The rising costs of food and fuel in Poland and the effects on disposable income/economy

Why not just take the per capita income, adjusted by the CPI-U, then you would get the real per capita income, which you could then use to compute the percentage growth (or shrinkage) in real per capita from 2009 to 2010 .


Sometimes the obvious is the most difficult.

A lot of times the real per capita income is lower. It's like that with unemployment. The figures in the media are conservative. In reality, the rate is higher.

If people are complaining about the price of gas that's all the evidence you need. If they aren't able to do what they need to because of it, that's even more.

People are generally willing to pay a fair price they can fit nicely into their budget.

Recent events in Algeria are proof of that.

Algeria's a different case...

Maybe people will be forced to live in those horrible blocks,due to something as simple as fuel prices..

It is always easier to go back to the place that you know...


A different case to what?

you lost me there man..............?????????????????

the food prices around the world will go up it is good time to start a garden.

It's not the same as this circumstance...

Start a garden and learn how to can vegetables, Marek. It's worth considering.

people with large garden usually live in the country side,so the petrol prices will cancel out the logic in this.

Most of the Poles came out of the post communist buildings, so at least they know what they would have to go back to, in worst case scenario.

everything is dependent on price of oil, all production will get more expensive all prices will go up
so even small garden like a tomato plant in a pot will help.

That depends on if you class oil/petrol as staple or not...

It depends on other factors, like infrastructure. Petrol could very well be a staple in some areas. It definitely is where I live but the price keeps going up.

True,but what about those tiny eastern farms, that are dying out rapidly due to the free-market(so called),and these people are from the country;travel will be an issue for them and their children.

Not if you return to the days when people used horses for transportation. There's always bikes as well. One day, we might all be riding motor scooters that take less fuel.

driving car powered by compress air.

That could be closer than you think in some areas, a good friend of mine imports and distributes, fuel cell scooters in Spain and Portugal and the business is booming.

40 km a day would be hard with a horse,and horse parking space and the sh1t all over the place and on your shoes..but it could be the solution..Maybe a 6 hour work day to deal with the delays due to a regressive yet progressive transport system.

What is the price of petrol in Poland now? Here in the USA it is over three dollars and going to four soon, I am told.

Mike

It has gotten expensive lately, i think its around 4.85 PLN for a liter of 95, i know this because i looked at the price recently and i was a little surprised. Especially when one converts this to GBP its virtually the same as UK prices.

LPG is very common, i could have saved a small fortune had i known i would have driven 40,000 Miles in Poland.

What's the cost of a conversion these days?

My brother in law paid 1800 PLN for a 1996 escort, not sure of the difference depending on car models. i have a friend actually who converted an old Bentley i'll ask him.

yeh 4.3 V8 Mercedes, i dont even what to think about how much i would have saved over 40,000 Miles. Problem is im always thinking i'll leave Poland and i dont want an LPG vehicle in the UK. Damn it.

Is water cheaper than petrol in Poland? Not by much, surely. Milk is probably the same price.

Ha! I have the exact same issue.

I have to face it, for the foreseeable future I will be in Poland, at least until the world crises gets better.

Hmmm... will I convert to gas... I will give it some thought.

What can I help it. I'm not going to bomb an Orlen head office ;)
If the fuel price goes up I ask more for my services.

is $1.66 per litre or $6.29 per US gallon

(1 Polish zloty = 0.343336 U.S. dollars)