Fuel prices

James0121 · Post by **James0121** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 7:30 pm

How much do they want to charge. Just been listening to the radio and heard there are going to be fuel protests next week unless the price is brought down. In some areas of the country its 103.9 per ltr for unleaded

Just a bit high now dont we think

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 8:48 pm

103.9? That's cheap. It's 107p for regular unleaded at my local Esso..
About time someone organised a protest really.. obviously we can't help the fact that oil prices are rising due to instability in the middle east etc, but the government has far more control over the price of petrol than the oil companies do.. about time they did something about it really.

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 9:17 pm

maybe everyone but essential medical staff, and retail assistants who live within walking distance of work should take a week off in protest at not being able to affordably travel to their place of employment...

that'd put quite a dent in the tax flow and give them cause for thought (and maybe employ a basic economic model known as the cost-revenue curve*)
plus i could cycle into work and not have worry about being killed on the slower hills or by fumes

after all, an average office jockey could happily telecommute ... all they mainly centralise for these days is the social contact

* ok, its been a long, long time since i decided that keystage 3 was far enough and i didnt want to do economics GCSE, but im sure anyone who got as far as the exam should have a basic grasp of what i mean there

dubpolo · Post by **dubpolo** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 9:29 pm

Tahrey1043 wrote:maybe everyone but essential medical staff, and retail assistants who live within walking distance of work should take a week off in protest at not being able to affordably travel to their place of employment...

that'd put quite a dent in the tax flow and give them cause for thought (and maybe employ a basic economic model known as the cost-revenue curve*)
plus i could cycle into work and not have worry about being killed on the slower hills or by fumes

after all, an average office jockey could happily telecommute ... all they mainly centralise for these days is the social contact

* ok, its been a long, long time since i decided that keystage 3 was far enough and i didnt want to do economics GCSE, but im sure anyone who got as far as the exam should have a basic grasp of what i mean there

I live next door to an oil refinery and the fuel prices are still Â£101 for optimax!

What the government need to do is cap the tax, and hopefully it will slow this down, oil is $70 a barrel at the mo.

metz · Post by **metz** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:42 pm

Englands gone to the dogs

If this happened in france the lorry drivers would blockade the country and the government would give in..we just shrug it off saying "what can we do about it"

the plan to get us off the roads is at stage one

And we need to cap blair nevermind tax...if i get diagnosed with some uncureable disease please someone take me and my rucksack to his house

razvwpolo · Post by **razvwpolo** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 11:23 pm

fuel is only 89.9 in my area so i guess thats cheap then

Mk2Adam · Post by **Mk2Adam** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 11:24 pm

95p minimum in my area at the moment, does anyone remember what price it got to before the lorry drivers did the blockades last time?

SpikeyG40 · Post by **SpikeyG40** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 12:29 pm

i bought petrol for 96.9p on tuesday! i thought that was pritty cheep!

james, there's aparently the Asda fuel station in canterbury still have petrol for under 90p! that was in the daily miror yesturday! thats the closest to me too!

A11XLG · Post by **A11XLG** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 12:59 pm

they are giving out on my local radio station about the petrol ban next week and how it could start at the weekend so i;ve just gone and filled up at tesco (96.9p)
It's so silly and outragous, last time this happened wasn't it morrisons that lowered there petrol first????

PhilGTi · Post by **PhilGTi** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 1:28 pm

We can whine all day about fuel prices but at the end of the day its gunna keep going up and id still drive even if it cost Â£2. No fuckin way would i get a bus now...

mysteryboy · Post by **mysteryboy** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:02 pm

Prices are a joke but not a funny one.

Like the guy above said tho... no matter how much it rises no way would i stop driving. its not about getting on no bus.

PS. did u know bus fare is Â£1.20 nowadays... hahaha

PhilGTi · Post by **PhilGTi** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:14 pm

PS. did u know bus fare is Â£1.20 nowadays... hahaha

I got the bus into town the other day to pick my car up, maybe 4 miles away and it cost me Â£1.70... f*****g rip off, also, buses are f*****g full of weird people and old people

mysteryboy · Post by **mysteryboy** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 3:07 pm

lol... kids jumpin about.. smelly ppl etc etc

polopowah · Post by **polopowah** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 4:28 pm

GroovyCarrot wrote:103.9? That's cheap. It's 107p for regular unleaded at my local Esso..
About time someone organised a protest really.. obviously we can't help the fact that oil prices are rising due to instability in the middle east etc, but the government has far more control over the price of petrol than the oil companies do.. about time they did something about it really.

REALLY!!!!

Come fill up in Buntingford mate, 91.4 at time of going to press

-Ben-

Alex_6n2 · Post by **Alex_6n2** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 4:51 pm

i filled up for 96.9p per ltr over at my local

apparently as well as this protest thats gna happen the best way to lower petrol prices is to NOT buy petrol from big companies

stick to small independants or at worst places like TESCO if u can