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| Thread ID: 146627 | 2018-10-05 00:31:00 | Petrol boycott | allblack (6574) | PC World Chat |
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| 1454109 | 2018-10-06 00:35:00 | I now drive a Toyota hybrid Prius plug in. I do use a lot less petrol these days. I have solar panels on my house roof which I use to recharge the car battery for free. That's nice. I did the calculation on solar for my place. At the end of 25 years I have lost money on it, not saved anything. Prius? Well the most expensive car I have ever bought was $8700. That's less than the battery replacements would cost me. Whatever, we budget, I sock away some money each week, one amount goes into the petrol fund....and of course thngs are adjusted to take inot aco**** increases in costs - tax, oil companies, markups, whatever the reasons. We don't drive so much now anyway, so I fill up maybe every 3 weeks or so. $2.25 at that Gull. |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1454110 | 2018-10-06 02:13:00 | Everyone stops buying petrol from say, Z, instead buying from the remaining ones as usual, after two or three weeks Z reduces prices in desperation to get customers, then everyone only buys from Z, soon the other suppliers have to reduce if they want buyers. QED. All it takes is the public working together, fat chance of that in NZ. If this were to happen people would start to queue up at Z as they are naturally looking for cheaper petrol. When there is a petrol rise by one or more oil companies, the trend is that the others follow suit. The same should happen for price drops. |
Bobh (5192) | ||
| 1454111 | 2018-10-06 02:51:00 | Its the competent labour government Solving 9 years of Nationals crippling debt which is the problem. Only a tard would blame the fuel companies. You really do need to learn to get your facts right Prefect I have fixed it for you. No need to thank me, you are welcome. |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 1454112 | 2018-10-07 20:07:00 | Its the ****** commie labor government with its crippling taxes on the gas which is the problem. Only a tard would blame the fuel companies. I have just heard on the news that the government takes 53c in tax on each litre. No wonder the price is so high.:waughh: |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1454113 | 2018-10-07 20:19:00 | When the excises get put in the Consolidated fund, do they just sit there or get used for, oh, I don't know, hospitals, schools or other frivolous stuff? | Whenu (9358) | ||
| 1454114 | 2018-10-07 20:53:00 | When the excises get put in the Consolidated fund, do they just sit there or get used for, oh, I don't know, hospitals, schools or other frivolous stuff? That's right. Anything but the roads. |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1454115 | 2018-10-07 21:17:00 | equivalent of NZ1.30 per l in the US. www.globalpetrolprices.com Ak regional petrol tax, supposedly for public transport : used to buy traffic cams. So another lie there. |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1454116 | 2018-10-07 21:40:00 | That's right. Anything but the roads. Seen as there's no such thing as a "Road Tax", could be used to bulk up income and other taxes. |
Whenu (9358) | ||
| 1454117 | 2018-10-07 23:49:00 | I think total tax on petrol including GST is around $1-04 c per L. | Arnie (6624) | ||
| 1454118 | 2018-10-08 00:04:00 | Guess I just messed up the boycott, filled up today. Gull $2.25. |
piroska (17583) | ||
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