Petrol prices.

[seagull_in_malaysia]

Why would I have mentioned the other sources of Government income if I was suggesting it all came from fuel duty.

Since when has owning a car been deemed a necessity and not a luxury? We have public transport instead or should we all have cars and scrap it to save money (but not the environment)

I am a big advocate of public transport, but it isn't always possible to use it depending on where you live and work, or what you do for a living.

 

[Stat Brother]

I've just been reminded of petrol prices on a podcast I'm listening too.
A month on makes for some interesting reading:-

In the month since this thread started crude has fallen over $10 a barrel.

The quarter from Sept had seen prices drop by a third from $100 to $70.

Finally the price of Brent crude is now the same price as it was December '09.

http://oil-price.net/dashboard.php?lang=en#brent_crude_price_large

The average price of petrol at the pump in Dec '09 was 108.32p

http://www.theaa.com/public_affairs/news/fuel-price-update-december-2009.html

The BP at the end of my road is currently 122.99p.

 

[BensGrandad]

I bought petrol in Morrisons on Saturday night and it was £1.22.9 a litre, I thought that was pretty good until I heard about the £1.19 a litre, doh !

For reference, I was in France with friends last week and Diesel was 1.21 euros a litre which is just on £1 a litre compared to our Diesel which is hanging around £1.28 L !

Did you notice the price of petrol in France as I am going over on Tuesday.

 

[vegster]

Did you notice the price of petrol in France as I am going over on Tuesday.

That was a month ago, if you remember ?

 

[maltaseagull]

£1.19 morrison's in Lichfield happy days.

€1.43 in Malta Government has fixed the price until January!

Same thing happens here. Government buys fuel in bulk and "protects" us from fluctuations, but it seems that stocks are very low when the price goes up but we have several months supply already bought when the prices are dropping elsewhere.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I bought petrol in Morrisons on Saturday night and it was £1.22.9 a litre, I thought that was pretty good until I heard about the £1.19 a litre, doh !

For reference, I was in France with friends last week and Diesel was 1.21 euros a litre which is just on £1 a litre compared to our Diesel which is hanging around £1.28 L !

Diesel is always cheaper in France.

Our local diesel has just gone down a penny a litre to £124.9 from last week.

 

[saafend_seagull]

Diesel costs here 1.04 eur per L. I get VAT off it too so like 90c/70p a litre

 

[Notters]

I always think petrol seems remarkably cheap considering how expensive it is to extract, refine, transport and so on. Think how much MORE of a rip off other things are. You can sometimes pay £2 for 500ml of coke in a garage. £4 a litre for some sugary water and that's with much less tax!

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I always think petrol seems remarkably cheap considering how expensive it is to extract, refine, transport and so on. Think how much MORE of a rip off other things are. You can sometimes pay £2 for 500ml of coke in a garage. £4 a litre for some sugary water and that's with much less tax!

Good point. Someone on here once said that petrol must be cheap if people can afford to make so many short journeys which is another good point.