Petrol Prices

MICK THE FISH


Joined: 27/05/2008
Posts: 180

Message Posted:
19/11/2008 06:14

Was in the South yesterday, petrol around 86 cents per litre. Diesel about

10 cents more - used to be the same, are they copying the UK ?



When, when, when are they going to drop the price here ?



Needless to say I fill up everytime I am over there.

david9


Joined: 09/09/2008
Posts: 358

Message Posted:
19/11/2008 08:33

I think here they are realling milking it for all its worth!! when you look at the price of crude oil when the prices worldwide were hiked up, it has fallen 40% plus since then and no change whatsoever here in the price at the pump apart from a token gesture of .05 per litre on petrol.

gibson335


Joined: 01/11/2008
Posts: 325

Message Posted:
19/11/2008 10:10

Too right David9



The actual price of oil is now down to $53 a barrell having dropped from $144 in June. That represents a drop of about 65% yet as you say this grasping Government used the high prices to double electricity and push up petrol, yet refuse to lower them now the prices have plummeted. No doubt it is to feather their own nests . American pump prices are now half what they were in July and even Britain has reduced them by about 15% since August.What the brainless b------- don't realise is that if they did lower petrol the shop prices would be reduced due to lower transport cost's and people would spend more thus maintaining their tax rip off's

sylvie


Joined: 12/03/2008
Posts: 1081

Message Posted:
19/11/2008 10:13

price are in euros not sterling -

Soothsayer


Joined: 19/11/2008
Posts: 134

Message Posted:
19/11/2008 14:27

Spend your time watching some good movies: The Zeitgeist Movie predicted the World finance crises, its 2 movies, one released in 2007 and the other one in 2008. It won lots of awards. Take your time and go for it.. http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com



selamlar, Soothsayer

Coachie



Joined: 29/07/2008
Posts: 2135

Message Posted:
19/11/2008 15:21

hi all ...prioe of oil is an all time low of $53 barrel and we are still paying 92p for unleaded and 106p for deisel.This has to be the biggest rip off of the century.Every time the oil comes down in price they lower petrol prices by a fraction then put the reduction on the the price of diesel there fore increasing the price of diesel. what really annoys me is that it costs far less to make diesel than it does to make petrol and all you get out of the fuel companies is "supply and demand" If they keep that attitude up much longer ther wont be any "demand" cos there wont be any body able to afford it . to me diesel should be retailing around 48p and petrol at 55p If you look back before the crunch that was the price we were paying then,even OPEC dont want to cut production levels anymore to try and stabilise the price of crude, so its only the greedy fuel companies who are to blame for the current price levels...

JimmyG


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 900

Message Posted:
19/11/2008 16:42

Asda knocking off another 2p per litre from today so no doubt the other major supermarkets will follow suit but agree with you Coachie that's still way too high.

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
19/11/2008 18:05

filled up in the South today, it's too expensive over here...

scampy



Joined: 15/01/2008
Posts: 982

Message Posted:
19/11/2008 18:07

you cheapscape



If you live here you should support the local economy

Not give it to them



Susie x

Coachie



Joined: 29/07/2008
Posts: 2135

Message Posted:
19/11/2008 18:08

Jimmy G..Did they knock anything off diesel???

TimothyCadman


Joined: 13/12/2007
Posts: 1040

Message Posted:
19/11/2008 18:19

1p was knocked off the price of diesel. But 2 weeks ago 2p was knocked off pertol but not diesel. The gap between petrol and diesel is steadily growing. It used to be 12p in may, now it's 16p.



For those of us who made an investment in diesel run cars to cut costs and CO2 output there are now no savings over having the petrol equivalant car that does 36 miles to gallon than the diesel that does 50 miles to the gallon. Our only saving grace is that our equivalent CO2 output is still lower tha petrol.

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
19/11/2008 19:51

Soothsayer..



A film made in 2007 and 2008 predicting global financial meltdown is hardly a big prediction given that it was already underway before then... it's just that those who wanted to move their money to a safe place before the major news got out did not tell anybody else... but that's what insiders do..



Now they'll be trying to sell you all sorts on "financial insight packages" hype up as top investment tips... another trick to separate you from your money...



Last one out... turn off the lights!

mountbatten


Joined: 12/04/2008
Posts: 102

Message Posted:
19/11/2008 20:04

Makes me laugh how the news makes out that petrol is now cheap,with there 1p-2p

drop

Soothsayer


Joined: 19/11/2008
Posts: 134

Message Posted:
19/11/2008 20:24

Groucho! Just watch it and dont buy anything. Investing in stocks and some sort of paper with some written stuff on is much more than stupid..