price of petrol!

[northwind]

Eh, if the plan is to get the petrol price down to 69p, maybe someone should have looked at their numbers- more than 60p of each litre is tax. It'd fall a little if the price dropped, as part of that is a percentage-based tax, but that'd still leave an impossibly small margin, if it left a profit at all, which I kind of doubt. Small petrol stations are already closing down all over.

As's been said, if you want a cut in price at the pump, you've got to attack the tax. And then you'll end up paying more elsewhere, so, it's a zero sum game. If you want to pay less for fuel, get a more economic vehicle, use it in a more economic manner, or use alternative transport, these 3 methods might not be as easy to put in a chain email but on the other hand, they actually work.

Originally Posted by socommk23

hey i still remember listening to some americans last year in florida complaining about 95cents to the gallon!!!!

thats about 12p a litre!

we are being ripped off!

I'm State Side at the moment, and whilst it's cheap the quality isn't there - something like 83/85/89 RON depending on if you get standard, premium or super. Or that's the case in this part of the US anyway.

cheers

Jamie

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Warthog

all sounds good, but its scarcity of petrol that is driving prices up, not lack of competition!

The 63.7p a liter tax on it makes no difference at all, honest.

This does sound like a very good idea. It would probably work too, except for a small point.............

I have a friend who is fairly high up in BP (he works out at their headquarters in Texas). Forecourt sales make up approximatley in the region of 0.1 - 0.2 % of their total sales of crude oil derivatives. In his words "it is hardly worth our while or energy putting it into cars." Therfore a boycott on BP (and I can't imagine any other oil compnay if much different) would not affect them very much at all. In fact, they might even turn round and say sod it, we'll close our forecourts. The end result would be one less company out there flogging fuel to motorists, therefore leaving less competition and so in fact rising prices.

Also, on motorways at least when you hit the petrol light, choice is not a factor.......

The garage by my work (Texaco) is 102.9 for petrol and 106.9 for diesel. I Kid You Not!!! Anyone got any better in the petrol top trumps game?

Originally Posted by socommk23

we are being ripped off!

It's the diesel thats the biggest rip off. Diesel in France is almost half the price of petrol. Thats because it takes a lot less refining and so costs almost half to produce, makes sense doesn't it?

So why do we pay 2p more for it than petrol? Big, blatant rip off.

wether its worth it or not! those that do nothing "cos its not worth it" just add to the "we can do as we pleas cos of the ones that say its not worth the hassle"

i think something has to be done.

the last boycot didnt work so well...why?
cos everyone panic buyed the bloody day before!

idiots

[TEC]

Originally Posted by sideshow46

The garage by my work (Texaco) is 102.9 for petrol and 106.9 for diesel. I Kid You Not!!! Anyone got any better in the petrol top trumps game?

Don't go to Bettyhill any time soon, £102 is cheap for there

Originally Posted by socommk23

i think something has to be done.

Agreed but sending a Spam email to millions of people achieves nothing, even less when they are not even in the UK Sending millions of emails, about the tax on fuel, to the goverment might though

Originally Posted by sideshow46

The garage by my work (Texaco) is 102.9 for petrol and 106.9 for diesel. I Kid You Not!!! Anyone got any better in the petrol top trumps game?

Not sure if I can beat it but it's definitely very similar all over the Exeter area at the moment. 99 is cheapest I can still find for petrol, most places over 101. Diesel not so sure on but I had to fill up the company Tipper on 105.9 the other day. Ouch!!

It's getting silly now Saw it jump a penny a day every day last week.

well this is something we are going to have to get used to because more the price is going to keep going up and up due to the demand for crude oil and they cant increase production anymore. And wherever supply cant keep up with demand then there is going to be price increases. True enough a large chunk of the price of our fuel is goverment induced tax but no one is going to change this unless people are prepared to start a revolution and that aint never going to happen untill people simply cant afford to pay there bills. Still the way i look at it is that its alot cheaper to buy a litre of petrol than a pint of beer and since i dont drink i can enjoy my bike guilt free for those of you who havent seen the video on the coming oil crisis do a search on google and its an eye opener.