"Green" Jetta TDI beats the rest!

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Originally Posted by gregozedobe

IIRC correctly about 12 years or so ago that was the case, as that was when I bought my first diesel (Landcruiser 4WD). Pretty soon after that diesel started to cost about 4c litre more than ULP (on average), then slowly crept up over the next 3-4 years to be around 10-15c a litre dearer most of the time.

I'm hoping the current 38c differential is a short term aberration, and over the next 12-18 months the supply of diesel will catch up with demand, leading to a long term reduction in price at the retail bowser.

The scary thing is that based on the greatly reduced price of oil on the international market, ULP should be a fair bit cheaper than what we are currently being charged, so what does that say about current profit levels on diesel !

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I agree it should be around $0.70/L . It is just pure greed mate.
BP servo close to me after showing on TV that their fuel is better than others increased their price of ULP by 2c.-4c. Big deal that petrol is selling cheaper they make it up by keeping the price of diesel high.

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Originally Posted by MRL T5

I agree it should be around $0.70/L . It is just pure greed mate.
BP servo close to me after showing on TV that their fuel is better than others increased their price of ULP by 2c.-4c. Big deal that petrol is selling cheaper they make it up by keeping the price of diesel high.

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Another key factor in the diesel price is the contract pricing for large users like mining and transport companies and the governnment contracts for power generation, road, rail, marine and military usage.

I would be very surprised if these contracts did not have fixed pricing terms or limited price escalation clauses to benefit these users in return for their large volume sales.

Guess who is paying for this?????

it puzzles me as to why diesel is the most expensive fuel at the pump and yet its the simplist to refine :?

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Originally Posted by GoLfMan

it puzzles me as to why diesel is the most expensive fuel at the pump and yet its the simplist to refine :?

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Taxman. It's so simple ... the taxman just doubles it's price. :brutal:

Dave

IIRC it is difficult to get all the sulphur out of diesel to meet current fuel standards, so diesel is now more expensive than ULP to refine.

The other factors are (as stated by others), supply, demand, taxation and PROFIT (not by the retailer, but further up the supply chain).