2026 Fuel Prices & Security of Supply

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#3483494 23-Apr-2026 14:29

Batman:

gas prices (apart from diesel) are nearly back to pre war levels in Australia ... not sure how we are doing sorry i don't use much gas ... i mean petrol

Fuel dropped below $3.00 in Rotorua today

Common sense is not as common as you think.

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#3483513 23-Apr-2026 15:06

vexxxboy:

Batman:

gas prices (apart from diesel) are nearly back to pre war levels in Australia ... not sure how we are doing sorry i don't use much gas ... i mean petrol

Fuel dropped below $3.00 in Rotorua today

91 is just over $3 at Waitomo in Wellington, but Thursday is typically a ~15c discount day, so lets see if it rises back up... ( It didn't jump back up last week, so we're down around 50ce/litre since the beginning of last week)

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#3483602 23-Apr-2026 20:37

wellygary:

vexxxboy:

Batman:

gas prices (apart from diesel) are nearly back to pre war levels in Australia ... not sure how we are doing sorry i don't use much gas ... i mean petrol

Fuel dropped below $3.00 in Rotorua today

91 is just over $3 at Waitomo in Wellington, but Thursday is typically a ~15c discount day, so lets see if it rises back up... ( It didn't jump back up last week, so we're down around 50ce/litre since the beginning of last week)

Waitomo currently 41c per litre cheaper than both Mobil and BP in Karori (undiscounted), who I swear compete to see which of them can be the dearest in the region.

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#3483603 23-Apr-2026 21:00

allan:

Waitomo currently 41c per litre cheaper than both Mobil and BP in Karori (undiscounted), who I swear compete to see which of them can be the dearest in the region.

Take my kid to sport at Karori Park a couple of times a week, so know those two places well...

It truely baffles me there are appear to be plenty of people in Karori who are not willing to drive 6km down to Waitomo to potentially save up to $20 on a tank of fuel.......

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#3483604 23-Apr-2026 21:03

JPNZ:Retail 100m down the road from work at NPD is currently $3.16 for Diesel but I'd expect that to drop a little. Our rate is commercial but the max charged on 8/4/26 to 14/4/26 was $3.73 so a 0.95c drop in 2 weeks.

No No No. It dropped either 95c or $0.95. Not 0.95c (that's less than 1 cent).

Reminds me of this

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#3483609 23-Apr-2026 21:53

RunningMan:

JPNZ:Retail 100m down the road from work at NPD is currently $3.16 for Diesel but I'd expect that to drop a little. Our rate is commercial but the max charged on 8/4/26 to 14/4/26 was $3.73 so a 0.95c drop in 2 weeks.

No No No. It dropped either 95c or $0.95. Not 0.95c (that's less than 1 cent).

Reminds me of this

What an epic mathemathical clusterf! Top marks for patience that man.

For the next trick how about kW vs kWh? That takes even greater mental gymnastics for many people.

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#3483656 24-Apr-2026 09:43

HarmLessSolutions:

For the next trick how about kW vs kWh? That takes even greater mental gymnastics for many people.

I think the problem with the electric one is it would be like describing a combustion engine's fuel tank capacity in horsepower per hour.

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#3483660 24-Apr-2026 10:03

mudguard:

HarmLessSolutions:

For the next trick how about kW vs kWh? That takes even greater mental gymnastics for many people.

I think the problem with the electric one is it would be like describing a combustion engine's fuel tank capacity in horsepower per hour.

I vote we start doing that exclusively.

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#3483662 24-Apr-2026 10:11

SaltyNZ:

mudguard:

I think the problem with the electric one is it would be like describing a combustion engine's fuel tank capacity in horsepower per hour.

I vote we start doing that exclusively.

Can I have 200 Mj of Petrol please ...

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#3483675 24-Apr-2026 10:53

HarmLessSolutions:

What an epic mathemathical clusterf! Top marks for patience that man.

For the next trick how about kW vs kWh? That takes even greater mental gymnastics for many people.

You forgot to include kW/h in your comparison. ;-)

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#3483677 24-Apr-2026 10:56

wellygary:

SaltyNZ:

mudguard:

I think the problem with the electric one is it would be like describing a combustion engine's fuel tank capacity in horsepower per hour.

I vote we start doing that exclusively.

Can I have 200 Mj of Petrol please ...

Certainly sir, do you have an approved 10m container to put it in?

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