These prices just gave me an incentive to get back on the bike for short trips and stop being lazy. Have pretty much cut my fuel use in 1/2. Im fortunate however, for uni and work purposes I have no reason I cant ride everywhere, just because I live relatively close.

[browny]

Until fuel prices reach double their current rates I really can't see myself changing any of my habits. That said, i'm only spending ~$25 a week on fuel, so it only makes up a very small part of my weekly budget.

If high fuel prices force us to reduce our dependance on oil, then maybe they are actually a good thing in the long term.

[nui]

wasnt 2ofdem selling a stack of knife sets a while ago ?

[coyote]

Fuel prices would come down to around 50c per litre tomorrow if corrupt police stopped collecting protection and bride money from oil companies and petrol stations.

[browny]

Out of interest, what is everyones fuel expenditure as a % of take home pay?

For me it works out at 2.6%. Not much.

Also be interesting to hear from anyone who runs a business (ie fuel cost as a % of business expenses).

[MasterCyl]

For me the switch to public transport was three fold.
1. Early Bird Parking prices have gone from $12 to $15 each day, if the cheap ones are full it can be up to $19.
2. Moving closer to the city where by public transport the trip was about an hour shorter and arrived within an hour of my start time.
3. The rapid increase of petrol prices.

Seeing $100 of my paycheck going to just transport and assoc costs and time saved due to the move made it a no brainer.

[Stix Zadinia]

Out of interest, what is everyones fuel expenditure as a % of take home pay?

For me it works out at 2.6%. Not much.

Also be interesting to hear from anyone who runs a business (ie fuel cost as a % of business expenses).

An interesting point you raised, i just realise i spend %25 of my weekly income on fuel. I might start driving my 6 cylinder again