What happened to the promised 'fuel price stabiliser'

marlot

This truck seems to have had dual 500litre tanks http://www.highways.gov.uk/business/18373.aspx

mikey72

darich wrote: »

I laugh when I read this type of comment.....because we read the same thing when local authority workers go on strike and are then told that they receive better pay/pension/everything than other people so should simply go back to work and be grateful for it.

How can people have a backbone and stand up to things only to be told when they do it that they should stop???

I agree with you here. I remember all the abuse that came when the oil companies were blockaded once, when the lack of fuel eventually had an impact on food deliveries. Until then it was all good, then once anyone was actually affected.......
(same with the tanker drivers as well, if I remember that)

Mids_Costcutter

According to the DfT's 2009 Survey of Foreign Road Goods Vehicles, "the average foreign registered HGV enters the UK with just under 800 litres of fuel", so they are using some big fuel tanks!

Available at:

http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/statistics/datatablespublications/freight/foreignvehicle/foreignroadgoodsuk

kristina7

I doubt the government care much about how much we are paying for fuel, and we just go on paying it as we all rely on our cars so much. There was a big protest when prices jumped above £1 per litre I remember, but since then we've just accepted further rises and no one seems to complain.
I got this email during that last protest a few years ago that suggested the following. Could we persuade enough people to do it properly this time?

We need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the market place not sellers.

With the price of petrol going up more each day, we consumers need to take action. The only way we are going to see the price of petrol come down is if we hit someone in the pocket by not purchasing their Petrol!

And we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves. Here's the idea:

From now on DON'T purchase ANY petrol from the two biggest oil companies (which now are one), ESSO and BP, nor from any supermarkets (as they are no longer cheaper than branded anyway).
THEREFORE BUY ALL YOUR FUEL FROM SHELL!

If they are not selling any petrol, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit. But to have an impact we need to reach literally millions of consumers. Word of mouth, chain emails, etc, etc.

Anyone think this could work?

FATBALLZ

kristina7 wrote: »

I doubt the government care much about how much we are paying for fuel, and we just go on paying it as we all rely on our cars so much. There was a big protest when prices jumped above £1 per litre I remember, but since then we've just accepted further rises and no one seems to complain.
I got this email during that last protest a few years ago that suggested the following. Could we persuade enough people to do it properly this time?

We need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the market place not sellers.

With the price of petrol going up more each day, we consumers need to take action. The only way we are going to see the price of petrol come down is if we hit someone in the pocket by not purchasing their Petrol!

And we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves. Here's the idea:

From now on DON'T purchase ANY petrol from the two biggest oil companies (which now are one), ESSO and BP, nor from any supermarkets (as they are no longer cheaper than branded anyway).
THEREFORE BUY ALL YOUR FUEL FROM SHELL!

If they are not selling any petrol, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit. But to have an impact we need to reach literally millions of consumers. Word of mouth, chain emails, etc, etc.

Anyone think this could work?

That sounds like an excellent idea.

Yours faithfully,

Shell Employee.






(Disclaimer - I don't really work for Shell)

flyingscotno1

kristina7 wrote: »

Anyone think this could work?

No.

BP and Esso don't care much about petrol sales to us, it isn't the lucrative section of their business.

darich

flyingscotno1 wrote: »

No.

BP and Esso don't care much about petrol sales to us, it isn't the lucrative section of their business.

I'd also add.....UK is a tiny market globally for petrol sales so any downturn in the UK will be miniscule on the world market.

joolsybools

Yawn... ...