Farewell, then, sub £1 a litre fuel :(

[Oswaldtwistle]

Farewell, then sub £1.10 a litre fuel. And (unless Darling postpones it) there another inflation plus 1% rise coming in a fortnight.......

 

[fractionMan]

red diesel - 59p a litre

 

[gosub]

red diesel - 59p a litre

where you still finding marine diesel at that price?

 

[Oswaldtwistle]

red diesel - 59p a litre

The red exhaust fumes are proberlby a bit of a giveaway, though!

 

[fractionMan]

where you still finding marine diesel at that price?

That's what I paid a few weeks ago when I filled up at hilperton (trowbridge)

 

[fractionMan]

The red exhaust fumes are proberlby a bit of a giveaway, though!

Can't say I've noticed. Does it really turn the exhaust red?

 

[Oswaldtwistle]

I thought Red Diesel was so named because it had red dye in it, so the cops could see you were running on illegal fuel.

Or is that an urban myth?

 

[trashpony]

According to petrolprices.com, there are now no petrol stations in the UK charging less than a quid a litre for either petrol or diesel.

Will we ever see prices go back under a pound? I doubt it this time- but we said that last year.

I can't remember the last time I saw petrol under a pound

 

[fractionMan]

I thought Red Diesel was so named because it had red dye in it, so the cops could see you were running on illegal fuel.

Or is that an urban myth?

It is redish, but I think they'd have to dip your tank to find out tbh.

Mine's in a boat anyway. I've not got a car.

 

[gosub]

turns the tank red, as in dyes the sides of the tank mainly go after taxis and stuff.

 

[ernestolynch]

Are horses the answer?

 

[Oswaldtwistle]

Are horses the answer?

That's actually a very serious question. Ironically many of the virulant anti-car brigade are also animal rights activists......

 

[weltweit]

I can remember when fuel (4 star) was less than £1 a gallon.

 

[Oswaldtwistle]

£1.10 a litre is a fiver a gallon, for reference.

 

[weltweit]

I can remember when fuel (4 star) was less than £1 a gallon.

£1.10 a litre is a fiver a gallon, for reference.

I can remember thinking that when fuel went over £1.00 per gallon it could be the end of the world as we knew it!!

How wrong I was!

 

[fredfelt]

That's actually a very serious question. Ironically many of the virulant anti-car brigade are also animal rights activists......

Strangely perhaps, there have been 'correspondents' writing letters to my local paper about horses, but from I assume petrol heads. Apparently they should be tested, pay road tax and get off the roads as they hold up traffic. It takes all sorts.

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/yoursay/letters/5027737.Horse_riders_should_take_a_test/

 

[Gromit]

1.16 at my local garage now

Glad I'm not commuting from Cardiff to see a girl in London any more.

 

[Griff]

So the dream of owning a 9mpg Jensen Interceptor is well and truly over.

 

[Doppelgänger]

£1.10 a litre is a fiver a gallon, for reference.

I paid 113.9/litre the other day. (so basically £1.14/litre- why do petrol stations price in tenths of a penny?). It's been over year I think since I saw petrol below £1

We are not the most expensive in the EU though as I saw an article which stated that it was the Netherlands. They charge around €1.50/ltr which is about £1.36/Ltr.

To compare with US prices, our petrol is $6.46/gallon* (£4.31/gallon).

*You have to remember that the US gallon is smaller than an imperial one

 

[100% masahiko]

I like driving

 

[existentialist]

There's no need to do anything, people will react to increasing fuel prices without hand-holding from the government.

True, though the effect will tend to fall unequally on those at the lower income end of the spectrum - and particularly rural communities. Taking a "free market" approach to the problem is all right if you don't mind that quite large chunks of the voting population will be disproportionately affected, and may not thank you for it come election time.

 

[Gromit]

I think its time the farmers and the lorry drivers had another protest.

 

[co-op]

And electric cars are still a way off -remember the majority of people drive a second hand car, so if it takes five years (very, very optimistic) for most new cars to be electric, you are talking five more before they get even to a remotely affordable price point for most people.

Me senses trouble ahead.

What makes you think that electric cars are the solution to rising fossil fuel prices and/or peak oil? Or carbon emissions for that matter?

Nearly all electricity is generated by burning fossil fuels. Moreover their carbon emissions are far higher (ie their true mpg is much lower) due to the huge inefficiencies in the generation and transmission of electricity.

Unless there is an impossibly huge switch to renewable sources of electricity generation, electric cars are at best a red herring, at worst, making the problem bigger.

 

[fredfelt]

I think its time the farmers and the lorry drivers had another protest.

Yes, for sure. I remember the last one fondly. The air quality in my city got noticeably better for a precious few days.

 

[Oswaldtwistle]

I think its time the farmers and the lorry drivers had another protest.

Is anything brewing?

 

[weltweit]

I wonder how much fuel has really gone up since 1979 when inflation is taken into account?

 

[jusali]

Trouble is as fuel prices rise so does the efficiency of newer cars.
So we might have a higher price of fuel but the efficiency of the motor wipes it out. It's like cat and mouse.

 

[fredfelt]

I wonder how much fuel has really gone up since 1979 when inflation is taken into account?

http://www.speedlimit.org.uk/petrolprices.html

Figures here were collected from 1983. In real terms today we are at 96.2% of that price.

 

[kyser_soze]

Are horses the answer?

I've been suggesting this to all the yokels who're whinging about their fuel prices going up for ages. Get back on the horse!

 

[Oswaldtwistle]

http://www.speedlimit.org.uk/petrolprices.html

Figures here were collected from 1983. In real terms today we are at 96.2% of that price.

No, that was last march, when petrol prices were 89.9p. They are now significantly higher.