PeteOz77
Well-Known Member
I realise there is an OIL MAN in the white house. I also realise that in the "War on Terror" (not Terrorism, or Terrorists, but a war on Terror) certain things must be sacrificed (for some reason), but I have worked Excel in every fashion that I can, and something just doesn't add up. Maybe my computer is broken, or I am working it improperly?
In Australia, pretty much EVERYTHING costs more than in USA. Levi's start at $60, A "Value Meal" at KFC costs over $8, and a Toyota Lancruiser can set you back well over $100K. Wages on average are quite a bit higher, so that helps offset some of these costs, and if you stay away from luxury items, it's not really all that bad.
So when I moved here in 1998 and I saw that the average price of a litre of fuel cost 90¢, I just sucked it up and paid for it...not much you can do when you need to drive to work eh? Just doing quick math here, that was around $6.18 US dollar for US Gallon, based on a 55¢ exchange rate for AUS dollars to US DOllars.
I drove past the pumps yesterday, and petrol was $1.45 litre, the highest I have ever seen it. With today's much more favourable exchange rate (due to the US Dollar being in the TOILET (another Dubya issue..)) I am curently purchasing petrol for $4.67 USD for US Gallon. Or roughly 25% cheaper than it was 8 years ago in US dollar to US gallon comparison.
OK, SO I don't live In USA, and I don't pay US dollars and I don't buy US Gallons. In reality, I am paying $1.45 versus 90¢ per litre, or roughly 62% more.
Let's compare that to the cost of gasoline in USA over the same time period. My brother rang me in 1999 and in the course of our conversation, he commented on a "Gas War" that was going on in his town (Not sure if he was in texas, arkanas or Florida at the time), he had just paid 86¢ a gallon. The highest I rememebr paying in MN pre 1999 is around $1.20.
Here's where my calculator starts to smoke.... How is it that the cost per gallon of fuel in America has more than TRIPLED, with talk of it going to nearly $5/Gallon this year, making it more than QUADRUPLED, when the same product here in AUS has gone up by little more than 60%? As a matter of fact, on the world stage of US dollar for US gallon, it has gone DOWN by 25%?
Please keep in mind Aus is a massive country that is sparsely populated, and transport costs for everything are a LOT higher here than USA. We also have 31¢ a litre in Excise Tax per litre (over $1 US per US gallon) as well as a 10% "Sales Tax" on every litre sold, which was added in 2001.
I keep hearing that "The oil companies only make a small portion of the profit on Gasoline"
Who the H3LL is making all the money then?
WHY has the cost of gasoline in USA increased by 400%, and it has only increased in AUS by 60%?
WHY is it that in US DOllars for US gallons, Gasoline is actually CHEAPER now than it was 8 years ago?
Someone (or more like 300 million someones are being lied to and SCREWED by their Oil Man Preznit and his mates.
In Australia, pretty much EVERYTHING costs more than in USA. Levi's start at $60, A "Value Meal" at KFC costs over $8, and a Toyota Lancruiser can set you back well over $100K. Wages on average are quite a bit higher, so that helps offset some of these costs, and if you stay away from luxury items, it's not really all that bad.
So when I moved here in 1998 and I saw that the average price of a litre of fuel cost 90¢, I just sucked it up and paid for it...not much you can do when you need to drive to work eh? Just doing quick math here, that was around $6.18 US dollar for US Gallon, based on a 55¢ exchange rate for AUS dollars to US DOllars.
I drove past the pumps yesterday, and petrol was $1.45 litre, the highest I have ever seen it. With today's much more favourable exchange rate (due to the US Dollar being in the TOILET (another Dubya issue..)) I am curently purchasing petrol for $4.67 USD for US Gallon. Or roughly 25% cheaper than it was 8 years ago in US dollar to US gallon comparison.
OK, SO I don't live In USA, and I don't pay US dollars and I don't buy US Gallons. In reality, I am paying $1.45 versus 90¢ per litre, or roughly 62% more.
Let's compare that to the cost of gasoline in USA over the same time period. My brother rang me in 1999 and in the course of our conversation, he commented on a "Gas War" that was going on in his town (Not sure if he was in texas, arkanas or Florida at the time), he had just paid 86¢ a gallon. The highest I rememebr paying in MN pre 1999 is around $1.20.
Here's where my calculator starts to smoke.... How is it that the cost per gallon of fuel in America has more than TRIPLED, with talk of it going to nearly $5/Gallon this year, making it more than QUADRUPLED, when the same product here in AUS has gone up by little more than 60%? As a matter of fact, on the world stage of US dollar for US gallon, it has gone DOWN by 25%?
Please keep in mind Aus is a massive country that is sparsely populated, and transport costs for everything are a LOT higher here than USA. We also have 31¢ a litre in Excise Tax per litre (over $1 US per US gallon) as well as a 10% "Sales Tax" on every litre sold, which was added in 2001.
I keep hearing that "The oil companies only make a small portion of the profit on Gasoline"
Who the H3LL is making all the money then?
WHY has the cost of gasoline in USA increased by 400%, and it has only increased in AUS by 60%?
WHY is it that in US DOllars for US gallons, Gasoline is actually CHEAPER now than it was 8 years ago?
Someone (or more like 300 million someones are being lied to and SCREWED by their Oil Man Preznit and his mates.