So 2 weeks before prices fall then?
Fuel price discussion thread (was ‘chaos’)
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As if prices at the pump ever fall. They’ve realised people have no choice but to buy it.
You're disappointed that petrol/diesel won't hit the £2 mark?... Why?
They will fall but not back to "normal" levels... It's the same with the energy price levels. What companies do is shoot the price up quickly, everyone gets outraged and shocked and then, when the price lowers, the public are thankful for it even if the price didn't return to anywhere near what it was before...
"At least it's not £1.80/litre anymore" while it reduces to around £1.55 so people think that's ok even though it was £1.40 before it went crazy and the oil price is back down to the same level it was.
You need to look at wholesale diesel and gasoline prices.
That's exactly the same as what has become of the GPU market. £1200+ GPUs have become the norm from it.
As soon as the 2080ti sold out on release both manufacturers realised they could more or less charge what they wanted and. People would still buy. As has been proven since too.
People have lost the appetite for protest they’ll moan but do nothing about it.
I remember the fuel refinery blockades back in 2000.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/oth...mber-2000-caused-a-national-crisis/ar-AAOMkQx
I remember the fuel refinery blockades back in 2000.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/oth...mber-2000-caused-a-national-crisis/ar-AAOMkQx
I'll clarify... Should oil prices reduce to where they were in, say, Nov; the prices at the pump are unlikely to fall back to Nov prices.
Companies sometimes use huge increases to allow less severe increases to be accepted when they eventually lower the price albeit still to a higher level than where it started.
Again. Why are you looking at oil prices ? We saw covid and fuel prices get near to 100p.
You'd now disappear into a dark hole under anti terror laws or similarly "flexible" laws.
Because it's the surge in oil prices that has led to high fuel prices on this occasion... Or so everywhere is telling us
Why do you think it has risen so quickly?
3weeks since war started which has obviously cut supply of both oil and oil derived products due to sanctions
If oil and refinery margins go back to nov prices, then fuel prices will too. Refinery margins depend on what are the best products to make from the crude based on market rates. Oil price alone is quite rough to try and directly link to fuel price.
If oil and refinery margins go back to nov prices, then fuel prices will too. Refinery margins depend on what are the best products to make from the crude based on market rates. Oil price alone is quite rough to try and directly link to fuel price.
Texaco! Cheeky gits!I feel pretty fortunate having paid 162.9 for Tesco Momentum 99 near me earlier. Wasn't even that busy so long may that continue round here (Wirral). There's a few of the smaller garages around (who usually put a few pence on top) having diesel at 196/litre
Legislation with an override of speed limits is one approach .. like the last energy crisis
1974: New speed limit to curb fuel use
British drivers must adhere to reduced speed limits from midnight tonight as the government tries to save fuel.
Speed limits on motorways will remain 70mph (112kph), but on dual carriageways they will become 60mph (96kph), and on all other roads 50mph (80kph).
700M saving then, £7Bn now, albeit, not considering increased consumption
1974: New speed limit to curb fuel use
British drivers must adhere to reduced speed limits from midnight tonight as the government tries to save fuel.
Speed limits on motorways will remain 70mph (112kph), but on dual carriageways they will become 60mph (96kph), and on all other roads 50mph (80kph).
700M saving then, £7Bn now, albeit, not considering increased consumption
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Useless and totally unenforceable 
Drivers will naturally slow down when they're hit in the pocket by the high fuel charges. Besides, half of road users barely know the basics of the highway code without trying to implement variations based on a temporary issue.
Drivers will naturally slow down when they're hit in the pocket by the high fuel charges. Besides, half of road users barely know the basics of the highway code without trying to implement variations based on a temporary issue.
Judging by my journeys last weekend that hasn’t happened yet. I was doing 65 on the cruise control and the only things I was passing were the trucks and the occasional coach. Pretty much everyone else was doing 70 or more.Useless and totally unenforceable
Drivers will naturally slow down when they're hit in the pocket by the high fuel charges. Besides, half of road users barely know the basics of the highway code without trying to implement variations based on a temporary issue.
