vegitamite
Ex Member
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I'll post an old dated email I recieved on petrol pricing . Just for interest "\
A call to all politicians: If you are not a traitor to Australia, then bring in a bill to abolish WORLD PARITY PRICING of oil.
Today [May 28] in parliament Malcolm Turnbull tried to wax lyrical about the beauties of competition. He praised the lowering of tariffs on imported goods,[many of which come from slave-labour countries] and he said that any business had the right to change prices at any time.
Logically, he should have gone on to condemn the policy which is bringing hardship to our poor families - the wretched policy of WORLD PARITY PRICING of oil.
Why should Australians be charged for their own oil at the same price as in Singapore, or the controlled markets of the Middle East?
So, Malcolm Turnbull, if you are genuine and logical, then bring in a bill to allow free competition in oil-pricing, and get us out of the straight-jacket of World Parity Pricing before that treacherous policy destroys more and more businesses and families.
How can oil company profits rise when they are paying more for oil?
Does a baker derive greater profits when he has to pay more for his flour? How come the oil companies' profits just keep going up and up, despite the cost of their raw material -- oil -- going through the roof?
My conclusion is that they are not any different from their favourite bedmates -- the kosher banksters -- who profiteer from everybody else's misery.
Have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline_usage_and_pricing
Venezuela sells to the motorist at 5c US per litre.
So, this info is also available to Oz radio talk show hosts, but I can't imagine anyone of them starting the program with guest Mr Rudd or Mr Turnbull, "The price of unleaded in Venezuela is 5cUS per litre and though they have 100% self sufficency, we have 80% self sufficiency in liquid hydrocarbons and natural gas, why then do we pay $1.50 per litre? Would 10c be a fairer price ?".
To verify that Australia is 80% self-sufficient go to http://www.csiro.au/science/ps115.html
Also, some material published by government sources says we are 85% self-sufficient in fuels.
What's especially amazing is that natural gas, as well as coal, can be converted into liquid hydrocarbon fuel for vehicles.
The media clowns prattle on about whether GST should be removed from the price per litre as it is a tax on a tax and would shave 3c off, and now, it seems Mr Rudd is not in good odour for renegging on this tiny amount which they had earlier mooted favourably.
No broadcaster has ever said anything worthwhile, so far as I know. Were s/he to, it would be the last cushy job s/he would ever hold, seems to me.
How about "Caracas' price at the pumps!" as a slogan for a independent candidate at a by-election? But he might then meet with an accident.
It is has been reported that the cost for producing/winning/pumping a barrel of Bass Strait crude oil is in the vicinity of $5 or $6. And we (Oz) produce 80% of domestic needs. Therefore, may I ask, WHO receives the difference between the $6 and the $130+ (current price for a BBL of crude)
Does anyone know?
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