STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
Petrol is so cheap, you need to go and get amongst it: Smell it. Bathe in it. Bask in the chemical glory.
For the first time in approximately one bajillion years (since dinosaurs were flipping their caps and pumping up with unleaded), petrol has dropped to below $1 per litre at some stations, and is averaging around $1.06.
This time last year, it was more like $1.56 per litre. I’m no mathematician, but I’m pretty sure I’ll be able to afford a house tomorrow with all these extra fifty cent coins I have lying around, thanks to the low petrol prices.
I’m so pumped about the pumping, I can’t calm down. Every time my petrol needle drops slightly below F (I think the F stands for Full. Or Fuel. Or Fast. I don’t know, something car-y) I race back to the station and fill it up again, just out of fear that petrol will suddenly soar back to the “choose-between-me-and-groceries” kind of pricetag.
Opinion: Petrol, tampons and other life necessities that should be free.
So what’s the best way to celebrate the golden glory? Here’s six ideas that you can suddenly afford.
1. Have a Zoolander-esque petrol fight.
Orange Mocha Frappucinos! Nothing cheers up male models like crossing petrol streams over an open Jeep. Until Brint lights his cigarette (model idiot) and the party goes up in flames. But what a great way to get amongst the gas. Grab three of your closest model friends, blast ‘Jitterbug’ through the speakers, and let the petrol fly.
(PLEASE NOTE: DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK. AND YOU WILL PROBABLY BE ARRESTED AND/OR DIE.)
Top Comments
Let us not forget all the people who live in regional areas of Australia who pay well over $1.
On a more serious note... you make reference to the fact that you were paying $1.56 per litre for your fuel just a few months ago. Oil is now HALF the price it was a few months ago so why is our fuel here in Australia still well over $1.00 per litre and not HALF the price it was a few months ago? Going by the cost of Oil, we SHOULD be paying no more than $0.85 per litre. Can anyone explain why we are paying through the nose for a product that should be so much cheaper?
You still have to factor in things like increased insurance costs, increased wages in the drivers who deliver your fuel, staff who work at servos, companies involved in actually bringing the stuff into the country etc over the year(s). Petrol doesn't just magically appear at the bowser.
There's also a bit of greed I'd say, I mean if I have a product that's worth 50c but people will give me $1 for it then I know what I'm going to charge.