People going ape over fuel prices, how are u baring the cost?

[NAGG]

I wonder what the prices will be like up at Hamilton Island - I might have to sell a kidney

I just emptied my boats fuel tank in preparation for the Whitsundays trip to lighten the load (approx 100lts staying home)

Chris

[NAGG]

I could never be jealous of people on Centrelink. I feel sorry for the genuine ones and angered by the obvious bludgers who have skills to work but choose to screw the system. You know which you are.

Where there is a will - there is a way ....... specially if you have any drive or ambition.
Clearly for some , unfortunately sitting on ya bum collecting $300 is just too easy & there are generations out there that have followed that same path.

Chris

[Dignity]

Where there is a will - there is a way ....... specially if you have any drive or ambition.
Clearly for some , unfortunately sitting on ya bum collecting $300 is just too easy & there are generations out there that have followed that same path.

Chris

And they breed, my daughter was a teacher at a large rural high school where some of the kids could barely read or write, how they got through is a wonder but the system allowed them. These were third generation Social Security kids. When she said how are you going to fill out the forms to get the dole if you can't write and they said "they'll do it for us Miss". Unfortunately it IS a way of life for many now.

[NAGG]

And they breed, my daughter was a teacher at a large rural high school where some of the kids could barely read or write, how they got through is a wonder but the system allowed them. These were third generation Social Security kids. When she said how are you going to fill out the forms to get the dole if you can't write and they said "they'll do it for us Miss". Unfortunately it IS a way of life for many now.

It's pretty sad & I've seen it occur in in my own family (ex missus) - Parent , (half the kids) , grand kid & it looks like the great grand kid (claim some kind of disability).
As long as they had a pkt ciggies & a beer ..... they were generally happy.

The thing is that it was actually a nurtured culture by the grand parents ....... go on the houso's list asap ...... it was a shocker to see specially that one son in his mid 50s has never worked a day in his life & a grand child in his mid 30s has never worked either .

Nothing to do with the cost of fuel though

Chris

[gunna]

I wonder what the prices will be like up at Hamilton Island - I might have to sell a kidney

I just emptied my boats fuel tank in preparation for the Whitsundays trip to lighten the load (approx 100lts staying home)

Chris

Bit like when I have crossed the Simpson. Last fill point on the western side is Mt Dare Station. They certainly didn’t miss with the prices.

[gazza2006au]

And they breed, my daughter was a teacher at a large rural high school where some of the kids could barely read or write, how they got through is a wonder but the system allowed them. These were third generation Social Security kids. When she said how are you going to fill out the forms to get the dole if you can't write and they said "they'll do it for us Miss". Unfortunately it IS a way of life for many now.

Im offended by that Digs. My mum worked from 16 up untill 3 years ago she worked her entire life and she is illitrate, i was illitrate untill i was 20 years old couldn't read couldn't wright left school in year 8 at that time i was writting part words at a time i had 15 jobs but couldn't hold any

Don't put everyone in the same basket because you and your kids could read and wright from a young age and had educations.

[stevej]

not everything is targeted at you garry


back to the fuel thing
just got a Tesla model 3 and a 10.5 kw solar system so no fuel for the next ten years for every day use

[Dignity]

Im offended by that Digs. My mum worked from 16 up untill 3 years ago she worked her entire life and she is illitrate, i was illitrate untill i was 20 years old couldn't read couldn't wright left school in year 8 at that time i was writting part words at a time i had 15 jobs but couldn't hold any

Don't put everyone in the same basket because you and your kids could read and wright from a young age and had educations.

Wasn't thinking of you Gaz nor putting every other Social Security claimants in the same basket, just stating fact that she was teaching third generation Social Society kids, it's the way they are brought up, their parents never worked nor their grandparents and they are quiet happy to just take money.

You at least try and do things, these kids don't and don't want to, although sometimes I wonder if you bother to read past the first few words due to some of your responses.

[blacklab]

pppppppppppppp

[gazza2006au]

Yeah i kind of took it personal as i wasone of those kids that needed help filling out the forms to apply for center link, i had to get help to open my first bank account that i still have today i didnt know how to do anything

My first job at 17 the boss gave me a form to fill out i had no idea how to fill it out i overheard the boss say to another worker "he doesnt know how to fill it out"

I went to a new age apprentiship place when i was 24 to apply for a carpenters apprenciship i called up to make the booking the receptionist said i had to pass a short reading test so i went in on time sat in a small room with 3 other kids than i was handed a long mathes test i wanted to walk out i knew fa about mathes so i pretended i knew and started doing the mathes test i failed miserably i felt so ashamed i never felt i was able or capable of even getting a apprenticeship it was a terrible time i beat my self up about it

Most of my jobs that i have worked i've been sacked from not from lazyness i was at work 10mins before all the jobs started

Its not a choice to be sitting on center link i cant do shit cant even get a home loan which buying a house is the biggest thing i want just an old shack in the country but its so hard and near impossibly being on center link

Some guys on here think its a luxury being on center link couldnt be further from the truth the boordem just eats away at you

[shortthenlong]

not everything is targeted at you garry


back to the fuel thing
just got a Tesla model 3 and a 10.5 kw solar system so no fuel for the next ten years for every day use

What is your average daily commute? Will you be charging when the sun is up? Do you have a home battery?

Sorry for all the questions but I I'm 12 months out from replacing my work daily and Tesla is in the equation. Already have a similar sized solar set up.

Cheers Matt

[disorderly]

What is your average daily commute? Will you be charging when the sun is up? Do you have a home battery?

Sorry for all the questions but I I'm 12 months out from replacing my work daily and Tesla is in the equation. Already have a similar sized solar set up.

Cheers Matt

Yeah I have the same sized system too and we get screwed in QLD as we get so little credit for input..

Unless you can charge and use high power usage things (cars, air con etc) while the sun is shining then you wont get much benefit as you will have to produce about 3.5 times the amount of electricity as you actually use....when the sun is down you are just buying at retail price from the grid..

If you were to work day shift and need to drive too work and can only recharge at night then you are stuffed..

Battery storage is the answer but the cost is still prohibitive..

I hope Steve does all the sums so we can get a real take on the true cost...if the commute is short then it might work out OK..but it also comes down to how much excess power is left once the household is accounted for..

[stevej]

It’s the wife’s car tbh and she does a 100 km round trip five days a week
atm with covid she’s working from home with occasional office trips

we have the included charger which is 10 amps and puts 15 km per hour into the car at 2kw per hour when charging
so around 6 hours to charge for that daily trip

we just had a Tesla 32 amp charger installed which puts 55km per hour in for 7kw per hour to charge


while shes working from home we just charge it during sunlight hours at a lower amperage to keep under the solar output
when going to work it will get two hours before and two hours after work of solar

its a bit to manage and will have to buy power but hopefully that’s offset by what we generate as well

[disorderly]

It just takes a bit of fiddling around to learn how to best use what you are generating...

Here is a bill of ours....I just noticed our purchase price has actually dropped a couple of cents per kw though the price they pay for our own generated power is still 7.86c..

We did just get a $198 cheque for the excess we are generating which is good...we dont have air con though ...

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Steve, does the car use 12 kw to travel that 100km's..?

[shortthenlong]

Do you get a choice of provider in the deep north? We only installed our system in May and were getting 6 cents feed in but I changed in July so now get 13. We are now in credit at the end of every month.
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