Fishcake Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 If Rocket Fuel prices are a problem may I suggest a different form of transport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_rudeboy Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 What about boycotting the two biggest oil companies, ESSO and BP? If they are not selling any fuel, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 What about boycotting the two biggest oil companies, ESSO and BP? If they are not selling any fuel, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit. Lots of the petrol stations that are branded are actually franchises and aren't owned by the big oil companies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llamatron Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 unless you drive to work, its seems to me its just like the VAT increase. It makes very little difference when you work out how much extra it will be to fill a tank. Its still cheaper to drive than go by public transport so I don't think anyone has the right to moan! I hope it will be subsidising public transport more in the future. If you can afford a car you can afford the fuel to run it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_rudeboy Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Lots of the petrol stations that are branded are actually franchises and aren't owned by the big oil companies.I would have thought there will be a list of the ones that they do actually own somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny11 Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Its no good crying to the pertol station. Over 70% of the fuel cost is tax and vat, aim at the right people guys its not hard to work out its the goverment. Think of it another way, people will be using their car less and we have less congestion, I am happy with that and more then willing to pay £2 a litre if the road are clear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resident Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 I would have thought there will be a list of the ones that they do actually own somewhere. It's extremely rare these days for an actual oil company to own the station itself. Branding on stations is just like any other franchise, showing which brand they provide. As for supermarket fuels: Tesco - Mostly Greenergy - some stores are Esso based on a business alliance. Morrisons - Greenergy Asda - Harvest Fuels Sainsburys - Some sources say it's Greenergy however most point to BP as the supply All supermarkets brand the fuels as their own, despite their supplies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
convert Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Its no good crying to the pertol station. Over 70% of the fuel cost is tax and vat, aim at the right people guys its not hard to work out its the goverment. Think of it another way, people will be using their car less and we have less congestion, I am happy with that and more then willing to pay £2 a litre if the road are clear Bang on the money old chap. Since my company pays for the fuel (private and business) in my daily driver the cost per litre can go up to £3 and I wouldn't be bothered; a pay rise for me every time it increases In fact I'm looking for a 2nd V8 to add to the fleet. Hopefully that'll make 26 cylinders and around 11 litres of internal combustion chambers in the household... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spindrift Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 How can we stop this. Why don't as many drivers as possible try to not use their cars, or drive more efficiently. If we make a glut of petrol the price will fall. It's basic economics. Although if demand drops long term, prices will go up. Economics are based on growth, we are or have passed peak oil. There is no growth, they may get the oil out of the ground quicker, but that is only quicker towards there being non. Turn the table on the manufactures that are making very high profits on a commodity that they want and need us to use. Turn the tables on a government that want us to find an alternative to oil based fuels, but they are very happy put take the tax on it. If we stopped using oil today how much would the government lose in tax and how would they fill the gap? The cost of driving a car is no higher now than twenty years ago: http://www.economist.com/blogs/blighty/2011/01/war_motorist Yes, the war on the motorist is bunk. As is the war on Christmas, and the war on coal, and probably quite a few others... One would think we were mired in enough real wars that we wouldn't have to make up additional ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spindrift Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Since its peak in July 2000 motoring is 14.5% cheaper (compared to RPI) or 13.5% cheaper (compared to RPI excluding mortgage interest). Compared to average earnings motoring is 22.4% cheaper. Over the two or so decades since 1987 motoring costs have fallen by 7.7% (RPI) or 0.3% (RPI excluding mortgages). http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ijackson/2008/real-cost-of-motoring/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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