oceansoul
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Am i the only one that thinks this wont work.....People NEED to buy petrol (and diesel), boycotting the pumps wont work 
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Tommy
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Nothing we do is ever gonna effect petrol prices. The companies are too big and too rich to worry about what we want.
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ryzer
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we are stuck, unless every one of us boycotts the pumps, which wont happen, so they will carry on,
more pissed off with the potholes tbh
[Edited on 01-04-2010 by ryzer]
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Marc
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Where else do I buy my Dime bars and banana Frijj milkshakes 
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lostboy
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quote:
Originally posted by Tommy
Nothing we do is ever gonna effect petrol prices. The companies are too big and too rich to worry about what we want.
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Daimo B
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quote:
Originally posted by Tommy
Nothing we do is ever gonna effect petrol prices. The companies are too big and too rich to worry about what we want.
actually, its nothing to do with the companies.
The governement are the people adding the tax.
remember for every £1 you spend on fuel, about £0.85p goes to the governement.
Before it was the price of oil per barrel going over $100. But as far as im aware (could be very wrong), the price of oil is about $80 per barrel.
They are doing it slowly and sneakly to recover the debt that the banks put us in. When it hit £1.20 last time there was a national outcry.
Well everywhere round here is about £1.15-£1.19 and no-ones muttering a word this time as they have increased it slowly and progressivly on the sly.
2p rise in fuel? Yeah only at the budget. Rest of the year it goes up every bloody month and that never gets mentioned.
As I said in the post in GC, £56 to fillup a corsa, yet in 2000 it cost me £26 and was full from empty.......
In fact, we used to go jet-skiing, fill up a 20 litre bottle, fill up the jetski, and would cost us £40 for the entire day. From Jetskiiers these days, i gather it costs them nearly £100 for a full summer days jetskiing these days!!!!! mental!!!
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Andrew
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Diesel is around £1.16 around Manchester. Seen it for £1.15 in Preston earlier.
There are less and less cars on the road these days doing the commute. I never get stuck in traffic like i did 2.5 yrs ago.
Road Tax, insurance and fuel have all gone up which is why i'm selling my car and sharing with my Mum as she rarely uses the car and i only mine to keep it running. Bad times 
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Rich H
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quote:
Originally posted by Marc
Where else do I buy my Dime bars and banana Frijj milkshakes
Dime bars from Ikea, Frijj from Tesco 
But not it'll never work, just have to accept it and get on with it tbh!
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Paul_J
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People will boycott it by panic buying / stock piling fuel...
they'll still buy the same amount
People need fuel.
Reality is, it's the low exchange rate that's increased prices a lot recently.
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Daveskater
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Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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sigibbons
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I think your missing a major point that its not just private motorists who buy fuel. Think how many industry's use petrol/diesel.
Lorrys
Private Boats
Cargo ships
Generators
Agriculture
Construction Plant
The list goes on...
These organisations/companys/industrys will never stop buying fuel as it is how they make their business work.
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noshua
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It's already been mentioned, but the Government is the main reason why cost of petrol is so high. Look at how much tax is added in comparison to other countries;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_tax#Tax_rates
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John
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quote:
Originally posted by Andrew
There are less and less cars on the road these days doing the commute.
Without checking the figures, I'd say that there will be more cars, not less.
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Carl
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There is a way to affect it though, if everyone stopped using one supplier and went to a competitor, surely that would force one to lower a bit, then everyone go there, leaving the other with no customers etc etc. DOubt it will ever happen though.
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Ojc
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The percentage of tax compared with the actual price has come down for a couple years ago, 60% now from 72% then.
Blame the weak pound against the dollar.
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Andrew
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quote:
Originally posted by John
quote:
Originally posted by Andrew
There are less and less cars on the road these days doing the commute.
Without checking the figures, I'd say that there will be more cars, not less.
Check the figures Pal, i'm speaking from experience and not from my keyboad.
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John
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Sorry, I must be imagining the traffic on the way to work.
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adiohead
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need the truck drivers to blockade the refineries again.
might be annoying for us but it usually works.
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_Allan_
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quote:
Originally posted by John
Sorry, I must be imagining the traffic on the way to work.
You must be John. Andrew must also commute from Land's End to John o' Groats daily to gather this statisical data. What a pain in the arse commute that must be.
I hope you have a diesel and works fuel card.
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Nath
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Tax from the government doesn't matter.
Shell still made £13bn, and BP £10bn. Something doesnt add up.
[Edited on 01-04-2010 by Nath]
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fir3vip3r
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quote:
Originally posted by Nath
Tax from the government doesn't matter.
Shell still made £13bn, and BP £10bn. Something doesnt add up.
[Edited on 01-04-2010 by Nath]
they still make a large profit out of oil, obviously the amount of it we buy there not going to be selling it at a loss!
Also factor in what shell and bp do, they dont just sell fuel
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Nath
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Wouldnt mind seeing a breakdown of their figures.
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Andrew
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quote:
Originally posted by _Allan_
quote:
Originally posted by John
Sorry, I must be imagining the traffic on the way to work.
You must be John. Andrew must also commute from Land's End to John o' Groats daily to gather this statisical data. What a pain in the arse commute that must be.
I hope you have a diesel and works fuel card.
Hit it on the nail - done 700 miles this week and apart from around town there is very little motorway traffic.
Fuel cards for the win 
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taylorboosh
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quote:
Originally posted by John
Sorry, I must be imagining the traffic on the way to work.
yea me too... theres just as many if not more cars than ever imo
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