What's Happening To Petrol Prices?

[posing]

Tax will have to come from somewhere ....

[Grumpy Cabbie]

Tax will have to come from somewhere ....

I believe we pay rather a lot of it already! Already from wages, VAT, road tax, fuel tax, corporation tax etc etc, oh and then the biggest scam tax of them all - Council Tax. I suppose we've got to pay for those gold plated public sector pensions somehow, even at the expense of our own.

[bravohlx]

The price of unleaded has just hit 1.22 here on the Isle of Wight. :o

Not surprising though as there appears to be a cartel for non supermarket garages over here........allegedly ;)

[johalareewi]

I suppose we've got to pay for those gold plated public sector pensions somehow, even at the expense of our own.

Our council want to increase the council tax to plug the black hole in their pensions

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/district/southampton/5042634.Homeowners_face___1_7bn_pensions_blackhole/

[Chris Dance]

Petrol at a garage in town raised its price from 116.9 per litre to 117.9 per litre within 15 mins and there had been no tanker delivery as far as I know. We are ripped off by government oil companies and the garages. I cannot understand how the price increases are justified in such short periods of time . Only good thing I have a Prius.

[johalareewi]

Our Tesco is 117.9, Esso is 116.9, Morrisons is 114.9 and Texaco is 118.9. Roll on April 1st.

[Grumpy Cabbie]

Our Tesco is 117.9, Esso is 116.9, Morrisons is 114.9 and Texaco is 118.9. Roll on April 1st.

I trust you're being sarcastic!

Back in 2008 I noticed a sharp down turn in business when fuel prices went up as people cut back on essentials, and then the credit crunch hit.

Now I note that the same is happening again. Business for me appears to be reducing almost daily in line with petrol costs going up. I guess people have to prioritise their money and have to choose between a night out or putting an extra £10 a week into their cars. I fear we're heading back into recession. Things did appear to improve in Jan and Feb but since fuel has started creeping up in March, business has been going down.

[reece]

1p in April – 1p October – 1p in January and not the full 3p rise in April.

[Jolly English Gentleman]

... or until after the election! The anticipated VAT increase will not happen until then.

[wooski]

Back in 2008 I noticed a sharp down turn in business when fuel prices went up as people cut back on essentials, and then the credit crunch hit.

Now I note that the same is happening again. Business for me appears to be reducing almost daily in line with petrol costs going up. I guess people have to prioritise their money and have to choose between a night out or putting an extra £10 a week into their cars. I fear we're heading back into recession. Things did appear to improve in Jan and Feb but since fuel has started creeping up in March, business has been going down.

There is a theory that it was actually the high oil prices in 2007 that led to the fall in confidence that started the credit crunch. It was a house of cards waiting to fall for sure, but maybe the oil price did push it over.

[johalareewi]

I trust you're being sarcastic!

Of course

[agfs]

I trust you're being sarcastic!

Of course

[agfs]

I don’t know if any of you have seen this e-mail that is presently circulating but I do wonder if it will have any effect on petrol prices.

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“The oil companies have simply jacked their prices up and the government will not do anything as they rake in extra VAT for every increase.

See what you think and pass it on if you agree with it

We are hitting 114.9 a litre in some areas now, soon we will be faced with paying 1.50 a litre. Philip Hollsworth offered this good idea:

This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the 'don't buy petrol on a certain day campaign that was going around last April or May! The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to hurt ourselves by refusing to buy petrol. It was more of an inconvenience to us than it was a problem for them. BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can really work.

Please read it and join in!

Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a litre is CHEAP, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the market place not sellers. With the price of petrol going up more each day, we consumers need to take action. The only way we are going to see the price of petrol come down is if we hit someone in the pocket by not purchasing their Petrol! And we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves. Here's the idea:

For the rest of this year DON'T PURCHASE ANY petrol FROM the two biggest oil companies (which now are one), ESSO and BP.

If they are not selling any petrol, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit. But to have an impact we need to reach literally millions of Esso and BP petrol buyers. It's really simple to do!!

Now, don't wimp out at this point... keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!!

I am sending this note to a lot of people. If each of you send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300)... and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000) ... and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers! If those three million get excited and

pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted! If it goes one level further, you guessed it... ...

THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!!

Again, all You have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all.(and not buy at ESSO/BP) How long would all that take? If each of us sends this email out to ten more people within one day of receipt,

all 300 MILLION people could conceivably be contacted within the next 8days!!! Acting together we can make a difference . If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on.

PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE 90p a LITRE RANGE

It's easy to make this happen. Just forward this email, and BUY your petrol at Shell, Asda,Tesco, Sainsburys, Morrisons Jet etc.

BOYCOTT ESSO and BP. “

[Grumpy Cabbie]

hmmm, I can't believe you think this would work!

Why don't we all hold our breath until the government remove all fuel tax and give us free beer! ;)

Alternatively we could also do what the French do and have a blockade, but then the Government sneak up afterwards and prosecute you for obstruction (or whatever) http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2008/08/12/131408/Protest-haulier-waiting-on-prosecution-decision.htm

I've got a better idea - esp with an election coming up. When they knock on your door asking for your vote, don't just turn the light off and pretend you're not in, but answer the door and TELL THEM WHAT CHEESES YOU OFF!! Tell them you would rather pull your finger nails out with a set of pliers than vote for the party that continually increases road and fuel tax. Tell them you previously voted for them (even if you didn't ;) ) but as they penalise the motorist you're going to kick them where it hurts - the ballot box.

I had a Liberal candidate lose it on my doorstep during local election time (just after the expenses story hit) when I questioned him on the local MPs dubious 2nd home claims. Bit worrying having someone get that nasty with you on your own doorstep but obviously my question hit a nerve. Perhaps petrol costs might get to them this time round?

[hertsnminds]

The population of the UK is close to 61 million so there is no point in trying to target 300 million email addresses. I suspect that supplying fuel to the UK motorist via branded forecourts is not the only revenue stream for BP and Exxon Mobil (the parent company of the Esso brand). Maybe if you could get commercial users like the airlines and major hauliers to not use a particular fuel supplier you would make more of an impact but in the end OPEC would just limit supplies to get the price back up to where they want it to be.

What you really need to do is invent a technology to power vehicles that does not rely on major corporations to supply it. Convert you car to run on water like the sites listed then you would be laughing.

http://waterpoweredcar.com/

http://www.waterpoweredcarplans.com/

[timberwolf]

What you really need to do is invent a technology to power vehicles that does not rely on major corporations to supply it. Convert you car to run on water like the sites listed then you would be laughing.

Either you'd have to keep it a secret, or the corporations or gov would silence you permanently.

[johalareewi]

OMG. Shell Garage yesterday am 117.9, yesterday pm 118.9, this evening 120.9

[Grumpy Cabbie]

Yeah it's upto 120.9 for both petrol and diesel at one garage in town and probably not long before the others follow :censor:

I filled up today and it came to £40!! for 35 litres. In November when I got the car that would have been £35. So that's an extra £5 twice a week for me, so £10 x 52 = £520 extra a year. That's £520 EXTRA for fuel Gordon Brown. That's £520 NOT spent in the local shops, NOT spent in the local restaurants, NOT spent on a holiday, NOT spent on helping kick start this stalling economy.

I despair :ffs:

[Sagitar]

I managed to buy some today for 117.9 at my local Shell garage. My first April purchase last year at the same place was 92.9 pence so an increase of more than 21%.

To add insult to injury, I had a letter from my pension company this morning saying that because the RPI had fallen by 1.4% in the past year they really ought to reduce my pension, but were going to be very kind and keep it the same for another year.

I have racked my brains to think what I am paying less for now than I did a year ago, but I can't think of anything. I suppose people with mortgages and loans may be spending less?

Mustn't complain though, my State Pension has just gone up by £2.40 a week so that'll buy me 2 litres . . . .

[Jolly English Gentleman]

I have racked my brains to think what I am paying less for now than I did a year ago, but I can't think of anything. I suppose people with mortgages and loans may be spending less?

Yes if they had the sense to go on a base rate tracker (with loyalty discounts after so many years) before 9/11 when interest rates suddenly fell and lenders decided that they ought to put some restrictions on new tracker loans. Come to think of it my monthly phone bill has also fallen thanks to paperless billing.

[johalareewi]

I have racked my brains to think what I am paying less for now than I did a year ago,

Our water rates are slightly lower this year. Ummm that's about it.

[Chris Dance]

MPs do not seem to care about petrol prices and the cost of living. They get their petrol paid for by using government cars or petrol allowances. They also get discounted meals and drinks in the House of Commons. Some of their food bills can go on expenses for entertainment. People in Rural areas need to use their cars for most journeys as public transport is non existent; these folk are the hardest hit as their local garages generally have the highest price for fuel. I remember the government of the day telling us how well off we would be when North Sea oil came in.???

I heard one MP state that the UK price of fuel was not as high as in France. What has that got to do with us? France has a different economy different wages etc. We are going to see more fuel increases and our MPs will remain in their ivory towers and not give a toss. The Green lobby are pressing for even more fuel increases.

[Sagitar]

I have racked my brains to think what I am paying less for now than I did a year ago,

Our water rates are slightly lower this year. Ummm that's about it.

You're lucky - our water prices (metered) are up 3.8% and our Council tax up 3.0%.

[johalareewi]

Have just been to Morrison's. Still 116.9 so i guess that's a :)

[Grumpy Cabbie]

MPs do not seem to care about petrol prices and the cost of living. They get their petrol paid for by using government cars or petrol allowances. They also get discounted meals and drinks in the House of Commons. Some of their food bills can go on expenses for entertainment. People in Rural areas need to use their cars for most journeys as public transport is non existent; these folk are the hardest hit as their local garages generally have the highest price for fuel.

But the politics of envy that our socialist/communist government dictates that people who live in the country are rich and so what if it costs them more to fill their Range Rover. The reality is quite the opposite.

But it is election day coming up and at least we get this opportunity to poke them in the eye. Don't waste your vote, use it on some obscure party if you have to, but don't waste it.