Andrew America is way cheaper than Europe for fuel. In Britain prices are ridiculous. Nearly $1.50 a litre in London!
Here in Hungary things are outrageous considering the wages.
Ah well, it always happens just before a war in the Middle East....

Ozzy

I have a reasonable understanding of world politics and economics. As much as the next bloke anyway.
But I can't figure out why petrol prices should increase because of an impending war with Iraq. They don't supply much oil in terms of the % worldwide and in fact, their oil has been part of an embargo where it can only be exchanged for humanitarian goods, not sold. So where is the connection?
If you ask a cynic like me, it's just an excuse for oil producers, and wholesalers and retailers to make profit and for governments to make more on excise (which is a % of the retail price)

In Australia we are 100% self sufficient in oil, we even export some to Japan and other Asian nations. So how come our prices are normally around $1-00 a litre (about $4-50 Aust per gallon) and they are threatening huge rises because of the impending conflict.

The sooner Nuclear power takes over everything, the better. But we'll have to kill the Oill executives first so they don't sabotage development like they have the electrical inventions, not to mention the governments.

God, I am a cynic, aren't I? 

I know what you mean OakRaiders, i'm gonna get a job so I can keep driving!

  Dont know where you are Ranger, its 88.9 cents/litre here in Newfoundland, Canada but we were regulated in 2002.  Thank Goodness!!!!  $1.50/litre in London?  Geez  Whats it in the US now?  We only went up 3 cents/litre this week
Splash

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it can be very expensive around here(in LA), some places are selling 92 oct. at 2.30 USD per gallon! but then again it isn't as bad as most places in europe

p.s. to moderator: this might look better in the auto forum

Wait a miniute, thats 70 cents U.S per liter.

*rangers head blows up*

I knew my dad should have taken that job in Cali. 

But why do the prices go up? Brensec even pointed out that their prices are going up also even though Australia is self sufficient. Is it just the oil companies trying to make more money?

its all about weekends,

here in Brisbane Australia,

during the week Monday to Thursday

$0.81 AUD per Litre.

on Friday to Sunday

anywhere between $0.92 and $0.98 AUD per litre.

It must have gold added to it or something cuz it is sooooo expensive. Especially the high octane stuff which pushes 1 dollar a litre.

Youre right there about oil companies and ethics, Ozzy, We are regulated here and because the prices are kept down it means the companies profits are not as high as they wish and they have threatened to pull their gas from all the smaller communites unless they get their way,  leaving people to drive very long distances to get gas.  No ethics at all, Man Bah  Humbug!!!!
Splash

Ah so cowardice is still alive and well in Oz, though you'd all taken after Steve Irwin by now!

Mark

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I notice that you Americans refer to your types of petrol available in % octane.

We have 3 types:

Super - The old fuel which was introduced as illegal in new cars in 1987.

Unleaded - Lead free petrol (99% use this).

High Octane Unleaded - For high performance newer cars which can't take super.

The bowser nozzles are bigger on the Super pump so they won't fit into a car younger than 1987, because the hole is made smaller.

I think our Super is about 90 octane.

How many types do you have? 

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we have
premium 93 or 92 depending on the brand
super unleaded  89
regular 87

some places have lead free racing gas 100-115 octane but its outrageous in price

bout the only leaded stuff we can get is avgas