Gas is for Deep Pockets?
I buy gas for my motorcycle every Tuesday and last time I went to the gas station, it shocked me with the price. I never felt the rapid increasing price like this. I usually buy a 92 octane gasoline (Premium Grade) and it has reached Rp. 10.600 per liter (about US$ 4.39 per gallon), last two weeks I bought it in Rp. 10.300 per liter (about US$ 4.26 per gallon). Six months ago I could bought it in price Rp. 8.600 per liter (about US$ 3.56 per gallon).
I could do some saving if I use the octane 88 (Regular Grade) one which price is Rp. 6.000 per liter (about US$ 2.48 per gallon) instead of the 92 octane one. Well all I can say is it just a matter of habit. When you usually fill up your tank with a higher octane there are a lot of consideration if you want to downgrade your gas.
But I’m not all alone, other countries has the same condition with me in Indonesia. For example :
Malaysia- The octane 92 (Premium Grade) in Malaysia have reached RM 2.62 per liter (about US$ 3.03 per gallon)
- View the Source
Singapore- The octane 92 (Premium Grade) in Singapore have reached S$ 2.253 per liter (about US$ 6.25 per gallon)
- View the Source
Australia- The ULP (octane between 91-93/Premium Grade) in Australia have reached A$ 1.51 per liter (about US$ 5.45 per gallon)
- View the Source
- Summary Table (Octane 92)
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Country Indonesia Malaysia Singapore Australia Price (US$/Gallon) 4.26 3.03 6.25 5.45
Well, I realized that people in other countries has nearly the same condition with me in Indonesia. Maybe some country has more expensive gas price. I could not estimate how much the increasing of the price could affect the daily life (or precisely the life of vehicle user), since the the differences of traffic condition. In Indonesia (especially in Jakarta) there’s no day without traffic jam (except for holidays), and it makes the average fuel consumption very high.
Seems I should do more analysis after this
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Anton Hermansyah
Tags: Daily Life
July 29th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
That’s good analysis, buddy
July 31st, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Bike2work, anyone?
July 31st, 2008 at 5:24 pm
quite a dilemma, huh…
Public transportation is still far from what we could say ‘comfortable’, yet if people own their own vehicles it would increase the traffic jam, polution, and the probability of traffic accident happening…
The only one that will decrease is… your budget…
August 1st, 2008 at 7:04 pm
In Indonesia, it’s still cheaper when we use our own vehicle especially motorcycle, even when you use Pertamax (octane 92) than using public transport. So I don’t think public transport as the solver.
Neither does the Bike, because many of Indonesian still keep the commuter tradition.
I wonder how in Aussie and Singapore?
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Anton Hermansyah
August 6th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
I agree with Anton. The government should provide a better public transportation like double-dekker bus in London, subway in New York, MRT in Singapore, or Trem in Amsterdam. But the price of these public transportation must be subsidized by goverment using money from private vehicle tax or maybe from the higher fuel price to force people to leave their habit of using private vehicle. The bottom line is, in economic way, the costs of using private vehicle must exceed the cost of using public transportation.
Bravo Mr. Anton
August 6th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Why don’t you make a blog too. Mr. Prakoso. Coz I think you have a brilliant idea.
Yes, Jakarta is starting to have a kind like that with the busway and MRT will follow laaaaaaater on. Hope there will be more cheap mass transportation that could encourage us to not using private vehicle anymore
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Anton Hermansyah
October 26th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Hello! Found your blog on yahoo - thanks for the article but i still don’t get it.
November 7th, 2008 at 11:10 am
Gas is for Deep Pockets? thanks for this post!
December 2nd, 2008 at 12:31 am
Yes I just swapped my Range Rover 4.6 litre petrol for a VW golf diesil
December 2nd, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Harga bensin indo vs amrik
http://www.gasbuddy.com/
Kemaren di Amrik yang salah satu negara terbesar pengimport minyak,
gas price sekitar $1.37 per gallon setara dengan Rp 4,686 per liter
dengan kurs Rp 13,000. Di bandingkan dengan di Indonesia negara
penghasil minyak yang bensin bersubsidi Rp 6,000 plus curang ditiup
angin, bensin kotor, jalan hancur dan macet bikin bensin nguap di
tempat yang mungkin rata rata konsumsi bahan bakar mobil sedan 2400cc
akhirnya jadi 1 liter : 6 km , belom lagi resiko bulak balik di
tabrak motor gara gara jalan kekecilan, shock breaker mati gara gara
jalan ala padang golf, kopling tipis, kampas rem cepet abis, ban
botak dan bocor kena ranjau, dompet tipis bayar tol kota yang
seringnya macet dan di tilang setan
Ditimbang timbang even bensin di amrik pas mahal mahalnya $4 per
gallon atau setara Rp 13,684 per liter dengan kurs Rp 13,000. rasanya
masih murah juga yah consider mobil sedan 2400cc bisa menempuh 1
liter : 13 km plus tanpa resiko resiko di curangin, mobil rusak dan
aus seperti di atas