petrol prices

Public Receptive to Peak Oil Debate and Policy Ideas – Survey

Denis Tegg — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 02:49:19 +0000

re-posted from my blog - oilshockhorrorprobe

Even more pain at the pump this year

Denis Tegg — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 02:41:42 +0000

re-posted from my blog - oilshockhorrorprobe

High oil prices cause "large" effect on inflation - NZ Report

Denis Tegg — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:32:59 +0000

re-posted from my blog - oilshockhorrorprobe

A 2005 study by New Zealand Reserve Bank economist Felix Delbruck ("Oil prices and the New Zealand economy" - Reserve Bank of New Zealand: Bulletin, Vol. 68, No. 4) has found that the inflationary effects of higher oil prices were "quite large". Specifically that :-

Ideology Trumps Common Sense

Denis Tegg — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:56:49 +0000

It's said a picture is worth a thousand words. Take a look at these graphs and see if you can make any sense of the government's response to oil prices rising and it's transport policy. Damned if I can. (hat tip to Auckland Transport blog and frog blog)

Traffic volumes on State Highways have not increased since 2005.

Petrol prices are due to peak oil not profits

Kazel — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:38:36 +0000

7 August 2008

Petrol prices are due to peak oil not profits

The problem with petrol pricing is the end of cheap oil, Commerce Minister Lianne Dalziel confirmed today.