Fuel prices ( Archived) (38)

I keep telling everyone that very thing when they complain about the gas {petrol} prices. My heart goes out to all of you on the other side of the pond.

Fear not we will be at the same level or real close before long.

it's not the people who control the gas who are to blame. it's the governments to slap HUGE taxes on the fuel in the knowlede that we have little to no choice but to accept the ridiculous amonts we're 'asked' to pay. i already stated in a previous thread that a few years ago the uk was brought to a standstill because truckers etc blockaded the terminals which meant filling stations around the uk ran out of fuel. truckers and farmers also went on a go slow on major roads around the country which obviously had a knock on effect on industry. the end justified the means and the gvnment soon backed down but it was pretty scary. since then they introduced red diesel for farmers and haulage companies which is considerably cheaper. that means that those people won't be hit so bad with rising prices this time and won't be so eager to act again. meanwhile, joe public who buys regular fuel at the pumps sibsidises those red diesel users by paying that little bit extra and won't be as effective if they ever decide to act.

SOLUTION?: a website which covers every city and is regularly updated with the cheapest and the most expensive filling stations. joe public cheacks regularly and avoids the most expensive ones - which will either be forced to either drop prices or go out of business. JMO on that though

yes it's also an offence in the uk to use red diesel unless authorised to do so and like you state, diesel prices are slightly more expensive. wasn't always the case though, diesel used to be MUCH cheaper. i guess they must have increased the prices when diesels became more efficient and people started using them more, particularly since the 4x4 revolution started. so there we have it. the 4x4 brigade are responsible for the increases by the way dooby, does that site make any difference at all? just interested to know. do people avoid the more expensive filling stations? on a personal note, there are 2 filling stations around 200m apart on my way home from work. 1 is 4p per litre more expensive than the next one down the road. personally, i pass the expensive one by and use the next one up the road but people still seem happy enough paying more in the first one. i don't simply do this to save money though, it's more out of principle than anything else.

Regular gas is $ 2.89 a gallon here in Elko

but I won't be paying for gas until after Jan 18th 2008 , the County is buying mine for me :)

So IM saving money

2.89 for a GALLON? wow! that's not far from what we pay for 1 LITRE

Wooo...

1 gallon is about 3.75 litres

You pay $2.89 per gallon and we pay $2.18 per litre.

Sooo... 3 litres is $6.54 (well more actually if you add the .75 of a litre on too)

we pay approx $7-8 a gallon then...

is that right?


(Maths is not my strong point lol)

I know.. my RL USA buddy is always moaning about the *Gas prices*.. and I think OMG try paying THIS!