Q fuel price

What's the current fuel price in the UK

petrol and diesel

thanks.

Reply to
Rob.
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"Rob." gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

£1.10 unleaded, £1.20 diesel.
Reply to
Adrian

In message , Rob. writes

£1.10 a litre for petrol. Risen sharply the last couple of days because of the refinery strike.
Reply to
Chris Morriss

Thanks, see other reply.

Reply to
Rob.

Thanks, when were there in mid 2006 petrol just touched 1 pound.

Our petrol is about 70p and the diesel at 75p this has just taken a big hit up about 15p since Christmas

Having bought a diesel for economy and lack of something better than Japanese stuff, now found that there is an 8.5p pollution tax which heavy transports can apply for a refund. We have all the pollution gear on our car yet can't get a refund, something wrong there!

I would like to know why diesel costs more than petrol when there is less refining involved?

r
Reply to
Rob.

"Rob." gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Nah, it's only done that for the first time this year.

Umm, give us a hint as to where in the world you are?

Because there's more demand for those fractions of the crude oil.

Reply to
Adrian

Conor gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Obviously not.

FFS, it was early.

Reply to
Adrian

Fuck sake...the .com.au in the header not a big enough clue?

Reply to
Conor

It was just under at 98p so it must have been stable at that for a time.

What - that's been answered, but the conversion through the cat amongst the pigeons :)

Yes that's what I considered as well, and the oil companies play on the fact the transport industry gets a rebate and its exported to other countries who will pay a bigger price, so its artificially high.

r
Reply to
Rob.

I was in Canada in February and theirs was the same price as ours. Except that was in Canadian $, of which there are around two to the pound... Makes it about half the price it is here.

However my Libyan colleague delights in pointing out that they pay 7p a litre in Libya. B*****ds.

Reply to
Chris Bolus

Current price here in Alberta, Canada (where the oil comes from!) is C$1.25/litre unleaded, C$1.30/litre for Diesel. Rough equivalent is

62.5p and 65p respectively, and everyone is screaming at how high it is!

Stuart H.

Reply to
Stuart H.

It had just gone up to C$1.08 when I was there. I love Alberta! I wish I could live there...

Reply to
Chris Bolus

So are you going to nip over and fill up? :)

Reply to
Rob.

Do they use real gallons in Canada, the British gallon or is every thing been decimalised?

Reply to
Rob.

"Rob." gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Canada's metric.

Reply to
Adrian

The 'real' gallon is actually the US one since it predates the current UK one. Seems the UK size was changed after US independence and they chose to keep the original.

Reply to
Dave Plowman (News)

The message from "Rob." contains these words:

The British Gallon is the real gallon. Don't be taken in my the inferior Merkin version.

Reply to
Roger

The date being 30 Apr 2008, Roger decided to write:

Why are we going on about gallons? I haven't bought a gallon of petrol since 1979, and that was only because I was about to run out. How many people bother to convert the price to per gallon? If £1 per litre wasn't a psychological barrier £5 a gallon certainly isn't!

Reply to
Richard Porter

Richard Porter gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

What fuel economy do you get from your car, roughly?

Reply to
Adrian

That seems highly unlikely. Britain had gallons in use before Columbus discovered America.

Besides, a Winchester Quart (an old measure for chemicals) doesn't convert into any of the US measures conveniently. It is a very easy Imperial conversion though.

Jim

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Jim Warren

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