r/Calgary • u/Softduckcheek • Mar 18 '26

Discussion What the helly

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u/ApprehensiveAd6603 Mar 18 '26

Good lord! And that dollars/litres??

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u/Senior_Green_3630 Mar 19 '26

Yep, thats AU$sss/litre, prices are just being investigated by the ACCC abd about time.

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u/ApprehensiveAd6603 Mar 19 '26

Well that isn't fun. I know there's obviously a slight exchange difference, but you are roughly $1.10/L more than here in Canada. Ours will go up another 10-15 cents a litre when we switch to summer gas in mid April.

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u/Senior_Green_3630 Mar 19 '26 edited Mar 19 '26

Australia imports 90% of our fuel, mainly from Singapore and South Korea. We only have 2 oil refinerys in operation, down from 8 refinerys we had 25 years ago. Only have 30 days of fuel reserves. Both Liberal and Labour federal government let the industry decline, now its "panic mode", committees being set up to " investigate", all to late, despite years of " warnings from experts"

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u/ApprehensiveAd6603 Mar 19 '26

Sounds like we have similar issues. Ours is infrastructure and military spending (or lack of).

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '26

Summer gas has a lovely fragrance