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 Post subject: Fuel up
PostPosted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 2:03 pm 
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Fuel up 5p a litre according to the news today.

I noticed last night all the London garages are back up to 1.41 plus

My local esso is holding out at 1.36


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 Post subject: Re: Fuel up
PostPosted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 4:27 pm 
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GBC wrote:
Fuel up 5p a litre according to the news today.

I noticed last night all the London garages are back up to 1.41 plus

My local esso is holding out at 1.36



Seen it sneak up yesterday mate at the local Shell garage, it's Gideons way of implementing the fuel duty rise.

How much is oil a barrel now?


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$108.16 a barrel @16.45pm today

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Its them putting it up for the holiday season as per usual, its the same every summer and christmas


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Its them putting it up for the holiday season as per usual, its the same every summer and christmas



Is it for the Hot Dogs Skip? :lol:


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wait till all that shale oil gets fracked up, we will be seeing low fuel prices then lads...

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wannabeeahack wrote:
wait till all that shale oil gets fracked up, we will be seeing low fuel prices then lads...



Yeah I await that one with trepidation.


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 Post subject: Re: Fuel up
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wannabeeahack wrote:
wait till all that shale oil gets fracked up, we will be seeing low fuel prices then lads...

I don't think it is oil that they get from fracking so it is unlikely to lower the price of diesel.

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grandad wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
wait till all that shale oil gets fracked up, we will be seeing low fuel prices then lads...

I don't think it is oil that they get from fracking so it is unlikely to lower the price of diesel.



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Shale oil, known also as kerogen oil or oil-shale oil, is an unconventional oil produced from oil shale by pyrolysis, hydrogenation, or thermal dissolution. These processes convert the organic matter within the rock (kerogen) into synthetic oil and gas. The resulting oil can be used immediately as a fuel or upgraded to meet refinery feedstock specifications by adding hydrogen and removing impurities such as sulfur and nitrogen. The refined products can be used for the same purposes as those derived from crude oil.

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"THEY" want/need us (you and me) on the road in IC engined cars for as long as possible

the day there are true electric cars 500 mile range and super fast (or onboard) charging is the day oil companies and governments fall...

you mark my words

batteries in electric cars are holding it all back

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 Post subject: Re: Fuel up
PostPosted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 11:21 am 
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wait till all that shale oil gets fracked up, we will be seeing low fuel prices then lads...



Of course it will - just like when they converted us from coal gas at great expense, to North sea gas! we all expected it to be cheaper! anyway forever the optimist..........I'm still waiting :roll:

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wait till all that shale oil gets fracked up, we will be seeing low fuel prices then lads...



Of course it will - just like when they converted us from coal gas at great expense, to North sea gas! we all expected it to be cheaper! anyway forever the optimist..........I'm still waiting :roll:


You will get contaminated land, polluted drinking water and damaged housing. Any financial gain will be hoovered up by the Tory brown envelope brigade.

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all have gone up by 3p here

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gusmac wrote:
cabby john wrote:
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wait till all that shale oil gets fracked up, we will be seeing low fuel prices then lads...



Of course it will - just like when they converted us from coal gas at great expense, to North sea gas! we all expected it to be cheaper! anyway forever the optimist..........I'm still waiting :roll:


You will get contaminated land, polluted drinking water and damaged housing. Any financial gain will be hoovered up by the Tory brown envelope brigade.


Like all those who suffer mining subsidence then....

you dont need to worry about Tory backhanders cos you live in the land of Braveheart and will choose freedom!

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wannabeeahack wrote:
wait till all that shale oil gets fracked up, we will be seeing low fuel prices then lads...



Fracking releases mainly methane gas so will be of little use as road fuel without using FT processing which is expensive because of the large amounts of energy used so whilst it might make us a little less dependant on the russian oligarchs for our gas supplies it won't bring down the price of fuel

There is also the environmental problem of that released gas not all coming up the pipes and working its way up through the ground and contaminating everything in it's path it is a very dirty industry

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