pertrol
- Thread starter tosh
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How old is your radioi have just heard on the radio that a oil company hav estimated that petrol will be £2 a gallon by september, if thats right it will be a rise in every thing.
It was quoted as £1.50/litre by september.
Which given that makes it nearly £7 a gallon and the increase in road tax of £90pa (or more) for a lot of people means that this goverment is clearly into dreamland if they think people will put up with it much longer.
Cyfr must be rubbing his hands in glee at teh way Gordon is signing teh death warrant for the next elections
Which given that makes it nearly £7 a gallon and the increase in road tax of £90pa (or more) for a lot of people means that this goverment is clearly into dreamland if they think people will put up with it much longer.
Cyfr must be rubbing his hands in glee at teh way Gordon is signing teh death warrant for the next elections
its a pity the waggon drivers cant block off the refineries like they did last time and embarress gordon brown like they did tony blair but sadly tony blair didnt like getting beaten by the little people and basicly made it an act of terrorism to try doing it again
thats why the waggon drivers arnt doing it again and thats why labour have got away with raising the price so much
the govenment blames the refineries for the raise which is utter crap , what is to blame is the average 90% of what we pay for fuel been tax
nothing would change regarding fuel prices under conservitave either simply because its an easy cash raiser just like smoking and beer
if we spent less money sticking our noses in to other countries problems perhaps there would be a little more to go around the UK
thats why the waggon drivers arnt doing it again and thats why labour have got away with raising the price so much
the govenment blames the refineries for the raise which is utter crap , what is to blame is the average 90% of what we pay for fuel been tax
nothing would change regarding fuel prices under conservitave either simply because its an easy cash raiser just like smoking and beer
if we spent less money sticking our noses in to other countries problems perhaps there would be a little more to go around the UK
the govenment blames the refineries for the raise which is utter crap , what is to blame is the average 90% of what we pay for fuel been tax.
Thought it was 80% but even so it only leaves 20p in the pound to be shared between the attendant-owner-tanker driver -haulage firm -refiner-council -and utilities.Don't know how they do it so cheaply
Thought it was 80% but even so it only leaves 20p in the pound to be shared between the attendant-owner-tanker driver -haulage firm -refiner-council -and utilities.Don't know how they do it so cheaply
anyways i know the prices are pretty rediculousMost of the price of fuel is tax. They get away with it along with all the other tax hikes, because Gordon is scared of calling an election and giving us a say.
Sure gasoline tax is a cash cow for governments, but that doesn't explain the massive increase in profits of the major oil companies. Keep an eye out for the quarterly statements of the oil companies and I guarantee you will see a very large increase. Taxes are exhorbitant, but at least they fund govt. (altho some might say that govts. are not worth funding). Gas in Kingston today is about $1.15 a litre, which is bad enough; but diesel is up around $1.30 .... when you realize that much of the stuff we buy is transported by heavy trucks, you know that the price of a lot of stuff is in for an increase.
Complete rip off WHY is there between 12 and 14 pence a litre difference between the cost of a litre of diesel and petrol it only used to be 4 pence a litre six months ago.
Every time the cost of oil starts to drop we get some ludicrous statement from somebody either Opec an investment banker or one of the oil companies and the cost goes up again, these people who produce the oil are making an absolute fortune and have got used to their big profits so I am afraid we will never see cheap fuel again unless we start some major disruptive protests.
BY THE WAY!!
IN BURNLEY THEIR IS A COMPANY DEXTERS PAINTS THAT PRODUCES BIO DIESEL FOR ANYONE TO USE IT IS £1.08 PER LITRE AND IF YOU HAVE THE STORAGE FACILITY THEY WILL DELIVER 1000 LITRE CONTAINER FOR 88 PENCE PER LITRE I RUN MY CAR ON BIO DIESEL AND IT RUNS GREAT!!
Every time the cost of oil starts to drop we get some ludicrous statement from somebody either Opec an investment banker or one of the oil companies and the cost goes up again, these people who produce the oil are making an absolute fortune and have got used to their big profits so I am afraid we will never see cheap fuel again unless we start some major disruptive protests.
BY THE WAY!!
IN BURNLEY THEIR IS A COMPANY DEXTERS PAINTS THAT PRODUCES BIO DIESEL FOR ANYONE TO USE IT IS £1.08 PER LITRE AND IF YOU HAVE THE STORAGE FACILITY THEY WILL DELIVER 1000 LITRE CONTAINER FOR 88 PENCE PER LITRE I RUN MY CAR ON BIO DIESEL AND IT RUNS GREAT!!
We have just had to raise our prices, it is the first increase in 8 years, and was mostly due to the cost of fuel, just before christmas, it was £73 to fill one of our vans, now it costs £95, we couldnt stand the hikes anymore without defending ourselves against what would have been substantial losses.
We in little old England pay the same in pounds as you do in dollers -that makes it double give or take a bit
I thought increase in fuel was in order to get people to use more eco-friendly ways of travel such as public transport, walking and cycling? In Europe at least anyway. Obviously other things will cause the price increase, but this generally is why I don't care if prices increase.
Before anyone says it, no I do not drive, I am 19 and cope with all my travelling needs on foot or public transport. I know many students who do have cars who use them way too much, and would probably save a lot of money using alternative methods, chances are every single car user on accy web makes a journey in their car every now and again that they could make via alternative ways.
In Lancaster, it has absolutely AMAZED me how many cyclists there are on the roads, such a huge contrast to accrington. People even use those attachable car things on the back of their bicycles so the babies can go too... also bike schemes in every school I have seen, where there are what can only be described as 'cycling buses' I guess!? Obviously there is still congestion like any other town or city, but it just goes to show that people are at least making it a more viable option.
I see now that I am ranting, so I will be quiet haha
Before anyone says it, no I do not drive, I am 19 and cope with all my travelling needs on foot or public transport. I know many students who do have cars who use them way too much, and would probably save a lot of money using alternative methods, chances are every single car user on accy web makes a journey in their car every now and again that they could make via alternative ways.
In Lancaster, it has absolutely AMAZED me how many cyclists there are on the roads, such a huge contrast to accrington. People even use those attachable car things on the back of their bicycles so the babies can go too... also bike schemes in every school I have seen, where there are what can only be described as 'cycling buses' I guess!? Obviously there is still congestion like any other town or city, but it just goes to show that people are at least making it a more viable option.
I see now that I am ranting, so I will be quiet haha
nope the enviroment is just an excuse to charge more for things , we have never had such large increases in fuel for example until all this lets be green bull came out of europe, the government has used global warming as an excuse to make lots of money to pay for their cock ups, if they were that bothered about global warming they would be hitting the big poluters like manufacturing plants harder , making companies use less packaging etc but its easier to hit the public
Presmably all the buses you use run on solar power. Is all the food you buy from the shops delivered by hand cart ? Fuel price increases don't just affect those who own a car.
The public transport is a good theory and it would probably suprise you how many of us motorists would love to use public transport for the daily grind of going to work, the problem is they forget to put a decent public transport system in place.