Record petrol prices thanks to Labour's Krazy Keynesian Policies

ninky_2

amcluesent wrote: »

>the masses will not be told about it until you can see it for yourselves<

I think the USA/Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear plants will be the wake-up call. There's a lot to be said for selling your petrol/diesel car now and getting a Toyota Prius while prices are depressed due to bad PR

>Make no mistake we are heading for a nightmare scenario over the next 10-15 years.<

The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the 21st Century

http://www.howitends.co.uk/2-the-future.php

the sun has got its tin foil hat on.

mustrum_ridcully

ManAtHome wrote: »

Yep, fuel (and everything else) has really gone up in Euroland since we devalued the quid...

For a long time, quid to euro was around 1.40, so we've really stuck it to them pesky Belgians by increasing their fuel from £1 to £1.30 odd (or maybe they're still paying around a quid in local money..?).

Haven't checked fuel/anything price history in Euroland, just pointing out it's a bit silly saying their prices are higher because we don't get as many euros these days.

OK then, I'll only do this for Belgium as I can't be bothered with the rest

February 2003: €1.02 per litre (69.3p)
February 2010: €1.32 per litre

UK
February 2003: £0.80 per litre
February 2010: £1.12 per litre

StevieJ

smamst wrote: »

I just hope that horse out in front is Dunguib, I'm going to lose a packet on the race tomorrow otherwise.

Horrendous ride, very wide and too far back, you can't give Cheltenham horses a big lead and also run twice as far :eek:

ruggedtoast

I bl00dy love my car and if any stinking pinko commie tree loving communist New-Labour SCUM BALL attempts to stop me driving it I will officially freak out.

And I am not joking. Its fricking ridiculous what we pay for petrol while those ar£se janglers claim to have their moats cleaned.

Graham_Devon

The problem isn't so much the pump price. It's what it may do to inflation. It hit inflation badly last time round.

ManAtHome

mustrum_ridcully wrote: »

OK then, I'll only do this for Belgium as I can't be bothered with the rest

February 2003: €1.02 per litre (69.3p)
February 2010: €1.32 per litre

UK
February 2003: £0.80 per litre
February 2010: £1.12 per litre

Right, so prices at a constant exchange rate of 1.47 (€1.02 / 69.3p) would be:
Belgium 2003=69p, 2010=90p
UK 2003=80p, 2010=£1.12

So, Belgium was cheaper and still is cheaper..?

ninky_2

ruggedtoast wrote: »

I bl00dy love my car and if any stinking pinko commie tree loving communist New-Labour SCUM BALL attempts to stop me driving it I will officially freak out.

And I am not joking. Its fricking ridiculous what we pay for petrol while those ar£se janglers claim to have their moats cleaned.

are you jeremy clarkson by any chance?

ruggedtoast

ninky wrote: »

are you jeremy clarkson by any chance?

I am just a man. A man who loves freedom, and liberty.

The way things are going we'll all be driving around in little electric granny pods with a range of 15 miles and GPS tracking that sets off an alarm in Westminster if you attempt to travel outside your designated zone before you conk out and the AA comes to tow you back to your house.

Its already happening in London where cameras check your license plate every 20 yards and match it to your congestion charge account. On the Tube uless you pay the non oyster penalty fares, every single journey you make is recorded and tracked.

Think about it. Brown's government want a nation of compliant malleable sheep. Herded from one place to the next.

Stick two fingers up at Gordon and buy a huge big ba$stard of a car; and if that weasley little f3cker tries to stop you driving it then find a few others, and a lorrie driver or two ans park it in front of something bloody inconvenient.

Seemed to do the trick last time.

lemonjelly

StevieJ wrote: »

Hey Chucky, hope you still hold those Shell shares :beer: Good article here.

The company said that last year it added new reserves equivalent to almost three times the amount of oil and gas it pumped.

http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/shell-eyes-return-to-growth-as-reserves-jump-reuters_molt-b380ae9d7ee2.html?x=0

Are you sure? More cost cutting at shell - 1000 jobs to go http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8569758.stm

chucky

lemonjelly wrote: »

Are you sure? More cost cutting at shell - 1000 jobs to go http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8569758.stm

http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q?d=t&s=RDSB.L

and it's 2,000 jobs
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/shell-to-boost-oil-output-as-it-closes-petrol-stations-cuts-2-000-jobs-tele-8c49049da85d.html