[*paul_moss]

The price is now getting stupid. What is happening out there? Oil companies last week anounced their first quarter and they are making massive profits. So why is it climbing so high.

Dont tell me tax's.

[Art]

Because we live in rip off Britain Paul.

The goverment know that people will pay no matter what price it goes to.

Arthur

[ollie]

I saw someone mention they went for quotes on a motorbike in the past, ive been doing that on and off for the last two weeks, ive got large panniers for all my gear and its much cheaper than the van and faster    Ive been telling my custys its for the environment as much as my costs. As you say Diesel is sky high now.

[DK]

its only £1.14 in east scotland

[richie]

£1.14  in East Scotland,  Its £1.19 - £1.23 here in Birmingham.  I might drive to Scotland & save myself upto 9p per litre     

Seriously though,  the British goverment keep telling us that they have cut down the crime rate yet they are the biggest thieves when you look at the amount od Tax the are charging us especially on Fuel.  I can remember the days when i could fill up a petrol can for £1.72 (thats a mere 37.8p per litre.

Take a look at the link below.  It shows Petrol Prices 1983-2008.  We are been ROBBED.

www.     speedlimit    .    org.    uk    /    petrolprices.    html

Sorry about all the spaces between the words only this site wont let me post a web link.

Richie.

[klinger (spa clean)]

£5.50 a gallon!!..never thought I,d see the day!!....Its actually making me drive slower and keeping the revs down...never thought I,d see that either!!!

[Eric Lloyd]

I can see a time coming when we will be lugging our t.m's about in a pony and trap. Anyone remember when you could get petrol at night by shoving a pound note into a slot machine and get about 4 gallons of two-star? (sorry - showing my age a bit there)

[des]

Got my £30-00 worth of diesel the other day and that comes up to the half way mark ,But i just noticed that its, a quarter of an inch down on this mark .£5-00 on every job then Des

[carpetworx]

Crikey i thought things here were bad, at $1.70lt for diesel

[The Great One]

Brighton (paradise) this morning:

Unleaded £1.11.9

Diesel £1.21.9

Regards

Martin

Could it BE any sunnier?

[from edge2edge]

I drive alot of miles and have now started driving like miss daisy.I get some odd looks but i always get places on time and seem more relaxed.Certainly dont make me feel macho but being broke and unable to afford a beer is worse me thinks.Alan(swindon)

[cardo]

its getting out of control now these prices....where will it end?

[stuart_clark]

I saw eco fuel advertised the other day at 95 pence per litre, not sure I dare put it in my van though!

[spindle]

didnt check diesel but petrol 110.9 pl

[The Great One]

10th of May 2008

Unleaded £1.12.9

Diesel £1.22.9

Regards

Martin

[david washbrook]

unleaded £113.9

disel £125.9

[Phillip Mold]

£1.50 by end of 2008

[John Kelly]

The problem is oil is a commodoity which is traded on world markets. Basically people who have no attachment with the oil industry buy it and sell it on at a later date to make a huge profit, like estate agents this has an upward effect on prices.
Most products have some degree of competitiveness which has a ceiling affect on the price. This doesn't happen with commodities such as oil, sugar, coffee etc. It is also not happening with electricity and gas, they are all charging as much as they can get away with with little price variation which would make people switch more readily.
Don't forget these massive profits end up going on the whole to one set of people, the shareholders. I don't think the big shareholders in BP, Tesco's etc worry about filling the tank of their Bentley's.
Another thought, don't you just think the government are just sitting back and doing nothing because the high price of fuel will make people do less journeys and so help them reach reach their carbon emisions without lifting a finger.

[Ken Wainwright]

John's right. 

Any energy extracted from beneath the ground is also a diminishing resource.

But with the massive increase in consumption, especially from high growth countries like China and India, we are finding even greater demands on those diminishing resources.

We have to accept that for the rest of our lifetimes, energy costs are going to go through the roof. It's the supply and demand thing illustrated by John.

Bio fuels have a role to play in easing the situation, but that is already creating new problems with food production. It appears that locally, rape acreage has gone through the roof, and I bet much of this is to do with bio fuel rather than food.

Now to be controversial. In the changing world, the only energy that looks capable of being a winner is nuclear   All that mankind needs to do is solve the problem of waste.  Perhaps we should take up the Australian offer of dumping it in the central Australian wilderness. After all, nobody lives there :

Perhaps I should stick to my clean-in-use electric porty for now :

Safe and happy cleaning
Ken

[carpetworx]

You can always run your van on water,check it out on you tube..