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Reply #30 - Aug 30^th, 2010 at 6:15pm

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Yes I know petrol is to expensive, and you are right. Something should be done about it. I'm crook on it.

So you're talking about a couple of cents per litre?

In total if you fill up once per week, an extra few dollars per week.

Say even at $15 extra per week.

$15!!!!

A latte is $4.50. You'd spend the best part of $20-$30 in the first hour on a friday after work.

Bit of perspective.
People who complain about $20 per week need a dose of reality or are a bunch of tightarses.

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Reply #31 - Aug 30^th, 2010 at 6:20pm

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Aug 30^th, 2010 at 6:15pm:

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Yes I know petrol is to expensive, and you are right. Something should be done about it. I'm crook on it.

So you're talking about a couple of cents per litre?

In total if you fill up once per week, an extra few dollars per week.

Say even at $15 extra per week.

$15!!!!

A latte is $4.50. You'd spend the best part of $20-$30 in the first hour on a friday after work.

Bit of perspective.
People who complain about $20 per week need a dose of reality or are a bunch of tightarses.

Maybe they wouldn't complain if they were on over 150K per year....

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Reply #32 - Aug 30^th, 2010 at 6:22pm

... wrote on Aug 30^th, 2010 at 6:20pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Aug 30^th, 2010 at 6:15pm:

Quote:

Yes I know petrol is to expensive, and you are right. Something should be done about it. I'm crook on it.

So you're talking about a couple of cents per litre?

In total if you fill up once per week, an extra few dollars per week.

Say even at $15 extra per week.

$15!!!!

A latte is $4.50. You'd spend the best part of $20-$30 in the first hour on a friday after work.

Bit of perspective.
People who complain about $20 per week need a dose of reality or are a bunch of tightarses.

Maybe they wouldn't complain if they were on over 150K per year....

Bollox.
Tightarses complain no matter what they are on.

People need a fking reality check.
You spend more on a latte than you do on three litres of petrol!

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Reply #34 - Aug 30^th, 2010 at 6:42pm

aikmann4 wrote on Aug 30^th, 2010 at 4:52pm:

How much crude oil do we have in our reserves?

The above confirms that AUSTRALIA IS PAST PEAK RESERVES & PRODUCTION, which means we will become more and more reliant on imported oil and that reliance will quicken dramatically, if both liberal & Labor proceed with their plans for a dramatically larger Australian Population!

The above chart is off the following link -
http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://www.theoildrum.com/uploads/12/rp_a...

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Reply #36 - Aug 30^th, 2010 at 6:45pm

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Aug 30^th, 2010 at 6:22pm:

... wrote on Aug 30^th, 2010 at 6:20pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Aug 30^th, 2010 at 6:15pm:

Quote:

Yes I know petrol is to expensive, and you are right. Something should be done about it. I'm crook on it.

So you're talking about a couple of cents per litre?

In total if you fill up once per week, an extra few dollars per week.

Say even at $15 extra per week.

$15!!!!

A latte is $4.50. You'd spend the best part of $20-$30 in the first hour on a friday after work.

Bit of perspective.
People who complain about $20 per week need a dose of reality or are a bunch of tightarses.

Maybe they wouldn't complain if they were on over 150K per year....

Bollox.
Tightarses complain no matter what they are on.

People need a fking reality check.
You spend more on a latte than you do on three litres of petrol!

Andrei,
You are still "ME centric"!

The problem is that People & the Economy, are not a level playing field!

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Reply #37 - Aug 30^th, 2010 at 6:49pm

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Aug 30^th, 2010 at 6:44pm:

Perceptions, You and I disagree hugely on your 'end of days' predictions for the oil reserves of the world.

Yes, I think we came to that conclusion some time ago!

But, I will continue to raise the issues, as information comes forward, so that you may eventually see the error of your ways?

Btw, you seem to be a frequent visitor to the site, are you now back in Australia?

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Reply #38 - Aug 30^th, 2010 at 6:49pm

perceptions_now wrote on Aug 30^th, 2010 at 6:45pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Aug 30^th, 2010 at 6:22pm:

... wrote on Aug 30^th, 2010 at 6:20pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Aug 30^th, 2010 at 6:15pm:

Quote:

Yes I know petrol is to expensive, and you are right. Something should be done about it. I'm crook on it.

So you're talking about a couple of cents per litre?

In total if you fill up once per week, an extra few dollars per week.

Say even at $15 extra per week.

$15!!!!

A latte is $4.50. You'd spend the best part of $20-$30 in the first hour on a friday after work.

Bit of perspective.
People who complain about $20 per week need a dose of reality or are a bunch of tightarses.

Maybe they wouldn't complain if they were on over 150K per year....

Bollox.
Tightarses complain no matter what they are on.

People need a fking reality check.
You spend more on a latte than you do on three litres of petrol!

Andrei,
You are still "ME centric"!

The problem is that People & the Economy, are not a level playing field!

In what way is it not a level playing field?

People who worked hard at school, have qualifications and recognised to fit their skills to a skills gap have higher disposable income to spend on petrol.
Those people who did not try, did obtain the skillset required are not rewarded.

The playing field IS even, it is more a case of whether people want to actually to bother chasing the ball.

The field is even. The people's care factor is not.

Works for me. I have little time for people who couldn't be fked.

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Reply #39 - Aug 30^th, 2010 at 6:51pm

perceptions_now wrote on Aug 30^th, 2010 at 6:49pm:

Btw, you seem to be a frequent visitor to the site, are you now back in Australia?

Yes, til Thursday.
A holiday for the wife and little one, a work trip for me.
Planned over 6 months ago and pure accident that old bogan woman called the election for the same period.
Well made no difference to me given I don't vote this time but made it an interesting trip.

Have you sorted out your planned trip to Europe?

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Reply #40 - Aug 30^th, 2010 at 7:03pm

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Aug 30^th, 2010 at 6:51pm:

perceptions_now wrote on Aug 30^th, 2010 at 6:49pm:

Btw, you seem to be a frequent visitor to the site, are you now back in Australia?

Yes, til Thursday.
A holiday for the wife and little one, a work trip for me.
Planned over 6 months ago and pure accident that old bogan woman called the election for the same period.
Well made no difference to me given I don't vote this time but made it an interesting trip.

Have you sorted out your planned trip to Europe?

No, still in the early stages of planning, but I appreciated your advice!

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Re: We Must Cut The Price Of Petrol.
Reply #41 - Aug 30^th, 2010 at 7:11pm

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Aug 30^th, 2010 at 6:49pm:

perceptions_now wrote on Aug 30^th, 2010 at 6:45pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Aug 30^th, 2010 at 6:22pm:

... wrote on Aug 30^th, 2010 at 6:20pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Aug 30^th, 2010 at 6:15pm:

Quote:

Yes I know petrol is to expensive, and you are right. Something should be done about it. I'm crook on it.

So you're talking about a couple of cents per litre?

In total if you fill up once per week, an extra few dollars per week.

Say even at $15 extra per week.

$15!!!!

A latte is $4.50. You'd spend the best part of $20-$30 in the first hour on a friday after work.

Bit of perspective.
People who complain about $20 per week need a dose of reality or are a bunch of tightarses.

Maybe they wouldn't complain if they were on over 150K per year....

Bollox.
Tightarses complain no matter what they are on.

People need a fking reality check.
You spend more on a latte than you do on three litres of petrol!

Andrei,
You are still "ME centric"!

The problem is that People & the Economy, are not a level playing field!

In what way is it not a level playing field?

People who worked hard at school, have qualifications and recognised to fit their skills to a skills gap have higher disposable income to spend on petrol.
Those people who did not try, did obtain the skillset required are not rewarded.

The playing field IS even, it is more a case of whether people want to actually to bother chasing the ball.

The field is even. The people's care factor is not.

Works for me. I have little time for people who couldn't be fked.

No matter what schooling, qualifications etc, not everyone is going to be able to be a President, a Prime Minister, A Director or even weel paid or paid at all, they are simple facts of life.l
Yes, some will, but simple arithmetic will show that there are a small number of chiefs & a large number of indians, so some will be better off, whilst many will be not so well of, no matter what.

So, no ,it is not a level playing field, never has been & never will be!

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Reply #42 - Aug 30^th, 2010 at 7:12pm

... wrote on Aug 30^th, 2010 at 4:25pm:

[quote author=gizmo_2655 link=1283144233/0#12 date=1283148985][quote author=WESLEY.PIPES link=1283144233/0#8 date=1283148230][quote author=gizmo_2655 link=1283144233/0#6 date=1283148019][quote author=life_goes_on link=1283144233/0#5 date=1283147471]

Does australia have the ability to turn crude oil into the petrol you find at the pumps? I don't know, but if australias track record on 'value adding' is anything to go by, we still NEED them to turn our oil into pterol, thus they can dictate the terms.

There called refineries and we have 5 of them Wink

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Reply #43 - Aug 30^th, 2010 at 7:19pm

Enforcer wrote on Aug 30^th, 2010 at 7:12pm:

... wrote on Aug 30^th, 2010 at 4:25pm:

[quote author=gizmo_2655 link=1283144233/0#12 date=1283148985][quote author=WESLEY.PIPES link=1283144233/0#8 date=1283148230][quote author=gizmo_2655 link=1283144233/0#6 date=1283148019][quote author=life_goes_on link=1283144233/0#5 date=1283147471]

Does australia have the ability to turn crude oil into the petrol you find at the pumps? I don't know, but if australias track record on 'value adding' is anything to go by, we still NEED them to turn our oil into pterol, thus they can dictate the terms.

There called refineries and we have 5 of them Wink

I would suggest that there is a reason that the USA haven't built another Oil refinery since about 1970 & it's a very good reason, from a long term economic perspective.

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Re: We Must Cut The Price Of Petrol.
Reply #44 - Aug 30^th, 2010 at 8:37pm

PN there are still considerable resources of oil in newer places.

Offshore deep-sea drilling and the advances made in technology are bringing these to reality.

The last bell is some way from chiming yet.

As regards peak oil, you and I both know that is also likely we are still a way from reaching the peak point.

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