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Post by froggy on Mar 22, 2011 16:47:56 GMT 1
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2011 17:14:54 GMT 1
Afraid it won't personally. People need petrol and the alternatives aren't great.
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Post by ThrobsBlackHat on Mar 22, 2011 17:41:40 GMT 1
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Post by Stowmarket Shrew on Mar 22, 2011 19:03:29 GMT 1
£1.40 a litre at Tesco in Stowmarket today!! Cheapest I can find is £1.37 at Asda in Bury St Edmunds which given I do a 60 mile round trip commute 5 days a week is worth slightly diverting for. Our family fuel bill is about £350 a month now and that's mainly my wife and I just driving to work!! As for doing the 400 mile round trip for home matches - not a chance at the moment, it was all I could afford to do the 200 mile round trip to Northampton the other week. Crazy, and with no sign of it ever changing for the better.
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Post by jaytee on Mar 22, 2011 19:29:55 GMT 1
Doesn't make me want to drive. think i'll stick to trains Sorry, that one's cancelled.
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Post by blum on Mar 22, 2011 21:20:53 GMT 1
Highest price i have ever paid for a litre of petrol, up about 5p a litre in the last month , over 10p a litre more since "the motorists friend" came to power. How things can change eh. interesting to note, that despite tory claims to be the motorists friend, the 10p per litre increase over the last month compares to 40p under Labour during the preceding 10 years, up from 80p a litre in 2000 to £1.20 in april 2010. www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/fuel/fuel-price-archive.htmlNever mind, we can all afford it cant we? I paid 1.41 today in Solihull... I told the girl behind the counter that it was possibly the most expensive fuel I ever bought, she didnt even acknowledge the point..Effin scandalous
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Post by bertymax on Mar 22, 2011 21:28:34 GMT 1
Scandalous Pab...these nasty Condems...can't think why they got voted in when everything was so wonderful under the last lot... Your post of months past was more sound, why are we not seeing protests as fuel is higher now than when protested ? Maybe the fact of we are deep in the mire is making people tolerate then current situation ? Your right in that the price of petrol is alot more now than 10 years ago, about 60p a litre more or thereabouts but Im sure its been stated on here before the lack of protests is due to govt legislation threatening hauliers etc with losing their license's if they instigated any protests again. Im a bit disgusted that it looks like this was initiated by a labour govt too Maybe the protests took more of a hold 10 yrs ago because generally we had it better in the late 90's early 00's. The fuel crisis of 10 years ago was a more isolated incident in the midst of more affluent times and therefore stood out. Now its one bloody s**tty thing after another and people are just punch drunk by it all to the point where theyve lost alot of their fight, their digging in and bracing themselves for another 4 years of crap. Im sure some bright spark will tell me but how petrol can be more expensive now after weve dropped a few bombs on libya than it was for either gulf war is beyond me, especially now Japan, God bless em, one of the worlds biggest economies that needs millions of barrels of oil a day to keep going is on its knees. For once, supply should be outstripping demand and we should be seeing the price fall. its £1.43 for a litre of diesel in ludlow by the way.
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Post by hooverfoxhat on Mar 22, 2011 21:36:17 GMT 1
On the radio last week it was claimed by an economics/finance expert that the average 2 car family is now paying an extra £20/month every month with ongoing rises of crude oil etc - astounding and utterly disgusting.
Petrol/diesel prices at the pump are increasing on a weekly basis by a minimum of 1p/ltr without anybody seemingly asking why or batting an eyelid, it's just accepted as the norm it would seem - the supermarkets happily continue to raise the price without so much as a simple explanation or more importantly offers of a promotional period of lower pump prices.
I'm expecting a big hike to be passed on very soon with he price of crude oil rocketing to record prices again over the last few days with the troubles continuing in Libya etc.
A knock on effect sees everyday consumables rising in price too, gobsmacked last week when buying a Warburtons sliced loaf in the local Tesco at over £1.30, it had gone up over 10p in less than a week, it wasn't so long ago that 4 tins of Heinz baked beans would cost little more than a pound, now they're over double that.
Where will it all end?
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Post by der kaiser on Mar 22, 2011 21:40:19 GMT 1
I've noticed more and more cyclists in the morning.
When things are tight people turn to the bike. It's the cheapest form of transport.
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Post by grinfish on Mar 23, 2011 1:35:28 GMT 1
I've noticed more and more cyclists in the morning. When things are tight people turn to the bike. It's the cheapest form of transport. I've got a pony that's cheaper. gets me to work in 15 minutes, what with being smart enough to live close enough to my employer to not need any other form of transport to get there. I can also walk to the shops, medical facilities, and such. If I want to go see a movie, I hop on a train and make a day of it, or I'll wait until I can buy/rent it. If I want to purchase bulky items, I'll arrange delivery. No doubt there are exceptional circumstances, but in others, personal transport is a convenience that people have just got too accustomed to. Makes you wonder how we managed as a nation for centuries without it, hmm? ED: Of course, I don't condone fare-dodging on public transport, I hope this bugger gets the full penalty charge. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-12820220
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Post by SeanBroseley on Mar 25, 2011 9:08:04 GMT 1
With the recent improvement in the weather and the longer days I haven't really notice the price rises as I'm not using headlights, wipers, heaters etc nearly as much. My weekly mileage hasn't changed.
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Post by mr1972 on Mar 25, 2011 13:37:02 GMT 1
This has little to do with Government policy. It is 1.65 euro / litre here in Holland
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Post by ratcliffesghost on Mar 25, 2011 14:12:14 GMT 1
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2011 14:44:58 GMT 1
I've noticed more and more cyclists in the morning. When things are tight people turn to the bike. It's the cheapest form of transport. I've started cycling to work over the past few weeks, also now using the bike in preference to the car for trips around the city. Free exercise, no diesel costs and only a couple of near-death experiences at the hands of taxis, awesome.
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Post by SeanBroseley on Mar 25, 2011 22:58:56 GMT 1
I've noticed more and more cyclists in the morning. When things are tight people turn to the bike. It's the cheapest form of transport. I've started cycling to work over the past few weeks, also now using the bike in preference to the car for trips around the city. Free exercise, no diesel costs and only a couple of near-death experiences at the hands of taxis, awesome. But be careful what you're breathing in.
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