Cost of Gas or petro

Post by **businessman** » September 2, 2005, 10:19 am

I believe that if you cut your speed from say 110 to 90 then you will increase your mpg by ten per cent.Have been having a go this week but the inter Province buses can make that speed and it can be a bit hairy as they approach and overtake on a hill bend.

Post by **BangkokButcher** » September 2, 2005, 11:13 pm

Paul wrote:BB

Bear in mind when you speak of gasoline prices the greedy chancellor who takes rather a large slice !

Time to get your bicycles out of the shed !

Paul

Duely noted Paul, just a shame he does'nt give it back when the price hike is for genuine reasons

97.9p p/litre, got to crack the à¸ƒ1 barrier soon

Post by **banpaeng** » September 2, 2005, 11:42 pm

Here we give our Uncle Sam (Tax) US.49.5 cents per gallon.

Post by **Paul** » September 3, 2005, 12:02 am

I believe (but please correct me those in UK if its wrong) that the tax on petrol (gasoline) in UK is round about 80 %

My math is crap and almost as bad as my conversions - but I think that 97pence per litre equates to about 1 dollar 45 per litre and into gallons is about 6 dollars 60 per gallon.

So pity given where due

here diesel is (last time I filled 3/4 days ago) 23.46 per litre (baht) with gasoline a couple of baht over that - which (roughly) equates to about 33 or 34 pence per litre.

Still expensive for here - considering a days pay can be less than 200 baht (3 pounds). Therefore a days pay would buy you about 8 litres of petrol - less than 2 gallons.

If an 'average' UK wage was say 40 pounds per day then for one days pay you could buy less than 2 gallons of petrol - that would make it more than 20 pounds a gallon - relatively speaking. - so it shows how expensive (comparitively) it is here currently.

there is logic in here somewhere and apologies if it sounds like crap - but I will try not to write next time when I can hardly keep my eyes open LOL
it is rather late here and well past sleeping time

Post by **BangkokButcher** » September 3, 2005, 12:08 am

Makes perfect sense to me Paul

Post by **Dakoda** » September 3, 2005, 7:45 am

Makes sense to me also. Figure the month wage here is around $200 per month, while hamburger flippers in the states get around $1200 per month and the difference between the price of gas is pennies per gallon. Maybe its me, but back around Feb, traffic was heavy here in Udon, now most times the highway is empty

diesel is now 23.89 most places, but did find some at 23.77

Post by **businessman** » September 3, 2005, 10:39 am

Dakoda,i would certainly say the locals here are driving much slower.The only people flashing by always seem to be in Toyota Fortuners.Must be showing off that they have money to burn.

Post by **businessman** » September 3, 2005, 2:41 pm

I see good old Tony and the boys are helping out:

BRITAIN was last night preparing to release 2.2 million barrels of oil after President Bush

Post by **banpaeng** » September 5, 2005, 6:46 am

To look at the price update. LOOP is up and running. Gas prices will not come down as there are 4 refineries that will not come up soon that represents 5% or US consumption. Prices do not retreat any time soon.

An interestiing side note: The country of Kuwait is sendin US$5,000,000 of refined products to the US free to help with the relief. Wonder how that will be distributed?

Post by **Bandung_Dero** » September 5, 2005, 7:53 am

My maths is not great but I have done some rough calcs comparing the 4 most popular nationalities using this forum with the latest info I have.
1 litre of Uncleaded Petrol

Thailand 27Baht
USD 3.50 per US Gal 35.6Baht
AUD 1.20 36 Baht
GBP 0.90 65.7 Baht

Poms are really being slugged

Post by **banpaeng** » September 5, 2005, 8:31 am

Thanks Bandung, That shows all. Looks like Tony needs to apologize to his folks.

Post by **businessman** » September 5, 2005, 10:52 am

I wonder what the chances of getting a natural gas station up here are.Virtually zero?I do a heap of mileage and the liquid gas is about 9 Baht a litre i believe.

Post by **BangkokButcher** » September 5, 2005, 11:15 pm

businessman wrote:I wonder what the chances of getting a natural gas station up here are.Virtually zero?I do a heap of mileage and the liquid gas is about 9 Baht a litre i believe.

Do they do the engine conversions over there, never realised it was available at all in thailand, but then again i've never really looked.

Post by **banpaeng** » September 6, 2005, 12:29 am

They are quite common in Bangkok. Wish they had them in the states. The conversions are around but the station s are a bit rare. They are being put in but are just not common. About 20 years ago Diesel was like that not real common but now everywhere. Hope cng get to be very common. EVEN IN UDON

Post by **BangkokButcher** » September 6, 2005, 12:50 am

I'm sure it will become more popular over time

.

Just out of curiosity, have you any ideas how much the conversion costs, just an average.

Post by **JimboPSM** » September 6, 2005, 2:20 am

Ominous bit on petrol prices in UK on BBC News site today:

Retailers such as BP and Shell have been considering how to alter their forecourt signs in anticipation of diesel prices rising above à¹à¸Ÿà¸1 a litre.

à¸ƒ1 per litre (à¸ƒ4.55/Imperial Gallon)

at today's exchange rate would equate to 75.4 Baht/Litre

, USD 1.85/litre, USD 8.41/Imperial Gallon, or USD 7.00/US Gallon.

Post by **JimboPSM** » September 6, 2005, 3:53 am

While I wasn't looking some swine has already put up petrol to over a pound a litre here in the Isle of Man.

It's already got to à¸ƒ1.029

Post by **banpaeng** » September 6, 2005, 4:50 am

Sorry BB I do not know how much the concersion is. The propane conversion use to cost about US$1000 last time I knew but quite a bit og time ago.

Post by **bigchang** » September 6, 2005, 5:29 am

our petrolprice is gone up too,must pay 60p per liter now

cheers matt

Post by **businessman** » September 6, 2005, 10:59 am

Is there any evidence of people economising in the UK with petrol prices where they are?