Bloody Fuel Price!!!

[crotchrocket]

It's gone up another 2 pence per litre today, but i thought they had done it early last week as it went from 104.9 to 105.9 but today its 107.9 PPL, cheeky fookers !!!!!

for you US guys thats about $6.70 per US gallon (3.8 litres)

ah well, what can you do

[Ldub]

Hate to tell ya, but I'm kinda mean that way...

Just went down to $2.45 gal.(from $2.49) here in good old Nort Dakota...

Sincerely, I DO empathise with your situation, just don't know what can be done...

[crotchrocket]

$2.45 lucky git!!!

[Sprey]

its a dollar 60 somethng there i put 70 bucks in the other day which gave me 39 litres aka out of 85l gave me little bit over half on the gauge

[circmand]

the metric system. No actually the cost of gas there really has nothing to do with gas ie our lower cost here. The government just figured it is easier raising taxes on gas to support their wasteful spending and runaway social programs that way the business gets the blame and the government gets credit for all the lovely give away programs. We are facing that now with government spending that will have our great grandkids paying for it and no sign of stopping

Sorry if this is a bit off topic but it does affect the price of petrol. We keep comparing the cost of gas in different states here in the US. CA is complaining what they pay being so much more yet none of them realize they pay the same minus taxes. You ever wonder why the US government reequires the posted cost of gas to include the taxes? So people do not realize they are paying huge amounts in taxes. Same with cigarettes. Over half the cost of cigarettes is taxes.

[mdwyer]

It's gone up another 2 pence per litre today,f or you US guys thats about $6.70 per US gallon (3.8 litres)

Okay, so serious question: What does that mean for you and your driving habits? We've always had artifically low fuel prices in the US, and it allows us strange things like the exurbs phenom -- where people live in suburban enclaves miles and miles away from cities, and drive SUVs into the city for work.

If my fuel bills doubled or tripled, I can't honestly see it changing my habits all that much, especially now that I work at home. But I don't see our prices staying low much longer. I wonder what that means for us.

[vt_maverick]

Probably means VX's (along with other gas-guzzlers) will become even more rare (and hopefully collectible) over time. Personally I'm thankful that my job affords me the luxury of not needing a super fuel efficient vehicle.

[kirk hilton]

We'll have to dig even deeper soon - when at the end of the year (so I understand) the VAT returns to 17.5% that is another 2 pence for a litre. Oh happy days.

[handeeman]

I agree with crotchrocket. Ldub is a lucky "git"

Plus it appears he pays an artifically low price for petrol in N.Dak. Ours in Orlando seems artifically high at $2.50 per gal.

[alanbradley]

Fuel being that high means the economies I worked out when I bought the Yaris increase. I still drive the Vehicross at weekends and sometimes just for the hell of it, but I'm not doing 27k miles a year in it any more!

Our Prime Minister doesn't have a driving licence, doesn't seem to "get" motoring and seems so removed from the actual act of purchasing anything that I'd be surprised if he can tell you the price of most day-to-day necessities.

My father has a haulage company. 2p/litre in the cost of diesel for him is a significant added overhead each month (I believe his company uses 30 - 40,000 litres a month) when you have 8 articulated lorries on the road, a couple of smaller ones and miscellaneous vans, cars, plant and heavy equipment too. He has a whole special vocabulary for when there's a stab-in-the-back taxation like this.

A

[nfpgasmask]

I wonder what that means for us.

It means the poor become homeless, the lower class becomes poor, the middle class becomes lower class, and the rich stay rich and only get richer.

Bart

[Gussie2000]

For you US guys thats about $6.70 per US gallon (3.8 litres)

ah well, what can you do [/quote]


By your own rig & drill your own oil ! LOL

I think the US tax around 14 % please some one correct me if i wrong.

[circmand]

For you US guys thats about $6.70 per US gallon (3.8 litres)

ah well, what can you do

By your own rig & drill your own oil ! LOL

I think the US tax around 14 % please some one correct me if i wrong.
[/QUOTE]

First they auction of the right to drill, Then they tax the equipment used to drill, then they tax the cost of transporting, then they tax the retailer who purchases, then the federal govt taxes it, the state taxes it, and the city taxes it. All in all its about 50% of the cost of producing when you add all taxes and fees in the production of fuel.

[Gussie2000]

By your own rig & drill your own oil ! LOL

I think the US tax around 14 % please some one correct me if i wrong.

First they auction of the right to drill, Then they tax the equipment used to drill, then they tax the cost of transporting, then they tax the retailer who purchases, then the federal govt taxes it, the state taxes it, and the city taxes it. All in all its about 50% of the cost of producing when you add all taxes and fees in the production of fuel.[/quote]

Damn it,my cousin told me about it,but didn't wanna believe it

[Moncha]

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ah well, what can you do ...

Install a flux capacitor