raveydavey
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Taken for fuelsIf you were in any doubt about living in rip-off Britain, it's worth remembering that a litre of diesel has risen in price by 20% in the last 5 months.
A litre was just under a quid in the run up to Christmas, but most filling stations are now charging £1.20 a litre, or more.
When I got my current car £35 would fill the tank - now it's costing over £50 a go.
We pay some of the most expensive prices for fuel in the world - a fact that has been brought starkly to light during this weekends coverage of the Burmese Cyclone. Apparently fuel station owners are accused of "profiteering"due to the disruption and have ramped the price of a gallon of fuel up to US $10 or more.
Ten US dollars sounds a lot doesn't it? But thats £5.00 in sterling, give or take a few pennies - and we've been paying that and more for months.
Lets not forget that our unelected Prime Minister and his Darling chancellor take around 67p in duty on ever litre sold and then add VAT onto that!
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30 Mill
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| Quote: | | litre of diesel has risen in price by 20% in the last 5 months. |
As it has in 90% of developed countries - Look at the OPEC barrel price
Its NOT an "England - specific" problem
Ask yourself this - Why is Deisel more expensive in some countries than petrol??? when its cheaper to produce???
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raveydavey
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| 30 Mill wrote: | | Quote: | | litre of diesel has risen in price by 20% in the last 5 months. |
As it has in 90% of developed countries - Look at the OPEC barrel price
Its NOT an "England - specific" problem
Ask yourself this - Why is Deisel more expensive in some countries than petrol??? when its cheaper to produce??? |
Diesel has become more expensive as Gordon kindly increased the tax on it as it got more popular. Up to about 10 years ago diesel was always cheaper than petrol - when I was a kid (not that long ago) it was substantially less.
The oil companies also reckon that diesel demand has shot up to the pont where it is now almost as popular as unleaded in some countries - certainly the additional miles per gallon combined with the current UK road tax regime make diesel cars a much more attractive option. This additional demand is supposedly currently ahead of supply, although I'm not sure if I still believe that - plus diesel cars as now massively better than they were even ten years ago, thanks to the manufacturers efforts.
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Tommo
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