That's per L not gallon.

 

$1.52 a litre for unleaded and $1.49 for diesel on the Gold Coast In Queensland Australia, and the more you go west into the desert the worse it gets, Ive seen it as high as $2.54 a litre for unleaded, and $2.99 a liter for diesel

 

funny ... don't make them the enemy?

I drink two gallons of premium milk each week... Stremicks Heritage Low Fat ultra-pasteurized, $5.00 / GAL. It costs me $10 bucks per week. It gets processed, filled, packaged by employees on the filling lines and the grocery store clerk places it into my basket... they'll even wheel it out to my car upon request.

As compared to my Jeep drinking 20 gallons of premium gas per week at $4.50/GAL ... do the math. On volume and bulk delivery alone, gasoline should only be a fraction of milk costs. I'm doing the filling, paying at the pump... I don't see a clerk, nor a service attendant to wipe my dirty windows. I used to manage a Mobil station in the 70's when we performed full service...

 

Yea it cost nothing to bring crude from the ground and turn it into gas. You are right, good argument. The main point of my post was the government and their ridiculously absurd inefficient bureaucracy that add approximately 2 bucks to each gallon of gas based on taxes and stupid demands on the oil companies themselves. Our state and local governments share far more of the blame than the oil companies!

 

I write my gas off as an expense for my photography "business" so I'm not sweating it too much so far.

 

How much does that reduce the price of a gallon?

 

I have family that's worked for Chevron for 30 years, finance and strategic management levels... are you in the business?

They have an old infrastructure... and they should be held accountable for massive oil spills and environmental disasters. They can't decommission old unproductive refineries due to existing EPA regs and when upgrading, they need to meet new regulatory requirements.

Never said it doesn't cost to explore, refine oil into gas and distribute... however price spikes that result in windfall profits in order to pay huge bonuses is just more of the same that we've been experiencing over the past 20 years. That's not government policy, moreover the CEOs, BODs, SVPs, Officers and investors taking money from your pocket. You think the average worker is getting huge bonuses and entitlements? When was the last time they built a new refinery? Have you looked at the wealth disparity in America lately?

Ironic how the BP oil spill trial is delayed and they're getting ready to pay $ billions in fines... gas price increase a coincidence? The investors aren't going to pay for it out of their dividends or from the stock price dropping. Every time there's a explosion at a refinery the price at the pump spikes. Someone said it earlier, Wall Street and their jar full of excuses.

This is definitely Wall Street, corporations and politicians (investors) you vote for my friend... all based on greed, not government policy.

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$4.51 for 87/Regular here on Maui, Hawaii.

 

I agree. It is greed and also corrupt. Watch what happens to the economy when gas hits $5 a gallon...

 

131.9 per litre when I filled up a couple of days ago. Not sure what it is right now. Likely higher.