General Chat / Fuel...

Recently in Australia, fuel and oil prices have soared through the roof, hitting $1.25 (0.98 US cents) a litre for petrol, and I was wondering how it's faring out in the rest of the world.

Also, does anyone know exactly WHY it's so expensive these days? I'd previously assumed it had something to do with the Gulf War crisis, but it seems any excuse will do these days to hike the prices up even more...

So that translates to $3.70 a gallon, if I'm right.
US prices aren't that high. Yet.

Hurricane or whatever else, oil companies are making record profits and no one in the world is doing anything about it. Fuck.

http://forums.nedesi...=ST&f=1&t=12667

That's like $3.80/gallon (US)..

In my town it's about $3.40/gallon, whereas in neighboring towns it's somewhere around $2.80 (wtf?, arg!! )

In Atlanta or something it got rediculous and it like $6 or something. That would suck so much.

Edit: jelly beat me to it.

Actually, most people forget that China is becoming a HUGE market for oil products now. And yes, a certain percentage has to deal with Katrina.

Too many people drive SUV's.

yesterday it was 1,419 €/liter where i live (germany).

we pay 1.51 euro per liter right now. 70% of it is taxes though

We're paying arond 95p per litre.

mid day yesterday (can't give an update for today as i haven't seen a station yet) we were at $3.20/gal. It's probably another $.20 higher now.

For everyone in the US and Canada:

http://www.gasbuddy.com is your friend.

They creep down to as much as $2.79 here in Dallas. Not bad I suppose.



If it weren't for them being 20 miles away...

It's like $3.59 here. Sucks sucks sucks.

Most places in Michigan were all lowered to $2.99/gal yesterday.


It's nutrageous to think that's a good price.

Why did they lower to 2.99? Did the state impose a gas cap?

I think our governer made some of them and then everybody else followed suit.

Personally I reckon it's no bad thing that people are having to pay more for petrol. If people just led lives that were compatible with less consumption in the first place, maybe it wouldn't be that big a deal.


Damn I sound so fucking up my own arse, but I think there must be some truth in the stuff I say...

Well, at least it's a start.

Recently in Australia, fuel and oil prices have soared through the roof, hitting $1.25 (0.98 US cents) a litre for petrol, and I was wondering how it's faring out in the rest of the world.

Also, does anyone know exactly WHY it's so expensive these days? I'd previously assumed it had something to do with the Gulf War crisis, but it seems any excuse will do these days to hike the prices up even more...

you cant ever expect gas prices to drop because we are RUNNING OUT OF IT, its a nonrenewable resources so once its used up, its gone.

Personally I reckon it's no bad thing that people are having to pay more for petrol. If people just led lives that were compatible with less consumption in the first place, maybe it wouldn't be that big a deal.


Damn I sound so fucking up my own arse, but I think there must be some truth in the stuff I say...

That's about right. We as a country do need to depend a lot less on oil--but it can't happen overnight, and it can't happen without some degree of help from the federal government.

High gas prices right now aren't a good thing. They only succeed in screwing up the lives of a lot of hard-working people. So many people who need to commute now have to spend so much more money. Sacrifices have to come from somewhere. If anything is more difficult than selling a current car for a new one, it's quitting a job to find a new one closer to home.

This is why I'm hoping that this price spike only lasts a short time longer, and then goes back down to "normal" levels. Enough of a wakeup call to people, at least--but at the same time, it won't tank our economy, and it won't make people have to choose between food and gas.

(Home heating oil is going to be a huge problem too. Bust out the firewood, everyone. To my fellow New Englanders: Get lots and lots, Farmer's Almanac says "Very Cold and Snowy" this winter.)