The Official I Hate Petrol Co.s & The Govt Thread

The Official I Hate Petrol Co.s & The Govt Thread

Man I hate these Cartels. In competition with each other? Yeah right, The only competition is who can keep it the highest, not the cheapest. And regardless of which party is in Government, you can bet they wont step in. The higher the price the larger the 30% immediate tax grab from the Petrol Companies and then of course our own GST grab as well.

not wanting to rile you up even more LG, but when I used to work at shell head office, I questioned them about the price rises, and they showed me a graphic which illustrated the pricing and where it comes from.....30% tax - dreaming - its more like 65% of the cost of fuel, with ACC levies, road user costs blah blah plus GST....the actual cost and profit to the company only comes form 35% of the pump charge.

If the Govt wanted to do anything it should simply reove half the f**king tax on fuel and we'd save a massive amount at the pump - but then the govt loses an major revenue stream too - and to thing they are about to add an aditional 5c /litr on for regional road upg.

You're not riling me, you coming out with some truths. I thought it was 65% but some guy on the radio today said it was only a 30% grab. Trouble is no politician is ever gong to stand up and be counted by dropping their largest income earner! Lonegunmen2008-04-23 18:26:18

Been on empty for 3 days and still going :D

govt trying to force cars off the road. problem is with this though that new zealand doesn't have the public transport networks to cope.

Even in the Cocos Islands? If you think I'm complaining, you should listen to talk back radio and hear the voices of the people. Right now the politicians and the oil companies are public enemy number 1.

i'd rather kick myself in the nuts

feel free to!

touche!

I was talkin to someone who had been to Dubai recently, where they pay about 20cents a litre*, just 'cos they think they should pay something.

Oh dear.

The price of fuel is way out of control, no longer dioes it take a war or major catastrophe in the middle east to make prices go up....all it takes is the sun to rise the moon to fall and hello another 3c per litre.

Says the kiddie who doesn't pay for petrol...

just make your own petrol out of Kristov vodka, old spice, olives, and urine. Trick i learned from my grandfather.

Cosimo, what do you think the chances are of someone actually trying that? Very high, I'd say.

yeah well I work evening shift so I need to take my car...theres no way I would catch the train on my own at that time of night..

im presuming you live in wellington though? or maybe auckland? try being in a provincial centre. the same argument often used about keeping the driving age at 15 about rural populations needing to drive works here to i think. there isnt the money or the goodwill from people in the provinces to make public transport work.

Why is it that I have lived in so many countries and yet New Zealand's "government" has been the worst I have come across?

yeah we need someone like Mao to get us back on track. Yeah, that's a good idea, what's the phone number for talkback radio? a whiny idea just popped into my head and i just need to express it posthaste...

Radio Sport has talkback.

0800 80 10 80 for ZB.

that should be zb's motto. or just the title or subject for all of there talkback sessions.

tape yourself and put it on YouTube so you can enlighten everyone.

f**ken hell, my bagel from Wholly Bagels has just risen from a reasonable $3.50 to a questionable $3.80!!!

as long as the price of porn doesn't go up...

cost of tissues might thou

Petroleum jelly too.

price of everything goes up as the cost of transporting it goes up which is directly linked to the price of fuel.

in the 5 years I've been in Wellington I've seen a handle of beer in the CBD go from ~$5 to ~$7 - 40% gadzooks

St Johns put the price of their Heine up to $7.5 from $7 within 6 weeks of opening, the thieving bar stewards

and yet we all still frequent these watering holes that charge outrageous prices for aur favourite drop.............

Lonegunmen2008-04-24 23:13:00