fair shout pat!
i sometimes cringe when i see 30mpg, thinking its the end of the world...but when you look at it, your still achieving double what a petrol would achieve
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fair shout pat!
i sometimes cringe when i see 30mpg, thinking its the end of the world...but when you look at it, your still achieving double what a petrol would achieve
Passed a local BP yesterday, Diesel was 129.9, petrol was 111.9 - WTF? This is ridiculous..
In October I changed jobs, and went from a 75 mile round commute to a 45 round trip.. problem is, given the fuel price hikes my monthly Diesel bill is still exactly the same as it was before!
Problem is, as I've noticed from my recent trips to Germany, the cost is now pretty much the same on the continent given price rises and the stronger Euro.. although one thing is different: Diesel is still cheaper than petrol - the way it should be given the refinement process. Robbing Labour Scum.
In October I changed jobs, and went from a 75 mile round commute to a 45 round trip.. problem is, given the fuel price hikes my monthly Diesel bill is still exactly the same as it was before!
Problem is, as I've noticed from my recent trips to Germany, the cost is now pretty much the same on the continent given price rises and the stronger Euro.. although one thing is different: Diesel is still cheaper than petrol - the way it should be given the refinement process. Robbing Labour Scum.
Saw this online, I think its worthy of doing, I know its been mentioned before alot, but surely its worth a try. Even if a small proportion started it, maybe it would be presented on any news channel, which could promote the idea further?
This sort of thing works by word of mouth and reading / hearing about it, and as everyone is being hit hard by the cost of petrol / deisel, then maybe everyone should make a small effort to try and control the ridiculous pricing.
Boycotting BP and Esso would make the companies complain to the Government for putting Tax prices up to begin with, and then maybe fuel tax prices would become more of a talking point than what it is at the moment.
Again its only an idea, shoot me if its useless! But with that attitude you will be expected to pay more and more for your fuel!!!
See what you think and pass it on if you agree with it
We are hitting £1.20.9 a litre in some areas now, soon we will be faced with paying £1.50 a ltr. Philip Hollsworth offered this good idea:
This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the 'don't buy petrol on a certain day campaign that was going around last April or May! The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to hurt ourselves by refusing to buy petrol. It was more of an inconvenience to us than it was a problem for them. BUT,whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can really work.
Please read it and join in!
Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a litre is CHEAP, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the market place not sellers. With the price of petrol going up more each day, we consumers need to take action. The only way we are going to see the price of petrol come down is if we hit someone in the pocket by not purchasing their Petrol! And we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves. Here's the idea:- For the rest of this year DON'T purchase ANY petrol from the two biggest oil companies (which now are one), ESSO and BP.
If they are not selling any petrol, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit. But to have an impact we need to reach literally millions of Esso and BP petrol buyers. It's really simple to do!!
Now, don't wimp out at this point... keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!!
I am sending this note to a lot of people. If each of you send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300)... and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000) ... and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers! If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted! If it goes one level further, you guessed it... ..
THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!!
Again, all You have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all.(and not buy at ESSO/BP) How long would all that take? If each of us sends this email out to ten more people within one day of receipt,all 300 MILLION people could conceivably be contacted within the next 8days!!! Acting together we can make a difference . If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on.
PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE 69p a LITRE RANGE
It's easy to make this happen. Just forward this email, and buy your petrol at Shell, Asda,Tesco, Sainsburys, Morrisons Jet etc. i.e. boycott BP a n d Esso"
I only buy from Shell. We get emails like this all the time from organisations that are trying to reduce fuel prices. I personally think these kind of tactics will never work as not enough people commit to it, we need fuel more than the fuel companies need to sell it therfor consumers will always back-down first.
I think voting time is when things could possibly change, or migration
ChrisGTL, yup, i agree there, shame people complain about fuel prices but dont do anything about it, comes back to being british again and our laziness as a nation!!!
i wonder how long they will continue to go up before anyone/someone does something, how much can the public tolerate. Luckily i dont use my car in the week now as i get the train.
.....as this seems to be a nation of protecting the non-law abiding ones I'm thinking red diesel. I have access to shed loads of the stuff..
..........and even if I got caught maybe they would send me on special holidays for rehab, give me a different name, buy a house for me to live in Aussie.
Everyones a winner, apart from the UK TAX payers. (as per normal)
..........and even if I got caught maybe they would send me on special holidays for rehab, give me a different name, buy a house for me to live in Aussie.
Everyones a winner, apart from the UK TAX payers. (as per normal)
andy182
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It seems every time we go to the pumps it has gone up by a minimum of 1p. Today I filled it to the top (£62!!!) as I know next time I need to fill up it will be another 2p per litre. If my wages went up to reflect the increased cost of living I wouldnt be bother but it bloody well doesnt!
Why dont the govt take 5p per litre off the "greener" diesel car and add 5p onto petrol and have them both at the same price?
Why dont the govt take 5p per litre off the "greener" diesel car and add 5p onto petrol and have them both at the same price?
Every mile I drive costs 25p just in petrol alone, before mileage, depreciation, wear and tear etc...
I appreciate that is my choice, but if you work out your cost per mile I bet its considerably cheaper than that even though you pay more per litre at the pump.
Money should be reduced off all fuel FULL STOP. Not bolted onto the good old 'petrol guzzlers'. Just because the diesel honeymoon is now over doesn't mean you can pass the cost off elsewhere. Welcome to 'our' world. Petrol heads have been being screwed over for the last few years.
T. Spark
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Not sure if it would like the PD engine, however if it does... fancy making abit of profit
kevocrook
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there is fuel protest next tuesday in london by the truckers .i am a trucker my self and the company i work for is going to the wall because of the rise in fuel
Best of luck mate, I hope the hauliers manage to get something sorted as for the likes of me, I can choose to drive less or more economically. Driving is your livelihoods, and the Government look the other way as it suits them.
Brown's got everyone on his back right now, the Social Services, Coastguards, Police, Teachers, motorists, low tax payers. Bet Blair is laughing his @rse off that he got out when he did.
T. Spark
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i came home via the tesco and bp and noticed tesco had gone up 1p and bp 3p in a single day.
would commute another way, but not possible with a 60mile round trip and no buses to get me there on time, and no i'm not cycling or walking.
work will not even contemplate the idea of homeworking yet they sent round a bl00dy cr4ppy save the environment e-mail that had me in stitches
would commute another way, but not possible with a 60mile round trip and no buses to get me there on time, and no i'm not cycling or walking.
work will not even contemplate the idea of homeworking yet they sent round a bl00dy cr4ppy save the environment e-mail that had me in stitches
im going to buy a chinese yak boy, raise him as my own and use him to carry me in a piggyback style to work every day..its only 22 miles of motorway door to door!....he will prob really appreciate the fancy icecream and chocolate cake i have in my fridge for payment
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