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Author:  skippy41 [ Thu May 15, 2008 12:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Diesel prices
The price of diesel has reached £127.9 again in the Borders :shock: :shock: :shock: and it has hit £130.9 just 4 miles down the road in Melrose :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
When will this end :?: :?: :?: :?: :x
Author:  GBC [ Thu May 15, 2008 12:54 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Diesel prices
skippy41 wrote:
The price of diesel has reached £127.9 again in the Borders :shock: :shock: :shock: and it has hit £130.9 just 4 miles down the road in Melrose :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
When will this end :?: :?: :?: :?: :x


When the current Government collapses and fuel costs become a major election issue for the next lot.
Author:  Boggins [ Thu May 15, 2008 3:49 pm ]
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:-({|= I find it somewhat Prestigious to have these elite Higher Fuel prices...it lets the rest of the World know that we brits are the world leaders in something...even if its only the top of the world Fuel Pricing charts....Thank god for Gordy Smith and all who sink with him.
Author:  Sussex [ Thu May 15, 2008 7:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Diesel prices
skippy41 wrote:
When will this end :?: :?: :?: :?: :x

When Mr GBC beds Mr TF. :shock:
Author:  edders23 [ Thu May 15, 2008 8:47 pm ]
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The problem is one of supply and demand I am reliably informed by people in the petrol retail business that £1.50 a litre for diesel is less than 12 months away but petrol will NOT rise above £1.25 a litre because hardly anyone is buying petrol cars these days in the mistaken belief that diesels are cheaper to run and there is spare petrol refining capacity but they CANNOT produce enough diesel in this country and must import it from elsewhere
Author:  Skull [ Thu May 15, 2008 9:18 pm ]
Post subject: 
edders23 wrote:
The problem is one of supply and demand I am reliably informed by people in the petrol retail business that £1.50 a litre for diesel is less than 12 months away but petrol will NOT rise above £1.25 a litre because hardly anyone is buying petrol cars these days in the mistaken belief that diesels are cheaper to run and there is spare petrol refining capacity but they CANNOT produce enough diesel in this country and must import it from elsewhere


Well that's a comforting thought . . ..
Author:  Skull [ Thu May 15, 2008 9:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Diesel prices
skippy41 wrote:
The price of diesel has reached £127.9 again in the Borders :shock: :shock: :shock: and it has hit £130.9 just 4 miles down the road in Melrose :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
When will this end :?: :?: :?: :?: :x


£118.9 - £119.9 is about average in Edinburgh :cry:


You need to become a cowboy and leave all those sheep alone. It's less expensive to live up here in cattle country.


:D
Author:  skippy41 [ Thu May 15, 2008 9:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Diesel prices
Skull wrote:
skippy41 wrote:
The price of diesel has reached £127.9 again in the Borders :shock: :shock: :shock: and it has hit £130.9 just 4 miles down the road in Melrose :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
When will this end :?: :?: :?: :?: :x


£118.9 - £119.9 is about average in Edinburgh :cry:


You need to become a cowboy and leave all those sheep alone. It's less expensive to live up here in cattle country.


:D


What with all that spare capacity :wink: :wink: :lol:

FFS 2 bloody rises in a day its now £128.9 and £115.9 for unleaded
Author:  GBC [ Thu May 15, 2008 11:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Diesel prices
Sussex wrote:
skippy41 wrote:
When will this end :?: :?: :?: :?: :x

When Mr GBC beds Mr TF. :shock:


Apparantly he only goes for Englishmen from the South Coast. :wink:
Author:  GBC [ Thu May 15, 2008 11:57 pm ]
Post subject: 
edders23 wrote:
The problem is one of supply and demand I am reliably informed by people in the petrol retail business that £1.50 a litre for diesel is less than 12 months away but petrol will NOT rise above £1.25 a litre because hardly anyone is buying petrol cars these days in the mistaken belief that diesels are cheaper to run and there is spare petrol refining capacity but they CANNOT produce enough diesel in this country and must import it from elsewhere


12 months? That far away?

I reckon it'll reach that by the summer, then drop back a bit . . . well according to Ray Holloway it will. :shock:
Author:  Sussex [ Fri May 16, 2008 6:14 am ]
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edders23 wrote:
but petrol will NOT rise above £1.25 a litre because hardly anyone is buying petrol cars these days in the mistaken belief that diesels are cheaper to run

Not too sure a petrol car is cheaper to run than a diesel, even with that difference in fuel price. :?
Author:  Boggins [ Fri May 16, 2008 10:09 am ]
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If its due to a Lack of refining Facilities Id find that hard to believe, its not happened overnight this Increase in Diesel Vehicles numbers so why have'nt they Increased refining capacity to match the extra demand, theyve had plenty time , its not rocket science to do so.

We have plenty Diesel to go around so obviously its not a shortage of supply problem. I have a feeling that the petro chemical industry is quiet happy to let the shortage of refining facilities continue with the overall aim to increase their already huge profits further by burying the even bigger profits that they can make on Imported Diesel.

Ok thats 30% of the problem, sadly the other 70% is government tax greed, that is what sets us so far apart from the USA and other european countries...how can they Expect us to be forced into Being good little Europeans when we pay drastically more for less on Everything.

If they gave us One europe and one pan-European priced Litre of fuel then I think we might embrace the EU Idealogy more..until then lets boot out greedy gordy and keep our clean little snouts out of the grubby european trough.

Man that felt good to that overdue gripe out the way.. :sad:
Author:  skippy41 [ Sat May 17, 2008 4:49 am ]
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Well there is somthing strange going on at my local shell station, they had a delivey yesterday morning and put the price up from 125.9 to 127.9, then in the afternoon they put it up to 128.9, and today without reciving another delivery up it went to 130.9 :shock: :shock: :shock:

£5.89 a gallon :shock: :shock: :shock:
Author:  GA [ Sat May 17, 2008 7:36 am ]
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Sussex wrote:
edders23 wrote:
but petrol will NOT rise above £1.25 a litre because hardly anyone is buying petrol cars these days in the mistaken belief that diesels are cheaper to run

Not too sure a petrol car is cheaper to run than a diesel, even with that difference in fuel price. :?


The thing is that Petrol versions of the same car are cheaper to buy, whether new or used.

A few thousand pounds saved on the purchase price gives a canny "bank of funds" to draw upon to make the actual running costs comparible.

B. Lucky :D
Author:  gusmac [ Sat May 17, 2008 2:35 pm ]
Post subject: 
GA wrote:
Sussex wrote:
edders23 wrote:
but petrol will NOT rise above £1.25 a litre because hardly anyone is buying petrol cars these days in the mistaken belief that diesels are cheaper to run

Not too sure a petrol car is cheaper to run than a diesel, even with that difference in fuel price. :?


The thing is that Petrol versions of the same car are cheaper to buy, whether new or used.

A few thousand pounds saved on the purchase price gives a canny "bank of funds" to draw upon to make the actual running costs comparible.

B. Lucky :D
I wouldn't argue there GA. Lots more low mileage petrol motors around as well.
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