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Local lass · Calnetalk Mayor Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 3093 Status:

i went to the bp garage this morning.diesal £1.14 a litre :shock: :shock:

thats is just disgusting.

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Chepfer · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:29 pm Post subject:

It's £1.10 in sainburies in chipp at the moment and cheaper in swindon at £1.09

Bigcity · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:37 pm Post subject:

I won't understand those rates, but we had a big push for diesel cars here back in the 90's when it was 25% cheaper than gas - now it's 25% higher.

Bear · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:56 pm Post subject:

I believe fuel over your side of the pond is much cheaper comparitively speaking than here Bigcity but we pay a large percentage in tax (70% or more if I recall) someone will correct me if I'm wrong its appalling really because every single item that you see around you has at sometime or another been on the back of a lorry so if fuel prices go up guess what happens next yes thats right everything else will go up soon.

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GTB · Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 11:32 am Post subject:

We currently pay 66% in tax on fuel in the screwed up country of ours.

No doubt when this country gets a bit more populated and polluted the government will then tax breathable air with yet another eco-friendly tax combatting the problem of people who "over-breathe". Obviously this will have a detrimental effect on those who hyper-ventilate but will be a boon to those with asthma.
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Bigcity · Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 2:59 pm Post subject:

Diesel is $3.90 a gallon, gas is $3.24. Roughly a dollar higher than a year ago.
The reasons we always get here for the increases are the increased demand from China and other growing markets and there are not enough refinery's(and no new ones will ever be built). This really gets to be a real life issue when you see that those costs are passed on to everyday items you use and I haven't even had a cost of living raise at my job in 5 years.

Kizzy · Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:01 pm Post subject:

That is a hell of a lot cheaper than over here - for diesel that works out about approx £2 per gallon - and we are paying £1.10 per litre!!!

For a gallon (using US Gallon not UK Gallon (apparently we use different conversions)) of diesel over here its about $7.90 - So you can see BigCity why we complain alot.
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Clunk · Ejected Joined: 29 Jul 2007 Posts: 935 Status:

In Australia, Commercial Diesel, is about 30cents a litre. (This info is about 7 years old). The big road trains leave engines running overnight to keep the cab warm because it is so cheap over there.

Local lass · Calnetalk Mayor Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 3093 Status:

wow two days later it is now 1.15 :shock:
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