When is somebody going to take some sort of action ( any sort of action) to establish the TRUTH as to why we, the long suffering public are continuously being screwed at the bowsers by this Government sanctioned "Fuel Mafia"?

Here in Queensland, we are paying approximately $1.40 per litre (ULP), yet the TAPIS market price is $59 per barrel!

I am sick to death of hearing these continual wishy, washy urinary deficient excuses offered by every member of this Politico/Fuel Mafia!

Politicians, the whole bloody lot of them, don`t care because they don`t have to pay for fuel,.....in most cases it is paid for by us suckers called conveniently the "Taxpayers"

If this rorting against the public continues at this rate, then by the time Fuel Pricing returns to it`s historical levels, we will be having to pay in the vicinity of $3.80 per litre ($17.10 per IMP Gallon)

Of course the "poor underpaid,overworked" Politicians will say nothing because they are gaining a Revenue Excise Fuel Tax windfall, to bolster the Internal Revenue coffers, ensuring there will be sufficient finances there to fund their next obscene remuneration increase, ( which I believe they are working on now!)......an increase that in most cases is greater than the total Annual Income of the poorer average Australian citizen!

Please give us some truthful answers for a change?

I am sick of hearing people say "You choose to live where you live!" but we cannot all live in the city, and we should NOT be penalized by paying these prices by having to drive much further, simply to buy food to live!

Dear Crackcup,

The problems that you've raised are apparently
resulting in attempts of
alternatives being developed -
to fuels - such as electric cars, solar power -
and who knows what else is eventually going to appear to power
our vehicles. In sci-fi - dropping a pill in the tank could
drive a car. But of course if successful - the pollies will
then jump onto the bandwagon - until then, as you point out -
we're in trouble.

The way around the current problem I guess is - planning your
purchases of fuel. There are cheaper days for fuel purchases,
try to work closer to home, or live closer to work, or take
public transport. My husband used to travel one and a half
hours to work, until he changed jobs - and then it only took
half an hour. We have to do things to help ourselves, I guess,
because the pollies are not going to do much unless of course
we pressure them - but even then, action rarely happens.

Guys, nothing will change or happen to our advantage. The scum in Canberra are too busy working out dirty back door deals with their elite mates to give a toss about us.
Never believe what they say. As for petrol prices, Foxy, as you say IF someone comes up with an affordable solution to our energy pricing problems, the govt will quickly work out a way of taxing it. Making it unviable again.
They recently announced that with the advent of electric cars, their income off petrol excise was expected to seriously diminish. Using the excuse that it would be unfair to an owner of a petrol car to be taxed for fuel over an electric car which was not. His solution; to also put a tax on the electric cars. Do you want morons like this running our country? These morons are supposed to be running a large corporation/business, called Australia. This is what we get?
You see the problem is not the collection of revenue, but the spending of it. As long as we get these moronic minorities and their bleeding heart stories we will be spending money in all the wrong directions. Classic point in case, all the billions going to the abo's and their alleged causes, when most of the money is being directed to the pollies and their mates, using these kinds of issues as the medium to dip into the nations piggy bank.
Stop the pollies and their elite mates from doing what they want with OUR money and you will go a long way to getting a fairer system.
You have to understand, the pollies are not there to do our bidding, they are there to extract money from us to facilitate them and their mates.

Dear ALTRAV,

It's so depressing.

Where are the leaders we so desperately need?

Foxy, I have studied this question at length, and I may be on to the answer. I believe the people we seek may be on Mars, and that is why we are seeing this sudden push to get to Mars. No? Oh well back to the drawing board.

Dear ALTRAV,

Hee, hee.