Diesel went up to £1.39 per litre at Beckington services today. :'(
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Diesel went up to £1.39 per litre at Beckington services today. :'(
May I suggest a boycott of all rip-off petrol stations, i.e. Beckington, West Ashton Road Trow, Yarnbrook, Granada Services Warminster.
Cheapest I've found is Esso Warminster town centre. And a couple of Esso/Tesco stations in Bristol (bit far to go). It's generally cheaper in Chippenham as well.
Maybe there should be a thread of cheap stations, and another for rip-off merchants? ::)
Morrisons Chippenham is £127.9(tonight it was anyway), all others are at least a penny more a litre.
*Laughs childishly* ;D ;D ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by BladeTriple
For your delectation:
http://www.theaa.com/onlinenews/alla...bruary2011.pdf
Make sure to scroll down for the international comparisons.
Also, make a mental note of which of the countries shown have no oil of their own and how much cheaper than petrol many of the diesel prices are.
As Borat said 'USA i support your war of terror', shocking how little they pay for fuel compared to the rest of the world.
I am suprised there is not more public anger generally.
Lots of innocent people are going to loose their jobs because of risks taken by the banks and the governments failure to regulate them.
The younger generations are having HUGE financial burdens put upon them. The cost of the bank bailout pails into insignificant compared with the state pensions and public sector pensions that we owe in future but have not saved for.
The demographic timebomb is hardly a surpise.
I am suprised it's all been quiet so far, but we all face big changes to our standards of living and I'm not sure realisation has dawned yet.
Apathy, a malaise that affects the British more than any other nation, like i said before if we were French we would be burning sheep.
I don't really understand it, but I was listening to the radio today and according to this so called expert, fueel could rise to £2 per litre if the troubles in Libya continues. If it reaches this predicted level I will have to sell the van and look at a career change. Summit that I can get about on a Honda C90 or the like. :'(
You could always run your van (assuming it's diesel) on veg oil. Some fuel pumps don't like it (Lucas?), but most are OK. You'll need to change the oil twice as often due to the water in veg oil, but it should save you a few quid, even running half veg and half diesel would save a bit with veg oil being between £0.98 - £1.30 a litre for shops' own brand. Depending on where I go, diesel is now between 135.9 and 142.9 in Newbury!
Obviously you'd have to declare that you were using biofuel to the robbing ass-munchers at HMRC and pay the relevent duty/protection money every month ;)
Cheers Nooj will give it some serious thought [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
Pah, get an outfit, you know you want to.
Nooj
re veg oil belive the same rules as bio there no tax to pay
If you produce less than 2500 litres per annum for personal use you will not need to register with HMRC and will not be liable to pay duty. (As a guide, 2,500 litres is enough to run two average family cars for a year.)
If you produce above that limit, you have to register with Customs and Excise and pay 32.35 pence to them for each litre of fuel you produce. (This is a 20 pence derogation from the fossil diesel duty). Guidance on eligibility and conditions can be found within HMRC Notice 179E - latest revision March 2008). We strongly recommend that you keep appropriate records and do not attempt to bypass this regulation in any way. Further details and specific advice regarding your situation can be found on the HMRC website
George
If we'd invested in alternatively fuels and energy sources 15 years ago when it was first raised then we wouldn't be so reliant on oil still
I am of the opinion though that we did do, well at least the oil companies did and are now keeping hold of it or waiting for the oil revenue to drop off before allowing us it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dabz
With the exception of batteries which are limited with current technology in terms of charge times (although carbon nano-tubes should solve that if some of the stuff I have read is to be believed) but to think that fuel cells or hydrogen has not been developed within an in inch of known physics is just silly.
These companies know full well that eventually it will cost more to extract oil than it is worth, they wont allow themselves to go under, they MUST have something under wraps to carry on robbing us of money.
The US and Canada have the largest gas and oil supplies in the world. At the moment it is economic for them to buy the oil from the middle east and South America at these relatively low prices. Once that starts to run dry and it becomes economically unviable to continue importing we will probably find that the US is the only place with any oil left in 20 years or so.
Something to think about...
Being the eternal optimist, I prefer to look at millenia of human ingenuity. Something will eventually take oil's place. It's just too cheap and plentiful at the moment to change it from being a 'desire' to an economic 'necessity'.
I know I sound like a 'broken record' (cd nowadays) but that is what capitalism is all about - profit before people.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chappers
Nuke the world, and let nature start again.
Not so sure about the nuke bit, but thumbs up for nature without capitalism. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Harry87
Right! Everybody back into the trees! ;D
£23 to fill up the tank now!!!
Tom, on my way to work today, Beckington services were charging £1.42 per litre for diesel. >:(
Warminster services is 142.9p for diesel. How do they still get business when both Morrison's and the Esso garage in Warminster are 10p per litre cheaper? :o
Living in west swindon asda is closest for me. I also noticed it is nearly always at least 3 pence cheaper than the competitors. But still costs 23pound a tank there. Dont wish to take it anywhere more costly.
Wasn't there a fuel place in Marlborough that charged the highest price like 5-10p more than others........or did it close??
Yes it's still open & still costs a fortune
Found one of my first posts on here again the other day, not sure how long I've been on here, a few months?? But since I joined the cost of a tankful has gone up £4!!!
yesterday i filled up the gixxer from nearly empty £18 @ 1.34 it did 140miles before i had to stick £5 to get home
according to a website thats 45mpg.......seems very high considering i wasnt hanging about most of the time ;D
ok another site puts my average mpg @ 47mpg
price fuel = 134.9
amount = £18
miles = 140
mpg = 47.7