Asda announce fuel cap
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I remember filling up my bike for $6.50 and going 140 miles. And that was when it was $2 to the £.
I also remember when fuel hit 99p, and I was like "there'll be riots if it goes over a quid!" and now it seems so cheap
A few months ago we were ecstatic when Morrisons was only £1.32
I also remember when fuel hit 99p, and I was like "there'll be riots if it goes over a quid!" and now it seems so cheap
A few months ago we were ecstatic when Morrisons was only £1.32
...Just a thought...
Do you think having proper fuel protests would make any difference?
I don't mean a load of nay sayers saying we will do it and they never do, I mean proper fuel protests - HGV's and Tractors doing 'go slows' on all the major roads, blocking oil refineries etc etc?
Would that work now in 2012?
...Just a thought...
Do you think having proper fuel protests would make any difference?
I don't mean a load of nay sayers saying we will do it and they never do, I mean proper fuel protests - HGV's and Tractors doing 'go slows' on all the major roads, blocking oil refineries etc etc?
Would that work now in 2012?
...Just a thought...
jesus you men are lucky its 141 - 144.9 near me
It was always more back in NI, even when it was overall cheaper to nip over the boarder and buy it down south
Most places can just get away with it through lack of choice, though it always made me laugh of who "knew someone" who would pump it from a shed... (probably the more likely reason it is more)
It's annoyed me for a while that we pay double tax on fuel. The government adds fuel duty and then VATs the whole thing so you pay VAT on Duty i.e tax on tax
If they removed the VAT on Duty alone, it would drop the 132.9p you mention to about 121.4p i.e. 11.5p less per litre!!!
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Well thats fairly obvious isnt it, until the wholesale price rises again.
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Aren't they not allowed to protest like they did 10year ago?
Wasn't that made illiegal somehow...?
Something needs to be done, the cost of being on the road is a total joke, but can't be helped.
They say get a bike, walk, get public transport. Total p*** take. Not everyone lives in a city centre
Wasn't that made illiegal somehow...?
Something needs to be done, the cost of being on the road is a total joke, but can't be helped.
They say get a bike, walk, get public transport. Total p*** take. Not everyone lives in a city centre
To commute to my University (which isn't a million miles away) with public transport is three train changes or 4 bus changes + a tram ride.
Public transport isn't up to the task regardless of where you live.
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I can imagine that.
It's like a punishment owning a car.
It's like a punishment owning a car.
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Depends how fast it rises.
Won't be long before it's closing in on £2/litre
Won't be long before it's closing in on £2/litre
This would require a world oil price of approximately double the current price, so $220. To reach these levels without wholesale demand destruction in the near term seems unlikely.
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Why has it gone up so much in the last 5year?
Because the oil price has increased by 50% whilst at the same time the value of Sterling against the Dollar, in which oil is bought and sold, has fallen significantly.
5 years ago oil was $80 a barrel and you got $2 : £1. So, a barrel of oil was £40.
Today a barrel of oil is $110 but you get only $1.6 : £1. So, a barrel of oil is almost £70 - nearly twice as much.