FabSwingers.com forum: Petrol and diesel prices

By *abmale7979 OP Man
over a year ago

Treorchy

The cost of fuel is absolutely crazy. Within a mile of my home Theres 4 garages and they range from £1.54 to £1.80 for diesel. God help us by the summer.

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By *rhugesMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

The problem we have is when fuel prices go up food prices go up. With the gas and electricity prices going up and the hike in national insurance it's going to be an absolute catastrophy , we could be going into a big recession if the government don't act really quickly

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Current price of oil is around $140, they are saying it could hit $300 by the end of the year. So sadly its only going to go up

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By *e_SocksWoman
over a year ago

Cardiff

It was 72p when I started driving

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By *efByOrgasmsMan
over a year ago

Heads of the Valleys

Have any seen the video floating about that been taken down about the national grid?

She claimed that we shouldn't be paying for electric and the companies are charging us for the meter rather than the electricity

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By *ust Us TogetherCouple
over a year ago

Newport

I remember moaning like hell when petrol went upto £1.00 a gallon!!

A garage on my way to work has been increasing their prices twice a day by 1 or 2p. Today it jumped up 5p to £1.709 a litre. The garage has not even had a delivery this week so he is just making extra profit on what he has in the tanks...

I wonder how many barrels of oil the UK companies have purchased at $140 and have processed into fuel. Not much I expect and yet they raise prices at the pumps on old stock oil.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The government are unlikely to do anything as the higher the price of petrol & diesel the more they get in VAT & other duties.

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By *ord MarmiteMan
over a year ago

BRIDGEND

This is an inflammatory subject.... (I'll see myself out at the end of this post, don't worry

There are many many reasons why this was always inevitable. The current Ukraine situation only made it happen sooner. Nothing more.

The cynicists will accuse profiteering. Anarchists will blame the Government. Environmentalists will endorse the idea of forcing people to choose fossil fuel alternatives. Socialists will blame the Capitalists and the Capitalists will blame the socialists.

There is no simple solution. But it did cost me £100 the other day to fill my car and I wasn't exactly impressed

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"This is an inflammatory subject.... (I'll see myself out at the end of this post, don't worry

There are many many reasons why this was always inevitable. The current Ukraine situation only made it happen sooner. Nothing more.

There is no simple solution. But it did cost me £100 the other day to fill my car and I wasn't exactly impressed

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And on that note I suppose I'm an anarchist then

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By *abmale7979 OP Man
over a year ago

Treorchy

"It was 72p when I started driving"

Haha I remember it when it was that price as well. Seems like a lifetime ago now though.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The government are unlikely to do anything as they are greedy Tory cunts and the more they get in VAT & other duties."

I agree

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lets open the North sea back up. And get pumping

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By *ampy and zxrCouple
over a year ago

caerphilly

at this rate we wont be able to afford to travel to work

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

fuel prices dont affect me as i only put £20 at a time in lmfao

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By *roggMan
over a year ago

haverfordwest

"fuel prices dont affect me as i only put £20 at a time in lmfao

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but means you get less volume in now

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By *indy1971TV/TS
over a year ago

Brynmawr

Try filling a lorry up with diesel

That’s when it hits home

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By *lean cut jayMan
over a year ago

nottingham

I can remember when they were picketing and protesting when the fuel went over £1 back in the day

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"fuel prices dont affect me as i only put £20 at a time in lmfao

but means you get less volume in now"

I think he was joking Grogg

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By *roggMan
over a year ago

haverfordwest

"fuel prices dont affect me as i only put £20 at a time in lmfao

but means you get less volume in now

I think he was joking Grogg

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hopefully otherwise if my light bulbs were as bright as him i would be sitting in the dark

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By *ighugs69Man
over a year ago

Port Talbot

"I can remember when they were picketing and protesting when the fuel went over £1 back in the day "

The 2000 fuel protests all kicked off because diesel had hit the crazy price of 80.8p a litre. Those were the days lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Got some fuel earlier and the bloke on pump 3 put 10 pounds in...... where the fuck is he driving to... pump 4?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

if your light bulbs were as bright as me you would need to wear shades

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By *ancardiff7Man
over a year ago

Near Cowbridge

Wales currently produces more electricity than it consumes.

Even if (when) we move to fukky electrified transport and heating we'll be still be able to meet our demand and largely using natural resources.

The only fly in the ointment is that we (Wales) don't have control over power generation and Westminster controls spending on major infrastructure projects like tidal lagoons.

There's only one answer here...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Wales currently produces more electricity than it consumes.

Even if (when) we move to fukky electrified transport and heating we'll be still be able to meet our demand and largely using natural resources.

The only fly in the ointment is that we (Wales) don't have control over power generation and Westminster controls spending on major infrastructure projects like tidal lagoons.

There's only one answer here..."

Cut the fucking chains

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By *ancardiff7Man
over a year ago

Near Cowbridge

Indeed.

Also love how my phone thinks fully is fukky

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By *ardiffCoupleNJCouple
over a year ago

Pontypridd/Rhyfelin

"Wales currently produces more electricity than it consumes.

Even if (when) we move to fukky electrified transport and heating we'll be still be able to meet our demand and largely using natural resources.

The only fly in the ointment is that we (Wales) don't have control over power generation and Westminster controls spending on major infrastructure projects like tidal lagoons.

There's only one answer here..."

And in Wales, the Crown Estate still controls most of the coast, so income from rent on Wind Farms for example goes directly to the UK Treasury.

Unlike in Scotland where it has been devolved & goes to the Scottish Parliament.

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By *ighugs69Man
over a year ago

Port Talbot

That's a good point we may suddenly get the Swansea tidal lagoon after all. The government in London wasn't interested a few years ago because it meant spending money in Wales.

We do need to get more independent with our energy needs.

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By *itygamesMan
over a year ago

4.54 litres to a gallon

£1.60 × 4.54 = £7.26 a gallon

If your car does 28 miles per gallon its £14.52 to drive 56 miles, and so on and so on

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By *ancardiff7Man
over a year ago

Near Cowbridge

"That's a good point we may suddenly get the Swansea tidal lagoon after all. The government in London wasn't interested a few years ago because it meant spending money in Wales.

We do need to get more independent with our energy needs. "

Wales needs to be more independent full stop.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"That's a good point we may suddenly get the Swansea tidal lagoon after all. The government in London wasn't interested a few years ago because it meant spending money in Wales.

We do need to get more independent with our energy needs.

Wales needs to be more independent full stop. "

No 'more' about it

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By *e_SocksWoman
over a year ago

Cardiff

"It was 72p when I started driving

Haha I remember it when it was that price as well. Seems like a lifetime ago now though. "

I was 17 at the time so 20years ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The cost of fuel is absolutely crazy. Within a mile of my home Theres 4 garages and they range from £1.54 to £1.80 for diesel. God help us by the summer. "

worst i have seen and am aware of is the garage between brynna and pontyclun its way worse then that even before this it was excessive XD if only we could drive about on cooking oil ...errm

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By *rFunBoyMan
over a year ago

Longridge

Its easy to crack cooking oil..

Used was best but at todays prices, may as well use fresh - no pH to balance then.

Raw oil not recommended, only for some cars.

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By *rFunBoyMan
over a year ago

Longridge

"It was 72p when I started driving

Haha I remember it when it was that price as well. Seems like a lifetime ago now though.

I was 17 at the time so 20years ago"

34p when I started driving. Used to take powerboat to Windermere and Cornwall and think nothing of burning 200 litres per day, every day for a week.

One week in '94, 1900 litres ran through it around St Austel Bay, those were the days.. we didn't have enough cars to carry the fuel cans in!!

Always ran better on leaded..

Then leaded phase out, 3/4 fill car with unleaded, put nozzle back, take leaded nozzle, wait for pump reset then "top off".

If you were lucky, Sainsburys would only ask for the value of the second fill as they'd forget they'd reset it.

Full tank for a fiver...

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By *ighugs69Man
over a year ago

Port Talbot

"Its easy to crack cooking oil..

Used was best but at todays prices, may as well use fresh - no pH to balance then.

Raw oil not recommended, only for some cars. "

Russia & Ukraine are the largest producers of sunflower oil, with they're supplies cut it's likely to cost more than diesel. Pushing up the cost of food even more.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

texaco in llwynypia is £1.80 a litre for diesel , tesco in bridgend £1.52 ,massive difference

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By *ost SockMan
over a year ago

West Wales and Cardiff

"That's a good point we may suddenly get the Swansea tidal lagoon after all. The government in London wasn't interested a few years ago because it meant spending money in Wales.

We do need to get more independent with our energy needs.

Wales needs to be more independent full stop.

No 'more' about it

Increasingly sympathetic to this.

The UK is a busted flush, pretty much the whole is too.

Somehow, a different way forward, a different way of living, has to be found

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By *ogerBottomsMan
over a year ago

Aberdare

"Wales needs to be more independent full stop. "

Agreed. I look over at England, where I spent the first 45 years of my life, and don't like what I see.

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By *ancardiff7Man
over a year ago

Near Cowbridge

"Wales needs to be more independent full stop.

Agreed. I look over at England, where I spent the first 45 years of my life, and don't like what I see. "

One of us! One of us!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Try filling a lorry up with diesel

That’s when it hits home "
totally agree,your average tanks now about £700

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By *inks_apeyCouple
over a year ago

Staffordshire

"It was 72p when I started driving"

45p when I bought my first car in the UK!

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By *inks_apeyCouple
over a year ago

Staffordshire

"This is an inflammatory subject.... (I'll see myself out at the end of this post, don't worry

There are many many reasons why this was always inevitable. The current Ukraine situation only made it happen sooner. Nothing more.

There is no simple solution. But it did cost me £100 the other day to fill my car and I wasn't exactly impressed

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3.80 to fill mine

(at home at least)

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By *rDiscretionXXXMan
over a year ago

Gilfach

"The only fly in the ointment is that we (Wales) don't have control over power generation and Westminster controls spending on major infrastructure projects like tidal lagoons."

Before you go getting all excited about tidal lagoons, you may want to read up on Mark Shorrock. He's one of the directors of the various tidal lagoon companies, having been director of 46 companies so far, only 5 of which are still trading.

He also just happens to own a quarry in Cornwall, which just happens to be the only source of the rock needed for the tidal barrage project.

His Google results are quite interesting.

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By *ancardiff7Man
over a year ago

Near Cowbridge

"The only fly in the ointment is that we (Wales) don't have control over power generation and Westminster controls spending on major infrastructure projects like tidal lagoons.

He also just happens to own a quarry in Cornwall, which just happens to be the only source of the rock needed for the tidal barrage project.

His Google results are quite interesting."

So he's got a monopoly on tidal lagoons? It would be a world wide commercial procurement. And I'd expect there to be a few crooks involved, it's contraction after all

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By *indy1971TV/TS
over a year ago

Brynmawr

"Try filling a lorry up with diesel

That’s when it hits home totally agree,your average tanks now about £700"

£1100 to fill mine yesterday , and that wasn’t from empty

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By *azylivingMan
over a year ago

random location

"It was 72p when I started driving"

When I worked in oil it was $7 a barrel

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By *pl4u300Couple
over a year ago

haverfordwet

Never mind the fuel prices what about the price of fertilizer for farms . That has gone up too so has red diesel for tractors. If it wasn't for farmers people wouldn't have food so stop moaning about price of things. Maybe cigarettes and alcohol should go up to ridiculous prices. Would smokers and drinkers moan then

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By *alesfinestMan
over a year ago

Pontypridd

I think the government are just clawing all the ferlough money back!!...

They certainly don't give us something for nothing!.

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By *ornywelsh2sumCouple
over a year ago

Neath valley.

"The cost of fuel is absolutely crazy. Within a mile of my home Theres 4 garages and they range from £1.54 to £1.80 for diesel. God help us by the summer. "

Billonaires getting richer and us common folk getting poorer. Sad fact of life really.

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By *ornywelsh2sumCouple
over a year ago

Neath valley.

"I think the government are just clawing all the ferlough money back!!...

They certainly don't give us something for nothing!. "

That was always on the cards. What they pay out they will always get back through taxes of some sort.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Thay using the money to pay for the Wepons for WW3 in Ukraine

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By *alesfinestMan
over a year ago

Pontypridd

"I think the government are just clawing all the ferlough money back!!...

They certainly don't give us something for nothing!.

That was always on the cards. What they pay out they will always get back through taxes of some sort. "

Of course! It's the fastest way they'll get it all back and then some!...

They know we'll all pay it, as we have no option.

Robbing f.... Rs!

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By *heeky400Man
over a year ago

vale of glam

i'm looking for a woman who loves to suck,but not swallow. i need her to help me steal petrol

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By *r WhispererMan
over a year ago

brynmawr

"It was 72p when I started driving"

I must be ancient, 30p a litre in my first car.. full tank for £20??

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By *elshcouple18Couple
over a year ago

Cardiff

Sad to think, it costs less than 60p to get it refined and to the petrol station. So 1.20 per litre goes straight fo the government.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Here come,s the big push to turn people to elec cars , prob a plot to turn the rich eastern countries back to sand and not be reliant on they oil. God knows we are a controlled nation anyway. Do as we told people

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By *rhugesMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

The problem is we have the petrol hike ,this will force the cost of food up. We have the gas and electricity hike and the Ni hike.

This is going to put a lot more people on benefits and other payments, but the people who own houses and don't get any benefits are the ones as usual who will be paying this price .

I think the government are hoping the ni hike will be hidden my the Ukraine war, as I minister once said it's a good time to bury bad news

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

brits will just bend over and take it tho. It be normal to pay nearly 2 quid a liter to us in few weeks . They can live with a Few winges on social media tho.

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By *rFunBoyMan
over a year ago

Longridge

"Its easy to crack cooking oil..

Used was best but at todays prices, may as well use fresh - no pH to balance then.

Raw oil not recommended, only for some cars.

Russia & Ukraine are the largest producers of sunflower oil, with they're supplies cut it's likely to cost more than diesel. Pushing up the cost of food even more.

80% of it..

Just ordered an EV and another 4kwh Solar Panel to charge it..

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By *r Mrs LushCouple
over a year ago

cardiff

Electric cars seriously not the answer x

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By *rFunBoyMan
over a year ago

Longridge

It is for me..

£95 a fill up, 12 tanks is the total electricity I'd use for a year at 20p/kwh..

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By *ighugs69Man
over a year ago

Port Talbot

Electric cars seriously are the answer. The electric motor is extremely efficient, simple & highly suitable for moving a car.

Batteries on the other hand aren't really. Since they can weigh a ton literally, even when there's no power in them.

Hopefully a better solution will come along, with cars making it's own electricity with something like a hydrogen fuel cell, a better way to store the power in the vehicle like capacitors or just take the power from the road like giant scalextric cars.

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By *rFunBoyMan
over a year ago

Longridge

As I've used 3x tank fulls this week. Heavy battery or not, I'm getting one.

It's a no brainer.

Even paying for the electricity at 19p/kwh, its cheaper than petrol and I have plenty surplus Solar. 17kw yesterday and 3rd string 3.5kwh of panels on route. Final stage of 40kwh batteries about to be complete.

Last 3 days and rest of the week, heated and powered house.

Electricity bought in = ZERO

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By *ighugs69Man
over a year ago

Port Talbot

3 in a week

Glad I'm WFH & not driving to Cardiff. A tank full lasts about 3 months at the moment.

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By *ord MarmiteMan
over a year ago

BRIDGEND

See, this is the dilemma with this kind of debate:

On the one hand you have people who literally live on the breadline, barely able to fuel their car to go to work and feed their kids and keep them warm. They will spend maybe £20 a week in fuel before this nonsense, now it might be £30 and that tenner will be found by making savings somewhere else, even if Mam or Dad skip a few meals. It might be a better option to get government support and be unemployed, but they have chosen the option to try and get by themselves, maybe someone else needs the benefits more than they do.

Here is the kicker though. People like that example above, spend little money (in general terms, I am not talking percentage of income nor expenditure). £20 one week that becomes £30 the next week is a big deal, it is 50% more. This next part is where it hurts, what I say next, and I expect to be flamed but here are the facts.

If you cut Fuel Duty, you cut it for everyone. That includes the Fat Cats in their Rolls Royces, the Chelsea yummy mummies driving their 4x4's around lovely London never seeing dirt let alone a mud track. You lower the price for the Lambourghini drivers and the Maseratti owners, the Ferrari motorway Lane 3 hoggers out for fun because they wanted bread that is only made using wheat from one particular field and so on.

The amount of fuel they use in one journey of half an hour will be more than several families' worth of grind going to work every day in the example above where that 50% jump is the difference between eating or not.

If you put a Fuel Duty cut, then you are only helping the rich stay richer. Because the savings they make, will dwarf yours. I don't have an answer to the best way out, but think about it before you sign a petition that helps the rich save even more money than the rest of us

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By *rFunBoyMan
over a year ago

Longridge

Fully agree.

My fuel is used for business travel, so cannot avoid it although drive to save fuel.

I agree, many should not be entitled to duty or VAT cuts and possibly instead, have to claim it back.

If you've been on a motorway recently, they are a lot quieter, with an obvious problem.

There are two distinct kind of drivers, those driving to conserve fuel around 60-65mph and others in fast, big engined cars who are now driving like they are on a German Autobahn.

Regularly well over 110mph with no care or consideration to others and 20p per litre they won't miss and worth it for the thrill, knowing there are no police patrolling the roads.

COVID brought crazy tosser driving as standard, this is a whole new level. Like in America when 55mph was introduced, if you were caught speeding, the equivalent of a full years Road Duty was levied as well as a fine and a ban.

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By *azylivingMan
over a year ago

random location

"Sad to think, it costs less than 60p to get it refined and to the petrol station. So 1.20 per litre goes straight fo the government. "

It’s either 70/80p in tax depending on how much you put in

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By *azylivingMan
over a year ago

random location

"I can remember when they were picketing and protesting when the fuel went over £1 back in the day

The 2000 fuel protests all kicked off because diesel had hit the crazy price of 80.8p a litre. Those were the days lol "

We can’t afford to get there now to protest with current prices

Lift share?

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