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DaveinGermany · 19-01-2011, 20:17

It's easy money, as simple as that ! Governments all over are raking it in to fill budget holes so sadly it's going to be a fact of life & it ain't going to get any better ! Living in Germany we do have some limited choices, we can cut across to Holland to fill up. Saturday morning 8 pumps 6/7 cars queuing at each pump, all German registrations & this goes on all day !

Then there are the other borders Poland/Austria/Belgium/Czech Rep/Luxembourg just to name a few & most of these have considerably less duties on their fuels so we get "Tank tourists", it worried the Germans that much there was talk about garages in Border areas getting dispensation to reduce the fuel price to stop people buying abroad !

Sadly in UK you're stuck on an Island so can't benefit by such an expedient so the Government of the day have definitely got the Public by the Pubics !

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DaveinGermany a multieloquent Mule Xeno Tactic Champion! Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Back in Bramsche, Germany Posts: 9,023 Blog Entries: 76 Liked: 4664 times Rep Power: 905666	Re: The rising price of Petrol It's easy money, as simple as that ! Governments all over are raking it in to fill budget holes so sadly it's going to be a fact of life & it ain't going to get any better ! Living in Germany we do have some limited choices, we can cut across to Holland to fill up. Saturday morning 8 pumps 6/7 cars queuing at each pump, all German registrations & this goes on all day ! Then there are the other borders Poland/Austria/Belgium/Czech Rep/Luxembourg just to name a few & most of these have considerably less duties on their fuels so we get "Tank tourists", it worried the Germans that much there was talk about garages in Border areas getting dispensation to reduce the fuel price to stop people buying abroad ! Sadly in UK you're stuck on an Island so can't benefit by such an expedient so the Government of the day have definitely got the Public by the Pubics !