Diesel Prices today wtf??? 30c dearer than regular ULP

[Greg Roles]

Correct me if I'm wrong but apparrantly the only reason we cant is because of the DPF.
I'd love to though, I'd even make my own just for the fun of it and to say F.U to the oil companies and the Government

I love the way you think mate, and I'll go you halves in the sticker for the back windscreen that says exactly that. In fact, I am rather keen to start a business importing those clever biodiesel units that are popping up all over the UK at the moment Drop your scraps in it everynight, plug it in, and top up your car each morning. About 2000 pounds, which is about a years fuel bill for me.....probably down to 9 months now!

FU to the oil companies indeed!

[JustCruisn]

I've been looking at getting diesel Jetta but watching the diesel price go up and up has made me think again. Darn fuel companies know how to screw us !!
So now I'm considering a 2yo Jetta Diesel, then convert to run on BIO or even doing a Gas/Diesel conversion.

Some one dig up the info for the conversion for me.

II am rather keen to start a business importing those clever biodiesel units that are popping up all over the UK at the moment

Need a business partner ??

[Golf Loon]

In fact, I am rather keen to start a business importing those clever biodiesel units that are popping up all over the UK at the moment Drop your scraps in it everynight, plug it in, and top up your car each morning. About 2000 pounds, which is about a years fuel bill for me.....probably down to 9 months now!

FU to the oil companies indeed!

Do you have a link to one of these?

Couldn`t you import one and get em copied and made here?

[cetane]

According to this morning's ABC News report, the Indonesians are going to be considerably out of pocket when fuel goes up 28.7% to 65 cents a litre....That's right...65 cents! Apparently, the government has been subsiding fuel for years and now intends to "soften the blow" of rising world oil prices by incremental cuts to this subsidy.... Mmmm....If it's going up by 28.7% then it must have been around 46 cents before. Sure, we know that average earnings over there are only a fraction of ours, and there are a lot of very poor people, but to be paying a third of what we do for fuel does make you wonder. Even with our government's excise (around 38 cents) and GST take (around 15 cents) deducted from the price of diesel (here around $1.80) it brings the price of the product to $1.27. That means the Indonesian government is subsidising to the tune of 62 cents a litre after the 28.7% rise. For years Indonesia was a largish oil exporter, but like everywhere else the oil is running out. I wonder if they're restricting oil exports to provide for their own domestic market? Venezuela is doing the same, WA is preserving natural gas for it's own use....maybe Australia should follow suit before we run out of oil altogether.

[origin]

Ahh ahhh,

Finally someone got it..If I put 50ppm diesel ... I need to drive it like maniac

as long doesn't void my warranty... I am fine with it....


Logzy ....We don't have much choice.....only BP.......not like oils , VW is void your warranty for wrong oil...but ain;t diesel....


I guess 7eleven $1.51c......gone.....hopefully next month....

[Greg Roles]

Dude, anyone who thinks it's cool to visably pollute and contribute to the crap I have to breathe in when I am out exercising gets my contempt.

[OilBurna]

mine has no dpf and they still reccommend no bio diesel has a sticker inside the cap. Must be to do with sulphur levels. If you want to risk your engine go for it.

[Logzy]

Ahh ahhh,

Finally someone got it..If I put 50ppm diesel ... I need to drive it like maniac

as long doesn't void my warranty... I am fine with it....


Logzy ....We don't have much choice.....only BP.......not like oils , VW is void your warranty for wrong oil...but ain;t diesel....


I guess 7eleven $1.51c......gone.....hopefully next month....

God your posts are bloody hard for me to understand.

[Greg Roles]

Well I just got a phonecall from a lady at the AAAC fuel watchdog that I followed the link here to, and we had a decent chat. I'm quite impressed they take the time to call people personally, or perhaps it's the fact I didn't just write " It's fa rked". Anyway the bottom line was:

As the servo industry is deregulated, servo's can charge what they want. All the AAAC is going to do is have a diesel specific watchdog and monitoring site up by years end, listing specific businesses. Seems they are powerless to put pressure on anyone inflating fuel prices.

Secondly she did point out the fact it is all to do with the Singapore price index as previously mentioned. When I asked about the fact that both low sulphur and high octane ULP basically come from the higher grades of crude, she agreed the price difference isn't really fair.

She did say my point of other departments such as the aircare push and the whole environmental / impact side of things was a great point and was being passed up the chain. She thought if the departments concerned with pollution, emissions etc got involved, there would be more power to try and find reason to favor the latest wave of lower polluting euro diesels arriving on our shores. I pointed out people were actually choosing higher emission vehicles in my little VW world, purely based on diesel costs. She took note of that, and that seemed to be the main reason I got the call.

Anyone else get called, or did you all give them a serve?

[STV4SYT]

Yeah, they called me on tuesday, but i was'nt in a position to have too much of a chat but she basically told me the same thing.

At least they are aware of it, and have the decency to chat to people about it.

BTW i found a trucking magazine in work, and the gov't subsidises diesel by 18.51c per litre. They are talking about removing it, then there will be more impact. though as it is a fixed rebate, 18.51 off diesel at $1 is the same saving as off $1.70 so it is still hurting. surprised more hasnt been done by the trucking industry.