FUEL PROTEST

jimblowscash · 1 Apr 2010 at 13:14

Hi Guys

I know theres a protest going into Manchester on Sat but does anyone else know of any? Im so sick and tired of just accepting the prices at the pumps I now REALY want to do something!

Im not talking about fire boming petrol stations.. but id be up for go slows, or other forms of legal protesting, diesels gone up bp another 3p pt ltr from last night :mad:

i know theres been a tax rise but the petrol companies have sneeked in a rise as well.......

jimblowscash · 1 Apr 2010 at 13:28

Captain_Slick said:
Grrrr! Fight the powah!

I wouldnt quite say that but its time ( for me at least) to stop moaning about it and actually do something.... if everyone who will moan about it did something then perhaps we would see the oil companies ( who will without fail record record proffits in a few weeks time ) and the government ( whoever it will be in a few weeks time ) take a bit of notice and back the price down in light of public opinion.... if enough noise is made about it then they will have no choice... if you stand there and take it from behind every time they hike the price up then youve not really got the right to moan!

jimblowscash · 1 Apr 2010 at 13:35

Ricochet J said:
In order for action to be taken against it the entire country would have to protest.

Thats about what happend last time... there were nationwide protests and the price of fuel dropped to below 70p a ltr..... I believe at the time the prices were 93p pr ltr .... thats what sparked the protests then....

so on that basis... who's up for it

jimblowscash · 1 Apr 2010 at 13:37

I would suggest turning the m25 into a car park but i doubt anyone would notice the difference

jimblowscash · 1 Apr 2010 at 14:45

clv101 said:
Not this decade.

If you want to reduce your fuel bill, don't bother moaning about a few pence on a litre. That's trivial.

An average 40 mpg car, doing 10,000 miles a year uses 1136 litres, so even a 10p hike only adds an extra £113 on an annual fuel bill of £1300 (based on £1.15/litre).

If however you drove more conservatively, and got 45 mpg rather than 40 mpg, you would save 127 litres or £146!

Likewise if you used your car a little less, just 10% less, leaving the car at home twice a month, working from home, getting on your bike for sub 5 mile trips etc, you'd save £130!

Frankly - I find it ridiculous for people to be complaining about the price of fuel, when they still choose to drive inefficiently (accelerating rapidly, doing 80+ on the motorway etc), still drive ridiculously short trips around town... and finally, choose to buy a car that does less than 40 mpg, or even less than 30 mpg(!) when there are lots of perfectly good cars that do over 50 mpg.

Once you're driving an efficient car, in an efficient way and have cut out unnecessary journeys, then you might have a point about fuel taxation. But until then it just looks stupid to me.

two years ago I changed my car from a v6 alfa NOT because it was an alfa but because it did 28 mpg and i travel arround 80 miles a day to work... I bought a smart roadster that did 52mpg... ive sinse sold that and bough a diesel saab, ive had it mapped and changed the cams in it and now get a nice 56mpg... but my fuel bill keeps going up and up... unfortunatly my salary does not so yes I have a right to protest, ive done my bit to cut down on the fuel I use, I dont use the car at weekends, I either use public transport or cycle. My sister in law is a district nurse and has to use her car for work, she gets 46p per mile and has done for the last five years... that isnt going up, infact its going down.... its her that has to pay not the NHS, her employer. If you personally dont have an interest in protesting then fine by all means read the thread but please dont feel the need to troll it and dish out self righteous comments....it may well not affect you or your way of life but to some of us it makes a real difference.