Ext User(David Z)
28-01-2007, 06:33 PM
"Roger" <rmar5000@bigpond.com.au> wrote in message
news:MbCuh.265$x8.197@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> Gotta love those TV drivel shows on at 6.30 weekdays.
>
> This week's best hypocritical story had to be the one about
> the "fuel price scandal".
>
> There we have Channel Nein telling us - no preaching to us
> that the oil companies are all naughty because they make a quid
> when they can. The twats at Nein dont even realise that they do
> the same for advertising rates - try buying a TV slot on Tuesday
> afternoon - dirt cheap usually. Try buying a TV slot on Tuesday
> afternoon whilst the Ashes was on - that makes 10 cents a litre
> on fuel look like a drop in the ocean. Price gouging or just the
> supply and demand cycle working for the TV stations? Why
> dont plumbers just charge the same rate 24 hours a day?
> Because if we have a leaking pipe at 2 am on Sunday morning
> and its dripping all over the stolen Rembrandts we'll pay whatever
> the plumber asks. Price gouging??
>
> For the last fucking time "retail petrol prices are governed by supply
> and demand". Surprisingly the supply and demand cycle is the same
> for each oil company because the demand is greatest for petrol from
> Friday to Sunday. The service stations will only order petrol when
> they can empty their tanks by selling it, they dont order it on Monday
> knowing it will sit in their tanks until the weekend because they have to
> pay for it when it arrives. There's no credit and 90 days to pay when
> you buy petrol in bulk.
>
> The oil companies try to smooth out the demand from the petrol stations
> by reducing the price of fuel on Monday to Thursday and keeping the
> number of $450,000 fuel tankers to a minimum. If the petrol stations
> could have their way they'd only buy fuel on Friday afternoon and
> delivered at 2.30pm so that its available for the afternoon fill up.
>
> Why does petrol in the country areas cost more? - 'cos they have to pay
> for it to be delivered often by small poxy little trucks that cost more to
> operate than B doubles or road trains. The fuel often gets handled three
> times before getting to the small country petrol stations. 1 out of the
> refinery and out to a country distributor 2. into the distibutor's tanks.
> 3. into poxy little truck for delivery of 5000 litres ULP and 500 of lead
> replacement. Who pays - the end user. Who wins on all
Your assumption of a 10:1 ratio is accurate for urban areas only, where
about 1 in 10 cars is older than 20 years (ie runs on leaded). But in some
country/remote areas it's actually closer to 50/50, believe it or not.
news:MbCuh.265$x8.197@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> Gotta love those TV drivel shows on at 6.30 weekdays.
>
> This week's best hypocritical story had to be the one about
> the "fuel price scandal".
>
> There we have Channel Nein telling us - no preaching to us
> that the oil companies are all naughty because they make a quid
> when they can. The twats at Nein dont even realise that they do
> the same for advertising rates - try buying a TV slot on Tuesday
> afternoon - dirt cheap usually. Try buying a TV slot on Tuesday
> afternoon whilst the Ashes was on - that makes 10 cents a litre
> on fuel look like a drop in the ocean. Price gouging or just the
> supply and demand cycle working for the TV stations? Why
> dont plumbers just charge the same rate 24 hours a day?
> Because if we have a leaking pipe at 2 am on Sunday morning
> and its dripping all over the stolen Rembrandts we'll pay whatever
> the plumber asks. Price gouging??
>
> For the last fucking time "retail petrol prices are governed by supply
> and demand". Surprisingly the supply and demand cycle is the same
> for each oil company because the demand is greatest for petrol from
> Friday to Sunday. The service stations will only order petrol when
> they can empty their tanks by selling it, they dont order it on Monday
> knowing it will sit in their tanks until the weekend because they have to
> pay for it when it arrives. There's no credit and 90 days to pay when
> you buy petrol in bulk.
>
> The oil companies try to smooth out the demand from the petrol stations
> by reducing the price of fuel on Monday to Thursday and keeping the
> number of $450,000 fuel tankers to a minimum. If the petrol stations
> could have their way they'd only buy fuel on Friday afternoon and
> delivered at 2.30pm so that its available for the afternoon fill up.
>
> Why does petrol in the country areas cost more? - 'cos they have to pay
> for it to be delivered often by small poxy little trucks that cost more to
> operate than B doubles or road trains. The fuel often gets handled three
> times before getting to the small country petrol stations. 1 out of the
> refinery and out to a country distributor 2. into the distibutor's tanks.
> 3. into poxy little truck for delivery of 5000 litres ULP and 500 of lead
> replacement. Who pays - the end user. Who wins on all
Your assumption of a 10:1 ratio is accurate for urban areas only, where
about 1 in 10 cars is older than 20 years (ie runs on leaded). But in some
country/remote areas it's actually closer to 50/50, believe it or not.