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Thread ID: 150793 2022-07-16 22:05:00 Petrol piroska (17583) PC World Chat
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1487423 2022-07-17 07:17:00 It seems to be about the same but of course please check my figures and rip me to shreds as you huas are prone to do
In 1973 fuel was 10c liter my starting salary as an RNZAF recruit was $1500/yr 0.06%
In 2022 fuel is 2.90 liter starting salary for a recruit is $44,000/yr 0.065%
prefect (6291)
1487424 2022-07-17 09:45:00 Petrol prices stayed pretty consistent for many years. Between 3 and 4 bob a gallon. It was the 1973 oil shock that started the increase cost rise. :(

Ken
kenj (9738)
1487425 2022-07-17 10:23:00 Petrol prices stayed pretty consistent for many years. Between 3 and 4 bob a gallon. It was the 1973 oil shock that started the increase cost rise. :(

Ken

Which was caused by the Arab countries counter attack on Israel after their sneak attack and military occupation in 1967. I was quite happy to pay the increase when the Arab countries cut the oil and would be again if it would end the brutal military occupation of Palestine.
prefect (6291)
1487426 2022-07-17 19:57:00 In part the current high prices are designed to force people out of private vehicles and onto public transport. The deliberate destruction of our domestic oil and gas industry in the name of saving the planet from "Climate Change" also has a lot to do with it. CliveM (6007)
1487427 2022-07-17 22:51:00 Within 10K around here in Napier, $2.80 to $3.07


No Ken, it's went up yesterday.
piroska (17583)
1487428 2022-07-17 22:54:00 Gulp, according to the Reserve Bank HERE (infcal.rbnz.govt.nz)

11348

What a useful calculator:

Housing
that cost $1.00
in quarter 1 of 1979
would have cost

$34.83

in quarter 4 of 2021

Total percentage change 3,382.6%

1979 was when we bought our house. First one anyway.


Wages
of $1.00
in quarter 1 of 1979
would have been

$8.70

in quarter 1 of 2022

Total percentage change 769.9%
piroska (17583)
1487429 2022-07-18 01:13:00 No Ken , it's went up yesterday.

SWMBO just back from Pak 'n Save, Tamatea, says price $2.68/ Litre ...... $2.62 with 6c discount.:)

Ken
kenj (9738)
1487430 2022-07-18 02:26:00 Nothing has changed, it took so much of my wage when I filled my S11 Morris Oxford up in 1977 and same in filling my S1 Ford Ka up now. Although I am better off because the KA is good for almost 50 mpg, the Oxford 27 mpg. I can only put it down to a not important first world problem.
Meanwhile a war rages in Ukraine caused by Russian aggression and self centered New Zealanders worry about negligible things like price rises covid and inflation. The malls are full, the Auckland motorways are back to normal, people are getting servo food. The problem may be the handed down Pommy whine gene hopefully Darwin's law will kill it over time.
We dont know how lucky we are.
prefect (6291)
1487431 2022-07-18 04:07:00 SWMBO just back from Pak 'n Save, Tamatea, says price $2.68/ Litre ...... $2.62 with 6c discount.:)


I have Gaspy.
It went up. And now back down again as the Govt resumed the exise duty reduction.
piroska (17583)
1487432 2022-07-18 04:08:00 Nothing has changed, it took so much of my wage when I filled my S11 Morris Oxford up in 1977 and same in filling my S1 Ford Ka up now.
.

It sure has changed. Look up that calculator, it has wages as well as petrol, housing, food etc.
piroska (17583)
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