LETS STOP PETROL GOING UP

[TNT1]

 

 

Use your bike' date=' avoid the petrol price. you wont change consumer behavious sufficiently to hurt the oil companies, they have a captive market.

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but commuting takes effort, whereas randomly boycotting petrol stations gives a sense of empowerment

 

 

I's gonna start randomly reporting posts here...

TNT12008-06-04 05:22:45

[fandacious]

 

but commuting takes effort' date=' whereas randomly boycotting petrol stations gives a sense of empowerment

 

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let me know how that works out for you

[Zaskar]

The price of petrol is regulated, so how the hell not buying from one supplier is going to start a price war is beyond me?? Do they even know what goes into making up the fuel price?

Also what about the hundreds of Caltex dealers that are trying to make a living out of selling fuel? If you stop buying the fuel, you will but thousands of sites out of business! Not exactly a move in the right direction.

 

Have a look below, and you can see how the price of fuel is made up. The main component is the price of oil, and then the other government levies etc. The regulated 39.5c per liter the oil companies make is hardly a factor, and if you stop buying your fuel from Caltex, then Sasol or Shell or Engen will just be making the money!

 

	Petrol 95 ULP	Petrol 93 ULP & LRP	Petrol 91 ULP	Diesel * 0.05% S	Diesel * 0.005% S	Illumin- ating Paraffin
	c/l	c/l	c/l	c/l	c/l	c/l
Contribution to the basic fuel price (BFP)	578.413	575.632	573.851	711.630	717.030	695.528
Wholesale margin	39.487	39.268	39.049	39.260	39.260	39.472
Service cost recoveries	7.000	7.000	7.000	7.000	7.000	7.000
Storage, handling & delivery costs	7.000	7.000	7.000	7.000	7.000	7.000
Distribution cost						8.000
Dealers margin (*)	59.700	59.700	59.700
Zone differential in Gauteng	13.900	13.900	13.900	13.900	13.900	24.100
IP Tracer levy				0.010	0.010
Fuel levy	127.000	127.000	127.000	111.000	111.000
Slate levy	4.850	4.850	4.850	4.850	4.850
Subsidy from EQF Levy	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Customs & excise duty	4.000	4.000	4.000	4.000	4.000
DSML (Inland Revenue)	10.000
Petroleum Pipelines levy	0.1500	0.1500	0.1500	0.1500	0.1500	0.000
RAF levy	46.500	46.500	46.500	46.500	46.500
Sub-total	312.587	291.368	302.149	226.670	226.670	78.572
Retail price	891.00	878.00	876.00
Wholesale price	831.30	818.30	816.30	938.30	943.70	774.10

(*) The wholesale price of diesel is regulated, but not the retail price

 

[Guest colonel]

Caltex has nothing to do with the price of petrol sharpy.

[Canaris]

Use your bike' date=' avoid the petrol price. you wont change consumer behavious sufficiently to hurt the oil companies, they have a captive market.

[/quote']

 

but commuting takes effort, whereas randomly boycotting petrol stations gives a sense of empowerment

 

I's gonna start randomly reporting posts here...

 

as eddy murphy said in Shrek "pick me, pick me......."

 

or

 

"I have a cunning plan that cannot fail."

 

 

[scotty]

Wheels, rather use this email theory on bike shops

[TNT1]

 

Use your bike' date=' avoid the petrol price. you wont change consumer behavious sufficiently to hurt the oil companies, they have a captive market.

[/quote']

 

but commuting takes effort, whereas randomly boycotting petrol stations gives a sense of empowerment

 

 

I's gonna start randomly reporting posts here...

 

as eddy murphy said in Shrek "pick me, pick me......."

 

or

 

"I have a cunning plan that cannot fail."

 

 

 

Edmund:

Precisely. [dramatically] Or, as I shall be known from now on: The Black... Vegetable!

 

Baldrick:

My Lord, wouldn't something like 'The Black Adder' sound better?

Edmund:

No, wait -- I think I have a better idea... What about: The Black... Adder!

 

[Willehond]

I have yet to fill up here in Holland, but it is rumoured that petrol costs R18 a litre and the market is unregulated!

[Flemish Lion]

I have yet to fill up here in Holland' date=' but it is rumoured that petrol costs R18 a litre and the market is unregulated![/quote']

 

Are you sure? I know the petrol price in Belgium is regulated - better double check on that one...

 

And the purchasing power of the Dutch is a 'little' higher than SA's. So can't compare - some use the McDonalds index to check purchasing power... how much is a burger there

 

And most of all - their government succesfully developed alternative modes of transport.

[scotty]

Current petrol price and interest rates are having a huge negative effect on car sales soooo if you're in the market for a new car (like me) Toyota Kempton Park are having a deal where you can buy selected cars and get a free scooter or motor bike.

[Willehond]

I have yet to fill up here in Holland' date=' but it is rumoured that petrol costs R18 a litre and the market is unregulated![/quote']

 

 

Are you sure? I know the petrol price in Belgium is regulated - better double check on that one...

 

 

And the purchasing power of the Dutch is a 'little' higher than SA's. So can't compare - some use the McDonalds index to check purchasing power... how much is a burger there

 

 

And most of all - their government succesfully developed alternative modes of transport.

1.56 Euro here in Maastricht up to 1.65

 

that is a lot of RandsWillehond2008-06-04 06:33:37

[sampie]

I thought we gonna keep the hub cycle related. Ist that why you have closed  Big H topic yesterday Admin. Surely whats good for one must be good for the other too. Maybe now i can start a poll and ask have the hub become a petrol forum. just a thought.

[Marius]

Have you done any races yet Willehond?? and stop eating MacDonalds:-P

[1skinnyman]

Buy an electric "help my trap" bicycle, they can do 30km/h if you dont pedal on a flat road.  You can get up to 70km before the battery is flat, this distance depends on a lot of things.

 

O ja, its cycle related

[Willehond]

Have you done any races yet Willehond?? and stop eating MacDonalds:-P

How do you know about the McD?! No races yet, but I've been up the Cauberg on my training route! Limburg is cycling heaven!

[_Daemon_]

My petrol went from R450 a week to R140 a week

My commuting time went from a hour to a hour and a half to 40mins

 

thanks honda