Author Topic: World Wide Petrol Price Comparison (Read 1795 times)

Nilsen · « **Reply #15 on:** April 01, 2004, 09:19:37 AM »

fleece me you say laz2 ?

fleece you too!!! ..so fleece off you fleecer!!!!

lazs2 · « **Reply #16 on:** April 01, 2004, 01:02:43 PM »

neilson... if God didn't want you to be sheared....

he wouldn't have made you norweigen.

lazs

Nilsen · « **Reply #17 on:** April 01, 2004, 01:04:29 PM »

yeah but im plate on

Habu · « **Reply #18 on:** April 01, 2004, 01:41:41 PM »

There are places with much lower prices than the US. When I lived in Nigeria gas was about .08 a litre and in Indonesia it was around .30.

People used to smuggle gas out of Nigeria and sell it all over Africa it was so cheap. Always lead to shortages even though Nigeria is a member of OPEC.

In the gulf states it is really cheap as well.

mora · « **Reply #19 on:** April 01, 2004, 02:46:05 PM »

I don't think it's actually that expensive in Turkey.

beet1e · « **Reply #20 on:** December 07, 2004, 09:17:50 AM »

Doh! Just as I thought. The tax on fuel is more of a usage tax. The government's way of making sure that we pay what they feel we should pay for every mile covered. The govt. realises that diesel cars use less fuel, and therefore the users pay less fuel tax. Company car drivers already pay an employee benefit tax on their cars, but now - as of 2006, drivers of new diesel cars will have to "pay extra tax".

Lizking · « **Reply #21 on:** December 07, 2004, 09:23:32 AM »

Diesel is a byproduct of gasoline production and is thus cheaper. In the US, it is more heavily taxed than gasoline, and the price is now higher than gas at the pump.

Bodhi · « **Reply #22 on:** December 07, 2004, 11:39:18 AM »

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Originally posted by Nilsen
i find it kinda odd that our oil prices are so high when you think about how much of it we "make"

What is your refining capacity?

Nilsen · « **Reply #23 on:** December 07, 2004, 12:34:58 PM »

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Originally posted by Bodhi
What is your refining capacity?

enough

myelo · « **Reply #24 on:** December 07, 2004, 01:34:19 PM »

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Originally posted by beet1e
Doh! Just as I thought. ...

Just curious, did it take you 8 months to think of this?

Vulcan · « **Reply #25 on:** December 07, 2004, 01:38:06 PM »

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Originally posted by beet1e
Doh! Just as I thought. The tax on fuel is more of a usage tax. The government's way of making sure that we pay what they feel we should pay for every mile covered. The govt. realises that diesel cars use less fuel, and therefore the users pay less fuel tax. Company car drivers already pay an employee benefit tax on their cars, but now - as of 2006, drivers of new diesel cars will have to "pay extra tax".

Wierd. In NZ diesel is kind of "tarrif free" at the pump (still have GST... equiv to VAT). You then pay a seperate road user charge which is a fixed amount per 1000km. Its quite good as if the diesel prices go (like at present) up the RUC doesn't, whereas with petrol the included tarrfic component is proportional.

I just switched to a diesel Isuzu Bighorn (also known as an Opel Monterey in Europe I think) from a V6 Mitsi Pajero... what a drop in fuels costs

Raider179 · « **Reply #26 on:** December 07, 2004, 01:45:02 PM »

U.S. uses most imported oil. thats why we get it cheaper

beet1e · « **Reply #27 on:** December 07, 2004, 02:01:20 PM »

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Originally posted by myelo
Just curious, did it take you 8 months to think of this?

No. It did not take me 8 months to think of this.

8 months ago I made a prediction. I said "The cost of road fuel in Britain has got bugger all to do with the environment. It's regulated by what the government feels the motorist should be paying in tax." - and added that no matter how cheap the fuel source was (even rainwater) the govt. would always ensure that the motorist was paying the tax they thought was due, regardless of the cost of the fuel, and that if motorists found an alternative fuel, the govt. would simply tax that. My prediction was correct. It seems enough people have switched to diesel to cause alarm in the govt. - all those people getting 50mpg! So they have made the decision to tax diesel drivers further. The announcement was made at the weekend.

Hope that satisfies your curiosity.

mora · « **Reply #28 on:** December 07, 2004, 02:03:45 PM »

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Originally posted by Vulcan
Wierd. In NZ diesel is kind of "tarrif free" at the pump (still have GST... equiv to VAT). You then pay a seperate road user charge which is a fixed amount per 1000km. Its quite good as if the diesel prices go (like at present) up the RUC doesn't, whereas with petrol the included tarrfic component is proportional.

I just switched to a diesel Isuzu Bighorn (also known as an Opel Monterey in Europe I think) from a V6 Mitsi Pajero... what a drop in fuels costs

How do they know how much you drive, do they check it at vehicle inspection? If that would be the case, then at least in here everyone would just disconnect their odometer cables. We have a similar tax, but it goes by the pound, and it's considerably lower for utility vehicles.

straffo · « **Reply #29 on:** December 07, 2004, 02:35:41 PM »

W00T W000T ! France is right on the red line !!

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