Hi Paul,
I've asked the question in many forums over the last 3 years or more and have been told all manner or reasons for the price of diesel at the pump.
The me it is all Horse Crap.
I agree with " the worst thing to happen to competitive petrol pricing was to allow the big 2 retailers to get 80% of the market between them"
"Why?
? The crude price has fallen and the A$ is still up............doesn't make sense?
"
I've watch religiously the Aussie dollar compared to the price P/Barrel to the pump price and there is no rhyme or reason for the price.
EG;
The Aussie battler climbs, our import costs should fall, the price per barrel falls, our pump price should fall.
Yet with the fluctuations in the Aus$ & the barrel price over the past 3 months the pump price here in Grafton as stayed the same, $1.49.9, now that the Aus$ dropped to 98.6US Wednesday, the pump price jumped to $1.52.9.
yet when the AUS$ was 108US, and the barrel price had fallen to $92us the pump price stayed at $1.49.9
Hmmm, and we still pay for a Fuel Commissioner to sit on his arse and do nothing.
What really gets is, a few years ago, all governments as well as motoring organizations pushed people to change to diesel, more bang for you buck, better for the environment, Blah Blah, so we changed,
The same thing will happen with Gas, a couple of years down the track and it will be the same price per kilometer to use it.
And why would governments want to have lower pump prices?
They wont, they are to reliant on the tax they rake in from it.
other thing, the poliies and those that can make a difference wont, they couldn't give a stuff if it was $3/L, they are on a good wicket pay wise or they can claim it so the taxpayee picks up the tab anyway.
Time for another beer me thinks.
Edit,
I had read somewhere, cant find it, that with the diesel rebate, us silly retail customers are paying for it,
So a business cliams the rebate, where does the government pick that up from, a higher pump price.
i hope I'm wrong.
