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rustbucket (the original)
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Local Tesco has just dropped to 79.9p per litre from 84.9p per litre.
But it's still only back where it was a few weeks ago. Some price war although a welcome reduction...:-))
Makes you wonder why it couldn't have been done much quicker as oil has dropped about $10 a barrel recently.
No doubt a certain Mr Brown will be fuming at the loss of his lovely money that he wants to spend on all and sundry, so long as it's politically correct recipients.....
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What\'s for you won\'t pass you by
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Shell Luton Airport already down to 79.9p
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Can someone explain this to me.
Over the passed few months fuel prices have steadily increased upwards on the back of what I believed, maybe wrongly, was uncertainty in the world markets due to the conflict in Iraq and thereby a potential shortage in crude oil thereby pushing up the prices.
Yesterday Opec announce that they are producing 1,000.000 barrells a day less, therby creating a potential shortage? So that would indicate to me there was a surplus and the conflicts in the oil producing world are having absolutely no effect. Surplus to me means cheaper prices? Yet now production is going down, creating demand, prices at the pumps are going down. This seems bizzare.
Am I missing something or is it just blatant profitering all a long the chain and the Iraq situation is just an excuse?
Fullchat
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>oil has dropped about $10 a barrel recently.
Not to mention the $ itself.
Kevin...
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>> No doubt a certain Mr Brown will be fuming at the loss of his lovely money that he wants to spend on all and sundry, so long as it's politically correct recipients..... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
I don't think so - surely the tax part of the price stays the same even if the price drops. It could be that the income for the Govt will go up if more fuel is bought due to the cheaper price.
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I wonder if anyone buys more fuel because it is cheaper or less fuel when it is more expensive. Perhaps the latter might apply temporarily in an extreme case, but not in normal circumstances.
The present downward pressure seems to have been started by Morrisons supermarkets. One perennial factor in the world markets is the severity of the North American winter; I wonder if that is slackening prices and allowing room for the UK retailers to manoeuvre.
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VAT is also levied, which will presumably be on the full price. A tax on tax as everyone is aware.
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Well, it looks like the supermarkets have conned us, once again!!
A 'price War' would have to be a bit more significant, than a 4p/ltr cut.
Especially when they've increased the cheapest tins of beans, by EXACTLY the same amount, this week!! 11p, is now 15p, thank you Mr Sainsbury! & without the help of any international conflict,(or VaT implications,) as far as I'm aware!!
Now I know we don't buy as many tins of beans, as we do litres of fuel, but I'm sure it all helps to balance the books!!
VB
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In this supermarket war, Diesel is now 4p litre dearer than cooking pertol. Why is this?
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Diesel has cost more than petrol per litre for some time.
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Agree with Stuart. At the Shell garages near me, Diesel has been about 4-5p more for at least a month.
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Adam
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Yes I know Diesel has always been dearer than Petrol, but in the past that has been a 1-2p differential. Now its 4-5pence.
Why? What reason should there be for it to be dearer? There are no technical reasons. In fact it costs less to refine Diesel from crude than it does petrol. There can only be one reason. Artificially increase tax/revenue/income due to Diesel drivers using less of the stuff.
The government insists we meet future pollution targets, yet taxes the crap out of a source of fuel that means less hydrocarbons are burnt and less valuable oil reserves are used per passenger mile. Two faced or what?
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I thought the diesel price differential goes up in winter because of increased demand for heating oil, which affects the balance of the fractionation at the refinery.
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