The first servo I stopped at had run out of diesel. A tank normally costs me $100 less.
The jump from Wednesday (AUD 2.85) to today was something… Image
Luckily work paid for this tank full...
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QWho@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’m bloody happy to have an EV
ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 day ago
If only we had electric trucks hauling goods around the country
vividspecter@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
Trials are starting to happen, such as this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtqWG2kgOKE
Like most countries, Australia is well behind China on this which already has a thriving electric truck industry.
prex@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Yeah, my wife has to punch herself in the smug each morning.
fizzle@quokk.au 1 day ago
This comment is in all of these threads.
The food you eat is produced and transported to you with diesel.
imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I really wish I had turned my backyard into a vegetable garden last fall
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I was gonna ask what vehicle had a 72 gallon tank, and then realized this is in litres. Still must be one of those massive trucks we made standard over here in the US
myrrh@ttrpg.network 17 hours ago
…that’s about $8.30 per gallon in freedom units, converted from dollarydoos…
JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 7 hours ago
Based on conversion of Fiat. What is it in buying power overall? Like, how many macca’s big macs is that over there? Or how many bus fares?
GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Thanks for running the math for us. Holy hell, that is insane.
TheHolm@aussie.zone 18 hours ago
My family wagon has 60L tank, and it is not a big car. Just build for AU condition where you can have 300km between servos. 72L is normal.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Yeah, nah. I didn’t realize how small litres are. My SAABs had 16 gallon tanks. AU has some lonely patches in the outback, but there are places in the US where you’ll see signs that say “Last fuel for 250-300 miles,” and those places always charge a ton extra. (That’s 402-482km)
cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I was originally confused, because you pay in $ but quantity is in Liters! But then noticed the community is Australia.
I can tell you that the price here in northern Europe is 4,15 Australian $ pr liter… That would have been just about $300 for your tankful 🤦
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Liberia, Namibia, and Taiwan all use dollars that aren’t USD.
lyralycan@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Which is one reason why I’ve taken to referring to currency with nation included, e.g. US$, AU$, JP¥, GB£… The Euro is the only easy standard, arguably the ‘English language’ of currency
trolololol@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Yep it’s been while we stopped using mirrors as payment and using $ money $
FireWire400@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That’s roughly 1.92€ per litre. Over here in Germany you’re paying over 2.20€ for a litre of diesel right now.
daizelkrns@sh.itjust.works 20 hours ago
In Mexico gas is 26mxn per liter for regular and 30mxn for premium. That’s like 5.60 per gallon of regular and 6.40 for premium, this with insanely lower income than in the US. I really don’t get why they are so outraged, gas is still cheap there
JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Diesel hit 2.5€/l in Finland this week :)
TheHolm@aussie.zone 18 hours ago
Diesel is considerably more expensive now than even premium petrol. So probably about same price.
Almacca@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
It was $2.99/l on Wednesday at a servo I frequently pass. Thursday morning it was $3.09, and Thursday afternoon it’s was $3.19. who knows what it’ll be today (Friday)?
thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
Diesel? U91 is “only” ~$2.50 here.
& shit’s only going to get worse for the rest of the year unfortunately. Even if everything went back to normal instantly today, it would take months if not years to replace all of the infrastructural damage done to the various ports and refineries in and around the Arabian peninsula.
Almacca@aussie.zone 8 hours ago
Yeah, E10 unleaded is at about $2.53 at the same servo. I just did a search for the cheapest price on the 7-Eleven fuel lock app, and it’s $2.53 as well.
I’m glad I got my bike working again late last year. I’ve been riding to work again, and this is just an extra motivator.
vas@lemmy.ml 23 hours ago
Sorry for saying this in a car-related post, but the solution to car dependency is simply the availability of other forms of thansport.
Specifically, trains, intra-city bike lanes that are 2x faster than a car, ect
If you have that, you get choice and some level of control. (P.S. not in rural areas with no trains tho.)
thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
In an ideal world, absolutely. But for everyone who lives outside of (their city’s equivalent of) the old “Zone 1” region of metropolitan Melbourne - it becomes less and less feasible the further into suburbia you get.
My commute to work one way is 35 minutes driving (without traffic, 60-75 minutes peak); or ~2hrs once you factor in the walk from our house to the train station, two trains (or train and a tram, or train and a bus), and then walk to the office.
There are literally hundreds of thousands of us, scattered throughout. We aren’t car-brained, we are car burdened.
Taleya@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
yeah nah mate. Get over it.
I’m literally unable to drive due to vision problems, so the walk / bus / train / tram is standard. I live in Moorabbin and my work is in Port Melbourne. Ever tried to navigate that shit? Sister did Chaddy to Bundoora every day for Uni for years
It’s not hard. You just don’t like the inconvenience.
PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Fuck me, that is expensive, it’s almost up to the normal price we pay here in the uk!
OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world 1 day ago
maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Is that you looking at your Origin Energy bill?
OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’ll never get a bill from those cunts again
ramble81@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
For the Americans, this comes up to about $8.34/gallon.
swearengen@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
There would be mass riots, people are already pissed and it’s only $4 a gallon now on average.
vividspecter@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
And I’ll add that even the Australian numbers are on the relatively low side with parts of Europe approaching $12 USD per gallon for diesel. Americans have no idea how cheap fuel is there by comparison.
ramble81@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
At this point, I seriously question what would cause Americans to riot.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It was just above $7 a gallon for premium, and $6.50-$6.60 a gallon for regular when I biked passed the gas stations here in IB yesterday.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 day ago
When I converted litres to gallons Google told me that is only 19.2 gallons, so it would be $12.03 a gallon. There would be riots, and more mass shootings.