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13-12-2008, 11:43 AM | #1 | ||
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QUEENSLAND motorists can look forward to petrol prices they have not experienced for five years, with the cost of unleaded fuel dropping as low as 75c a litre.
If the global slide in the price of black gold continues we may even be looking at prices at the bowser of 75c to 80c a litre - something . The price of standard unleaded fuel is tipped to tumble below $1 a litre over the festive season after huge falls in international oil prices over the weekend. The price has slid on disturbing news from the US which indicates the country has experienced its greatest number of job losses in 34 years. The increasing unemployment and general global economic slowdown means a fall in energy usage and oil demand, hence the price slide. In New York, oil fell to a four-year low of $US40.81 ($63) while in London the price went even lower, tumbling to $US39.74. Oil prices were trading about $US147 a barrel in early July. Oil analysts yesterday said the falls would definitely mean cheaper fuel at the bowers but it might take a while for the price falls to filter through to end users. "You have also got to consider the falling Australian dollar against the United States which tends to offset some of the oil price falls," an analyst said. "But at the end of the day there is no reason why we won't see petrol below $1 over the Christmas period."
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13-12-2008, 12:01 PM | #2 | ||
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The V8 might get a 2nd wind, i wonder if it will stimulate V8 sales
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13-12-2008, 12:10 PM | #3 | |||
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Ultimate I have seen for $1.02 already in the last week good times ahead for us v8ers :
cheers Luke
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13-12-2008, 12:12 PM | #4 | ||
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Hope it gets that low down here (I imagine it will). I'll be parking the XR8 and driving my charger around everywhere.
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13-12-2008, 12:18 PM | #5 | ||
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July - US$147 - with dollar trading at lets say 95 cents. = $154 / brl
Now - US$41 - with dollar trading at lets say 65 cents. = $63 / brl Thats 40% of what we were paying for oil , but 40% of 160cpl = 64 cpl ... what gives? Obviously we are going to be ripped off over the holiday periods, that fact of life will never change, but early in the new year I dont see any reason we shouldnt be seeing ULP in the vacinity of 80cpl, even then we're probably still getting ripped off. |
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13-12-2008, 12:37 PM | #6 | ||
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The standard oil barrel of 42 US gallons is 159 Litres
159 Litres @ $1.05/L = $166.95 per Barrel Good profit???? C
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13-12-2008, 01:07 PM | #7 | ||
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Screw the V8, I think its about time to invest into V12's.
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13-12-2008, 01:14 PM | #8 | |||
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13-12-2008, 01:31 PM | #9 | ||
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It would be interesting to see the final margin on refining costs.
It is a fairly complex process. There must be a fair old surplus at the end of it for the oil companies and then lets not forget the governments take, then the distributors, then the station operators......
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13-12-2008, 01:33 PM | #10 | ||
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we're already at below $1/L
today i've seen it at 98 cpL 95 cpl and 93.5 cpl, fuel on the coast is cheap!! ah wait are you blokes talking about ULP or PULP? |
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13-12-2008, 01:35 PM | #11 | ||
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Already at 97 cents.
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13-12-2008, 02:15 PM | #12 | ||||
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13-12-2008, 02:45 PM | #13 | ||
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This news is great, Im loving the price drop of ULP.
What I cant understand is why Diesel is still so dear? |
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13-12-2008, 04:19 PM | #14 | |||
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13-12-2008, 05:06 PM | #15 | ||
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When i bought the xr6 6 months ago the only reason i didn't buy a V8 or turbo was becasue of high petrol prices, if petrol was this low back then it would have been a different story for me.
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13-12-2008, 05:07 PM | #16 | |||
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13-12-2008, 05:21 PM | #17 | ||
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We go on the Singpore Barrel cost! Not the US barrel!
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13-12-2008, 05:29 PM | #18 | ||
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As a rough rule it takes 2 litres of oil to make 1 litre of petrol .......
So 1 barrel makes approx 80 litres. | [/url] |
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13-12-2008, 09:37 PM | #19 | ||
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Wish it was that cheap here!, we are still paying 1.08 in tass!
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13-12-2008, 09:54 PM | #20 | ||
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It will get there TUF 302, just you wait and see.
Now all we need is a 44,000 litre tanker aka Mad Max 3 :evil3: c
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14-12-2008, 06:24 AM | #21 | ||
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98 has been under $1 for about a week, but thats an ethanol blend, down here. 95 ethanol is 87-89 cpl.
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14-12-2008, 11:31 AM | #22 | ||
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Prices my area 14th Dec. * Caltex/Woolworths - 92.5
1150 Beaudesert Rd Acacia Ridge 4110 * Caltex - 94.9 Beaudesert Rd & Mortimer Rd Acacia Ridge North 4110 * 7 Eleven - 94.9 129 Orange Grove Rd & Musgrave Rd Coopers Plains 4108 * Ampol - 94.9 Sherwood Rd & Golf Links Rd Rocklea 4106 * BP - 94.9 Boundary Rd Archerfield 4108 * Matilda - 95.9 Boundary Rd & Tile St Wacol 4076 * Independent - 95.9 485 Beaudesert Rd Moorooka 4105 * Mobil - 96.9 2208 Ipswich Rd Oxley 4075 * Caltex/Woolworths - 96.9 Blunder Rd & Alban St Oxley 4075 * 7 Eleven - 96.9 14 Rosemary St Inala 4077
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14-12-2008, 12:03 PM | #23 | ||
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87.9 I paid for unleaded here yesterday, No discount docket or vouchers. Just the bowser price
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14-12-2008, 03:07 PM | #24 | ||
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this is why i always found it mildly amusing whenever someone from QLD would whinge about the price of fuel. they have for a long time had the cheapest fuel in the country. i've heard it also gets subsidised by the govt by 8c/l.
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14-12-2008, 03:17 PM | #25 | |||
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14-12-2008, 03:24 PM | #26 | ||
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Considering its never 8c below the national average, Id like to see where our 8c subsidy goes.
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14-12-2008, 03:29 PM | #27 | |||
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14-12-2008, 03:42 PM | #28 | ||
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14-12-2008, 04:04 PM | #29 | ||
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Im not saying there isnt a subsidy, I know we are meant to get one, but we never see it, or if we do, its only by 1-2cpl. You go over the border, and the price is the same as it is in Queensland.
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14-12-2008, 09:45 PM | #30 | ||
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we are still payin over a dollar in Ayr
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