Petrol Prices

[EvilDreams]

Hrmmm well you got more euros to the pound back then I suppose.

 

[CB666]

+1 for the dutch guy.........

hydrogen fuel cell cars the future!

the technology behind electric motors is never going to meet the practicality standards required for daily driving usage.

 

[Lord-Jaffa]

The Honda Hydrogen car that was on topgear was amazing, clean, almost limitless supply, less maintenance than a normal car, still great performance.

There should be funding going into these, tech already exsists, rather than moaning about global warming then putting the price of fuel up everyyear so the country can support single mums with 5 kids from 5 different men.

Sometimes it really annoys me that these clean renewable technologys are shelved because of companys greed (oil companys) and governments loss of taxes (petrol!) :/

 

[Hxc]

Producing hydrogen isn't particularly environmentally friendly either, by the by.

 

[Lord-Jaffa]

And pumping oil is?

R+D into Hydrogen will find newer cleaner ways, plus the impact of having no cars on the road spewing out CO2 would surely offset the negative aspects? not to mention if its used for aircraft/boats etc? Plus other applications someone smarter than me will come up with!

 

[MrMoonX]

Wish car companies would hurry up with the electic car, im so gonna get one asap when they can do more than 400 miles on a charge and dont take 8+ hours to recharge.

Think the new ford one out next year does 40 miles per charge, 8 hour charge time, but at a cost of 50p to recharge is 10 times cheaper than fuel is currently.

Bet the government will find a way of taxing is then also.

400miles on an 8 hour charge, that will never happen the future is hydrogen, electric cars are gash

 

[Jonnycoupe]

400miles on an 8 hour charge, that will never happen the future is hydrogen, electric cars are gash

Which happen to be powered with electric motors?

400 miles on 8 hr has very little meaning to anything, the problem is storing that amount of energy. Thats about 100KWh in a battery. Lithium Ion is current around 120Wh/Kg for an auto application.

 

[Jonnycoupe]

8 hour charge to drive 40 miles, no thank you, on top of that, how can I to charge the car in the carpark, a 1000 feet extension cord and use the leccy of the company?

How does 20 mins sound ?

 

[Overlag]

i really wish people in power will stop worrying about Co2, and worry about important things like the recession, police and NHS.

Co2 is really not important

 

[antijoke]

Petrol prices slowly starting to creep up again, heard on the news today avarege price of diesel is now £1.10 and petrol is likely to get to the same price soon.

Inflation also went up I heard on the radio the other day (most likely due to the rise of petrl prices), then I heard about how Team GB want the energy firms to lower prices to consumers, maybe he should take some of his own advise and release his iron grip on the petrol pumps.

 

[MikeHiow]

I paid 111.9 for V-Power yesterday.

I thought it was fairly reasonable.

Anyone think its possible to see fuel under £1 ever again?

 

[Dutch Guy]

Anyone think its possible to see fuel under £1 ever again?

The price can only go up, oil price is more likely to go up than down and when was the last time they lowered the tax on fuel

Kinda funny that you pay 60 quid to fill up your tank with a waste product of oil production

 

[miniyazz]

I'm not yet feeling the effects - I haven't filled up since mid-October, and I've got nearly 3/4 tank left

Should hopefully be driving some more after Christmas

 

[Dr Who]

I think we should form an OcUK piracy team and go hijack some offshore parked tankers

 

[miniyazz]

How long does petrol last if you stockpile it?

 

[Liquidfox]

It's against the law to stockpile Money grabbing [expletive]

 

[miniyazz]

It's against the law to stockpile Money grabbing [expletive]

How is it enforced? What counts as stockpiling?

 

[Janesy B]

How is it enforced? What counts as stockpiling?

The storage of petrol is licensed and regulated by council trading standards services and strict limits are in place about how much petrol can be stored and where.

* In a building attached to a home or public place, it is illegal to store more than 20 litres of petrol. This must be stored in 10 litre metal petrol containers.
* If plastic containers are used, no more than 10 litres can be stored in 5 litre petrol containers.
* The containers used must be specifically designed to store petrol in and be marked PETROLEUM AND HIGHLY FLAMMABLE.

 

[mrk]

So if you have a farm with a barn.....all good?

 

[miniyazz]

Cheers.

:/ so it's technically illegal to park a car with a half-full tank of petrol in your garage then
My family certainly stored more than that during the 2006 fuel problems, driving around Aus tends to build up one's stock of jerry cans

Edit: ah yes, if the garage isn't attached to the house, it's OK.. there must be other limits regarding the quantities allowed to be stored, when there isn't a direct fire risk to people?