$1.40 a litre: that's life, says Caltex

[santoitaliano]

peoples try doing 22 hours of uni a week, get a guaranteed 12 hours of work for coles myer @ $10.55 an hour and then try feed yourself, pay parking and petrol...

no wonder torn jeans are in fashion... becoming less of a choice!

[Iphido]

I think what the governement is going to have to do is start controlling fuel prices at the bowser by adjusting the tax rate. All fuel prices nation wide will be the same, and the current cents per litre of tax will be frozen at todays or a bit lower rates for the next 3 years. Then after 3 years phase it back into percentage again. This would atleast limit the double punch effect of fuel rises going hand in hand with tax rises.

On one hand the government is saying don't put up prices yet, on the other the experts are saying $2 petrol this year easy and $3 next year, maybe more. Price rises could go above actual petrol rises if the fear is great enough, and the fear is certainly there.

[fiery]

Last night as I drove through one suburb the price was $1.34, thought thats not to bad considering I paid more where I live only a few hours before hand : . To get into another suburb (all of 3 minutes distance) to see the price at $1.22 :

Wishing I had seen that price before fueling up yesterday :

[AnthonyQLD]

Originally Posted by fiery

Last night as I drove through one suburb the price was $1.34, thought thats not to bad considering I paid more where I live only a few hours before hand : . To get into another suburb (all of 3 minutes distance) to see the price at $1.22 :

Wishing I had seen that price before fueling up yesterday :

Dont you just hate it when that happens :

[XAGSV8]

Originally Posted by Iphido

the experts are saying $2 petrol this year easy and $3 next year, maybe more.

The experts also said last year that it would be at $2 at the start of this year. Point is we just have to wait and see. Unfortunatly Caltex are right, they said it in a cold type of way but we better get used to it. Me for one I'm still happy to go and fill my gas guzzler up and drive all day but I can understand that some people don't have that luxury. If they don't then they have to start adjusting themselves. EG Buy a bicycle or use public transport.