Price of Petrol? - Page 2

Boeing Guy · 18-10-2008, 06:59

Yes but Fuel Duty is a Tax levied by our government.
To be fair to the oil companies, 30 pence is not bad considering what they have to do, to find, drill, ship, refine, store, ship again, make a bit of profit, sell to the petrol station, and for the station to make a bit of profit.
Now forgive me for being wrong here, but doesn't the Government just sit on their big fat a###'s and take all our money to give to the banks so we can borrow our own loney and pay interest on it?

jambutty · 18-10-2008, 08:00

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Originally Posted by Boeing Guy

Yes but Fuel Duty is a Tax levied by our government.
To be fair to the oil companies, 30 pence is not bad considering what they have to do, to find, drill, ship, refine, store, ship again, make a bit of profit, sell to the petrol station, and for the station to make a bit of profit.
Now forgive me for being wrong here, but doesn't the Government just sit on their big fat a###'s and take all our money to give to the banks so we can borrow our own loney and pay interest on it?

That’s about it in a nutshell, although your forgot to mention VAT.

Eric · 22-10-2008, 20:00

Filled up at 93.6 today .... if I chose to drive the 40 klicks to Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, I probably could have got it for under 90 cents. I still think that this is a little too much ... I predict that when the major oil companies release their quarterly statements we will still see massive profits.

Bonnyboy · 22-10-2008, 22:40

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Originally Posted by Eric

Filled up at 93.6 today .... if I chose to drive the 40 klicks to Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, I probably could have got it for under 90 cents. I still think that this is a little too much ... I predict that when the major oil companies release their quarterly statements we will still see massive profits.

Hope you didn’t go to the trouble of digging out your crystal ball to make that prediction Eric. There’s certainly no shame in big business.

Eric · 30-10-2008, 20:22

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Originally Posted by Bonnyboy

Hope you didn’t go to the trouble of digging out your crystal ball to make that prediction Eric. There’s certainly no shame in big business.

Nah, it came off the top of my head ... kinda like predicting that the sun will rise in the east tomorrow morning

George Walker · 30-10-2008, 20:39

I have just filled up today 92.9 cents per litre

Royboy39 · 30-10-2008, 20:46

In Spain today.....1.04 Euros litre for unleaded 95...Thats 80p.

jaysay · 31-10-2008, 10:39

Well not driving now, I don't really appreciate the impact of the petrol situation, but it must be bad, as mate of mine came round the other day and was telling me it had just cost him 95p to fill his fag light up