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IT HAS BEEN CALCULATED THAT IF EVERYONE IN AUSTRALIA
DID NOT PURCHASE A DROP OF PETROL FOR ONE DAY AND ALL AT
THE SAME TIME, THE OIL COMPANIES WOULD CHOKE ON THEIR
STOCKPILES.
AT THE SAME TIME IT WOULD HIT THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY WITH A NET
LOSS OVER 4
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I fly back to work on the 22nd and therefore wont be purchasing fuel on that day!! Thats my part in sticking it up the government!
Keith
P.S. Could you have copied the email without the caps lock - looks like your yelling!!
Whats worse than a d
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Unfortunately, a boycott achieves absolutely nothing. People still drive that day, people still fly that day, trucks keep delivering stuff that day. Fuel keeps getting used. The guy manning the service station has a quiet day, then it catches up over t
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Surely you dont expect LPG to stay cheap !
Mr Hobbitt has shares in the Manildra group who produce ethanol for fuel mixes. Once ppl cotton on to LPG, the Lib's mates will get a tap on the shoulder from fuel companies etc to slug LPG.
Holden has fi
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You lent your bike to me - gimme a day and ill ride it back to ya :)
Whats worse than a dog that wont stop barking??? A ford that keeps trying...
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It's a real shame politics has degraded to the state it has. Originally we would have selected our local representative, who would push for stuff on behalf of his/her constituents. Nowadays it's all about getting votes, and unfortunately in safe seats we |
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If KeithHP-UC fits a dynamo and battery to my bicycle, and Keith rides it down to my place he can use the battery to start the 2-stoke inspired skate board to get him home again ! Should get about 300kms/litre.
LOL - John
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I for one am cutting back on a few things in order to try and compensate for the current fuel prices.
I can't really complain as I own all my cars out right and am well paid, but I still don't like coughing up $92 to fill up me EA Wagon on Monday (and
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I'm also starting to wonder about those with token Company cars to keep them happy and hence not leave. We've got a few GenIII company cars at work, like SV8s and Statesmans. The company pays to run them. I wonder if the position will be re-evaluated with |
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That skateboard has pretty good economy! Time we put that idea into mass production mode!! Think about it - if we sell 500 of them in 6months @ $200 each... We'll be millionaire wannabe's, but we could actually afford to fill our cars up!
I like the
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In relation to Munromad's post - i have recently given up smoking saving myself $280 per month! Think about it - a pack a day into week - $70 (roughly cos i smoked less than pack a day), monthly - $280! Yearly.... that's $3640! That's a lot of money!
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On a serious note and along lines of cutting back, my Dad (eons ago) told me of a poster in the UK during WW2. It said:
"IS YOUR TRIP REALLY NECESSARY ?!" So now we just cut back dont we?
I work from home..lucky I guess..but I dont move the Q unless
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All the above have been very good points and generaly cover the feelings of most people. We are paying (as of to day)$1.47 per lt for ULP and 65.9 for LPG and Diesel is $148.9 a Lt. The government is hoping for $3.00 per Lt by the year 2007 with parity pr |
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John and Byron...
My vote doesn't count whichever way I vote, I am in a safe Liberal seat.
Anyway, it doesn't matter WHO you vote for, a politian ALWAYS gets in...
Cheers...Dave
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I see alot of you guys bagging the P.M. What is the fuel tax. 42 cents a litre? I was listing to the radio and they were saying. we haven't gotten the price rise for the fuel here yet.its the oil companies doing them selves for now. The so called Howard i
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Originally posted by Qute
Anyway, it doesn't matter WHO you vote for, a politian ALWAYS gets in...
Cheers...Da |
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Hi Jim,
Yeah, mate, politicians are a breed unto themselves.
On the oil crisis subject, anyone else receiveed this E-mail?:
A lot of people can't understand how we came to have an
oil shortage here in this country.
Well, there's a very simp
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The reason for high prices is PEAK OIL we can no longer extract it faster than we use it and so the prices are going to affect our usage.
We have now used half the worlds reserves. The rest of the oil is more expensive to refine.
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Keith,
This doesnt explain why we had $28/brl before that ding-bay US president invaded Iraq and now all of a sudden our oil reserves have run out.
Yes I agree India and China are an issue as well, but it was Iraq that started it off, and Iraq has m
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