Cost of fuel

Originally Posted by kwak zzr

two words for diesel drivers ( cooking oil )

Two more: Common Rail

Nope, you want direct injection for cooking oil and it better be filtered and refined first. Also as illegal as running on red diesel, if you're not telling and paying the tax man.

i know a belingo that runs fine on 1/3rd cooking oil with no modifications.

[tigersaw]

Originally Posted by kwak zzr

two words for diesel drivers ( cooking oil )

Price has gone through the roof, its about 70p a litre now.

Originally Posted by kwak zzr

i know a belingo that runs fine on 1/3rd cooking oil with no modifications.

Yes, but a Hilux Surf will run on 100% cooking oil and has done for over 18 months.

Originally Posted by Razor

Yes, but a Hilux Surf will run on 100% cooking oil and has done for over 18 months.

one word this time "BONUS"

Apparently there was a new record today, its cracked over $110 a barrel i think - joy. I remember people saying the prices when they would actually stop driving cars/vans. In today's money I reckon over ?1.80 a litre I would have to stop, especially as they are all leisure trips as well. I don't think the bike would go until it hit ?3/litre though.

On the upside the government has got the luxury of cutting tax to control prices. Personally I think a serious cut of the oil companies profits should be returned, everyone is blaming the government but the oil companies are really to blame. They make silly, silly money.

[Ruffy]

Originally Posted by tomjones2

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On the upside the government has got the luxury of cutting tax to control prices. Personally I think a serious cut of the oil companies profits should be returned, everyone is blaming the government but the oil companies are really to blame. They make silly, silly money.

In fact, the government makes more out of a litre of fuel than the oil companies, thanks to tax.

I'm not sure regulating the oil companies would actually help that much.

Originally Posted by Ruffy

In fact, the government makes more out of a litre of fuel than the oil companies, thanks to tax.

I'm not sure regulating the oil companies would actually help that much.

This is true but whilst at least the majority of the money that goes to the goverment makes it back to the people of the UK. I expect most of the oil money goes offshore and the stuff that stay here dosnet really filter back into the ecomony in the same way as tax revenue.

I with you on regualtion though, I think the big companies are too big for our goverment to take on.

[tigersaw]

Originally Posted by tomjones2

They make silly, silly money.

Not from forecourt sales though, thats why every filling station is a retail outlet, same as every airport - their revenue does not come from their core business. The oil companies do make huge profits from the sale of oil products, but not from sales to motorists.