Fuel prices MEGATHREAD

[Zebra 10]

We've been here before, just a couple of years ago, when prices went just oer £1.00 and lots of action was taken, joe public made a stand and so did the hierarchy

What's happened to let fuel prices rise so high without a huge public objection?

Personally I'll be damned if I'll payBPs psycho prices nor anyone else who cares to play with the big boys and charge up to £1.09 per litre.

I use http://www.petrolprices.com to find out who is cheapest and I go to them. My nearest garage is charging 106.9 and the nearest BP is on 107.9. They're having a laugh!

Has anyone actually done anything to object?

I've stopped using the major petrol stations entirely, I still need fuel so I only use the cheaper places - I'm not in much of a position to stop using my car 15 miles out of the city but I have cut down on othe leisure trips to reduce consumption.

Is there anything more we can do?

I've had the email which is circulating to everyone but no one seems to be actually doing much.

Any other ideas how the nation can stamp the prices down again?

[Jabberwocky 46]

It seems to be the same all across the board, weather its smoking in public, the price of booze, ID cards, everything that any other country would be up in arms about. The British public seem to be afflicted with lassitude.

 

We`re becoming doormats.

[Fingers 10]

We've been here before, just a couple of years ago, when prices went just oer £1.00 and lots of action was taken, joe public made a stand and so did the hierarchy

What's happened to let fuel prices rise so high without a huge public objection?

 

A huge rise in oil prices, largely driven by increasing demand from developing countries such as China and India. The current price of oil is around $105 per barrel, compared to just over $60 a year ago.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7280990.stm

 

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/fds/hi/business/market_data/commodities/28696/twelve_month.stm

 

Is there anything more we can do?

 

Probably not.

[Jason84 10]

I don't use the stuff, so it doesn't really effect me. My usual fuel is beer, if that was a pound a litre I'd be ecstatic.

[The Rat 10]

I'd like to see this present regime try to hike fuel prices any more.... I really would, it would mean them out of power at the next election for sure.

[jfish1936 10]

The British public seem to be afflicted with lassitude.

 

"Lassitude -- feeling as though you've been chewed by Lassie"

[Quagmire 10]

We've been here before, just a couple of years ago, when prices went just oer £1.00 and lots of action was taken, joe public made a stand and so did the hierarchy

What's happened to let fuel prices rise so high without a huge public objection?

 

Its not high oil prices that are the problem, its the massive tax levied on fuel.

 

There is a huge public objection going on, every day about 700 people vote with their feet and move abroad to escape crazy taxation and stupid government schemes. We have the biggest brain drain in over a century going on.

 

These aren't the knife wielding chavs or drug addict single mums, these people are the lifeblood of the country.

 

Last one to leave switch off the lights..

[the_rudeboy 12]

I'd like to see this present regime try to hike fuel prices any more.... I really would, it would mean them out of power at the next election for sure.

I'm betting there will be a pew pence increase per litre as a result of the next budget. And I also bet Labour will still win the next general election.

[scubatony61 10]

I thought this was a good idea http://www.Water4Gas.com , but after reading various reports, not so sure now.

Not even April 1st yet

 

Tony

[Zebra 10]

It drives me crazy, I found my nearest cheapest and went there to fill up and I made very sure to tell them why I had chosen their petrol station over others.

I brought up the subject of emmigration yesterday as it's now reached a point where I feel abused by the government and the pending tax banding hike soon to come after the current council tax hike which is in progress of happening.

Frankly I'm sick of being taken for a fool.

[Guest Mod_Man]

Am I right in thinking that some people's way of demonstrating their grievances with the government is to emigrate? You could always sign a few online petitions or summat. Maybe even organise some sort of mass protest using the internet.

[Swan_Vesta 11]

I can't believe that the country is sitting there and taking it .... We're getting royally screwed to line the government's pockets so that asylum seekers can have tea parties, Ken Livingstone's aides can fund their sordid escapades and to run the speaker's wife shopping.

 

If this country wasn't full of an apathetic electorate then we'd get off our arses and do something about this disgusting level of taxation.