Petrol Prices Going Up Again!!

whatmichaelsays

Angelic wrote: »

British people don't stand up for themselves

So presumably you've been spending the day standing outside a refinery with a protest placard?

NeverInDebt

OH not again !!!!!! this gets posted every time fuel goes up

Get real dude you are wasting your time

sandiep

Diesel is now more expensive in Germany than it is in the UK, and there are only a few pennies seperating us and the majority of other european countries in diesel prices.
There is no longer that huge gulf between Europe and the UK for petrol prices either.
We can no longer weild the "unfair, unfair, we get charged more in the UK" gripe.

It is a worldwide issue, with international deep routed, real business and economic causes.

And as such, and pressure needs to get realistic and argue on current facts not outdated sentiment.

mustrum_ridcully

sandiep wrote: »

Diesel is now more expensive in Germany than it is in the UK, and there are only a few pennies seperating us and the majority of other european countries in diesel prices.
There is no longer that huge gulf between Europe and the UK for petrol prices either.
We can no longer weild the "unfair, unfair, we get charged more in the UK" gripe.

It is a worldwide issue, with international deep routed, real business and economic causes.

And as such, and pressure needs to get realistic and argue on current facts not outdated sentiment.

Don't worry someone will soon be along to argue that it's actually far more expensive here, and that it appears to be the same because of the abnormally weak level of the pound etc. Whilst at the same time ignoring the possibility that the £/€ exchange rate is correct now and that historically the £ was abnormally strong.

Seriously, I've had this debate with some member of the fuel prices brigade.

onejontwo

One way I read last time the fuel price was hiked up was if everyone joined together and boycotted one big name like ESSO, then they would soon drop their prices to beat the competition. Sadly it's easier said than done, unless we started the ball rolling here. Now there's an idea................What do you think???

sandiep

£1:$1.65 US Dollars.

Anything stronger is a bonus and a good time to buy, anything lower a bit of drag and delay any purchases.

Stood me in good stead that logic has for the last 15 years.

sandiep

onejontwo wrote: »

One way I read last time the fuel price was hiked up was if everyone joined together and boycotted one big name like ESSO, then they would soon drop their prices to beat the competition. Sadly it's easier said than done, unless we started the ball rolling here. Now there's an idea................What do you think???

But that's not changing long term prices, that's just a bit of short term market place pricing. Do you think that it would work if everyone did this for 10 years?? No. Unsustainable and therefore a complete waste of time.

The fuel price in April was the same as it was during the fuel spike in summer 2008. It's just that interest rates and mortgages had dropped and people didn't notice it so much.

Everything that caused that fuel price spike of 2008 is still there, nothings changed, it's just been hidden by the worldwide recession.

LeeSouthEast

Really don't see that prices are going "up up up" argument. This time last year I was paying £1.16/litre. Today I filled up for ............... £1.16/litre. Yes it fluctuates, but it's pretty stable.

iolanthe07

onejontwo wrote: »

One way I read last time the fuel price was hiked up was if everyone joined together and boycotted one big name like ESSO, then they would soon drop their prices to beat the competition. Sadly it's easier said than done, unless we started the ball rolling here. Now there's an idea................What do you think???

You really don't get it, do you? Most of the cost of fuel is tax. Oil companies make only a few pence on every litre they sell, and the retailer makes even less. There really isn't that much room for manouvre on prices unless the government was prepared to tax it less.

thor

iolanthe07 wrote: »

You really don't get it, do you? Most of the cost of fuel is tax. Oil companies make only a few pence on every litre they sell, and the retailer makes even less. There really isn't that much room for manouvre on prices unless the government was prepared to tax it less.

So when are they going to do something about it? For the last few years they were all but encouraging trucker, farmers etc to protest about prices and also promising they would help business and consumers by cutting back on the tax levy if they got in. I have yet to see what the tories are doing to repeal the 'fuel duty escalator' that they themslves introduced about 20 years ago.