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the nobheads who `speculate` oil prices are to blame and they are quite often wrong.
I am getting my VT on LPG this week and cashing in on the govt rebate, it will still cost me $900. for a parnell unit, but its cheaper than paying full price as I did o
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settle down,,OMFG!!!
what sandman does not realise is that the oil does not cost the oil companies $130 per barrel to produce! this price is what the market is paying!
i do not know what it costs? but what i do know is this,
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No helping the stupid Australian public. there's exitement in the air as the goverment contemplate dropping the GST on the fuel Excise...Yes folks, a tax on a tax. Excise is 30 something cents, gst 10 or something cents and GST on the excise is a mere 3 s Edited by user Tuesday, 27 May 2008 5:46:47 AM(UTC)
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No helping the stupid Australian public. theres exitement in the air as the goverment contemplate dropping the GST on the fuel Excise...Yes folks, a tax on a tax. Excise is 30 something cents, gst 10 or something cents and GST on the excise is a mere 3 so Edited by user Tuesday, 27 May 2008 5:46:47 AM(UTC)
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Fossil fuels are YUMMY ! |
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ae you saying i am a "MORON", sniff sniff,,sob sob,,, well let me just say this!!! any group of people who let themselves be tied to the wallets of multinationals like me, is a moron!! so well said, yes we are morons,
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Tax on a Tax is the big problem in this country..!!!
It's pushing fuel prices way higher than they should be.
Back to crude prices, I love it when the big fuel companies make more $$ because as a share holder that means i make more $$.
Most poeple
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Tax on a Tax is the big problem in this country..!!!
Its pushing fuel prices way higher than they should be.
Back to crude prices, I love it when the big fuel companies make more $$ because as a share holder that means i make more $$.
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well you happy little oil share holder you!!
it is a very humourous post, and i am happy for you to make as much money as you can.
off course i do have one little prob with the fuel prices? that is the incredible hunger that exists in the world because
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Thanks for you post bcb.
Yes, i also worry about a world recession. Looks like its getting closer and closer.
A Billion people in China starting to trade push bikes for cars is gonna use more oil/fuel than we can even dream about.
India is hot on
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Thanks for you post bcb.
Yes, i also worry about a world recession. Looks like it's getting closer and closer.
A Billion people in China starting to trade push bikes for cars is gonna use more oil/fuel than we can even dream about.
India is hot o
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yes true fuel lover,
thanks for taking my post the way it was meant, we have always had "interesting times ahead", even with the oil shocks in the past, but it is a different ballgame now? i am preparing for it, building a fallout shelter, stocking up o
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I have cut way back on fuel too. Dont put it on my cornflakes anymore and only sniff it on weekends
HUZZA!
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As reported in the news 27/5/08 -
Cost of fuel delivered to your local service station is $0.85 cents.
Excise Tax is $0.60 cents
GST Tax is $0.14 cents
Total cost of Fuel is $1.595
As you can see it's the DOUBLE TAX in this country that is hurt
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As reported in the news 27/5/08 -
Cost of fuel delivered to your local service station is $0.85 cents.
Excise Tax is $0.60 cents
GST Tax is $0.14 cents
Total cost of Fuel is $1.595
As you can see its the DOUBLE TAX in this country that is hurti
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The trouble is only the refineries know what that 85c is made up of, their profit could be 40c for all we know.
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What's your point JBM ??
It could be .75 cents or .05 cents ??? Who cares.
It's a business any they need to make profits like everyone else.
They need to buy oil from some towel head in the desert which is halfway around the world and ship it to Au
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Whats your point JBM ??
It could be .75 cents or .05 cents ??? Who cares.
Its a business any they need to make profits like everyone else.
They need to buy oil from some towel head in the desert which is halfway around the world and ship it to Aust
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My point is if the price of oil goes up on the commodity market the refinery increases its gate price straight away despite the fact that they havent bought any oil at that price yet, also, we dont import all of our oil needs, so if the price goes up in t |
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A barrel of crude is only 159lts, as they are US barrels. Not a normal 205lt drum size. |
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