Thread: People Power Required

Originally Posted by DanP

Hey, I can get a bus. Once a day. As long as I want to come back tomorrow. I can't get there and back in a day coz the bus only goes once.
Dan

Think there could be a song in there for you Dan...



"One way ticket to the Blues"

beejay1

http://community.webshots.com/user/eunos9

Originally Posted by Grunt

This won't stop people from smoking, it will just make them criminals. Prohabition has never worked.

That doesn't stop the idiotic polititians talking about idiotic wars on "drugs"
mick

Originally Posted by beejay1

Think there could be a song in there for you Dan...



"One way ticket to the Blues"

beejay1

http://community.webshots.com/user/eunos9

I once caught a bus, dahdah da duh..
It only went one way, dahdah da duh..
I saw the other town, dahdah da duh..
But had to stay all day, dahdah da duh..
I want to get home!!, dahdah da duh..
But here Ive got to stay, dahdah da duh..


Thank you very much............

Al

Originally Posted by ozwinner

I once caught a bus, dahdah da duh..
It only went one way, dahdah da duh..
I saw the other town, dahdah da duh..
But had to stay all day, dahdah da duh..
I want to get home!!, dahdah da duh..
But here Ive got to stay, dahdah da duh..


Thank you very much............

Al

Ahhh,They dont write em like they used to anymore do they Al.
beejay1

http://community.webshots.com/user/eunos9

The sad part about Ozwinner is that his avatar is far too appropriate. I can't believe he's only a bit over a year older than me. I'm not that grumpy am I? Am I?

Richard

Victor Meldrew is my role model

Originally Posted by ozwinner

I once caught a bus, dahdah da duh..
It only went one way, dahdah da duh..
I saw the other town, dahdah da duh..
But had to stay all day, dahdah da duh..
I want to get home!!, dahdah da duh..
But here Ive got to stay, dahdah da duh..


Thank you very much............

Al

Thank you, "Blind Mango" Al

Mississippi blues king

Anyone looked at how much fuel is in real terms....ie after you take inflation into account? Dont think youll find its alot more expensive than it was back during the oil crises of the 70's.

Originally Posted by Rocker

SilentC,

The only reason that consumption of fuel in Australia is relatively inelastic at present is that the price is not yet high enough to constitute a real deterrent.
Rocker

Agree with you there Rocker. I reckon alot of people are so bone lazy theyd drive to the toilet if they could fit their cars through their front door.

Anyone looked at how much fuel is in real terms....ie after you take inflation into account? Dont think youll find its alot more expensive than it was back during the oil crises of the 70's.

I think the inflation adjusted price per barrel in the late 70's is $80 or $90. We've got a bit to go before it reaches those levels again. Maybe the end of the year.

Grunt

Originally Posted by Grunt

I think the inflation adjusted price per barrel in the late 70's is $80 or $90. We've got a bit to go before it reaches those levels again. Maybe the end of the year.

Grunt

You are right on the money there Grunt.

I remember when the first Commodore was released in '78 ( I think) , that one of the popular models was the 4 cylinder :eek:

Can you imagine what a gutless piece of crap that must have been ?

A mint one is probably worth a bit of money now I suppose.

A mint one is probably worth a bit of money now I suppose.

Not a chance.

Originally Posted by Grunt

I think the inflation adjusted price per barrel in the late 70's is $80 or $90. We've got a bit to go before it reaches those levels again. Maybe the end of the year.

Grunt

Have checked out a number of sources and inflation adjusted price for oil peaked in 1980 at circa $US90 a barrel and have averaged around $35 a barrel since then. As you correctly state we have a long way to go before we get to the prices of 1980.

As an aside..although I mutter a curse every time I have to fill up the car in the back of my mind is the knowledge that high oil prices are keeping me in a job. I still have memories of waiting for the bullet during the crash of 85/86.

A cut and paste of an email I received and forwarded tonight.... make up your own minds what you do with it..... if anything.....


Petrol prices - worth thinking about!

This initiative does come from Barry Minster, worth calling and chatting to
him if you need reassurance.

Apparently we are going to hit close to $1.35 a litre by the winter. If
this happens the prices will flow on down to the price of every thing we
buy! Want petrol prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent,
united action. Philip Hollsworth, offered this good idea.

This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy petrol on a certain "day"
campaign that was going around last April or May! The oil companies just
laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to "hurt ourselves"

by refusing to buy petrol. It was more of an inconvenience to us than it
was a problem for them. BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with
a plan that can really work.

Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think
that the cost of a litre is CHEAP at .89 / .95 cents, we need to take
aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the marketplace not
sellers. With the price of petrol going up more each day, we consumers need
to take action. The only way we are going to see the price of petrol come
down is if we hit someone in the pocket by not purchasing their Petrol!

And we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves.

Here's the idea:

For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY petrol from the two biggest
oil companies (which now are: BP and Mobil). If they are not selling any
petrol, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their
prices, the other companies will have to follow suit. But to have an impact,
we need to reach literally millions of BP petrol buyers. It's really simple
to do!!

Now, don't wimp out on me at this point...keep reading and I'll explain how
simple it is to reach millions of people!! I am sending this note to a lot
of people. If each of you send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300)
.and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000)... and so
on, by the time the message reaches the sixth generation of people, we will
have reached over THREE MILLION consumers!

Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all. (and not
buy at BP and Mobil) How long would all that take? If each of us sends this
email out to ten more people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION
people could conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days!!! I'll bet
you didn't think you and I had that much potential, did you!

Acting together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you, please
pass this message on.

PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE 80 cents a LITRE RANGE.

It's easy to make this happen. Just forward this email, and buy your petrol
at Shell, Caltex, GAS. or Gull Outlets and drive past BP and MOBIL
Stations.

Barry Minster
State President
Ex Service, Service & Veterans Party

Originally Posted by LineLefty

The real problem is not the actual use of fuel. It's more the cost of providing inrastructure for all the cars and trucks. Eventually .

I pay rates to my local council and they service the local road network. I also pay registration on my car to the State goverment and they construct and maintain main roads. Taxes to fed for highways.
Most new local roads are funded by developers building subdivisions.

They need to keep the excise in place to fund ad campaigns (and junkets) to convince us that their latest lie was not a lie at all. And that we have always been at war with Eastasia and peace with Oceania.

mick