Re: Petrol prices

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From: Ash Nallawalla
Date: Tue, 04 Feb 1997 00:00

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In <32f5d18f.8276475@news.netspace.net.au> glenn@werple.net.au (Glenn Capuano) writes:

>It's true...according to the RACV it's because of a price rise in
>Saudi-Arabian gas - though how that can affect us when we're entirely
>self-sufficient in LPG is beyond me...

I believe Australia is about 85% self-sufficient in gas/petrol/etc
so we could theoretically charge almost as low as the Saudis charge their
own people.  But pricing is artificially indexed to some 
international (OPEC?) price for some good economic reason that
someone else could explain better.

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From: ash@home.melbpc.org.au (Ash Nallawalla)
Subject: Re: Petrol prices
Date: 1997/02/04
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