Dave Posted August 10, 2009 Report Share Posted August 10, 2009 Not good news guys and gals.. Petrol prices set to rise by 5p a litre by September as wholesale costs soar - Home | Mail Online Petrol prices are set to soar by up to 3p a litre at the height of the holiday season this month because of rising wholesale costs, the AA warned today. But motorists face a double whammy from September 1 when the cash-strapped Government imposes an additional and controversial 2p a litre tax rise at the pumps to swell depleted Treasury coffers - making a 5p a litre rise in total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theduisbergkid Posted August 10, 2009 Report Share Posted August 10, 2009 Oil has been slowly creeping back up, now at c.€70/barrel, although as usual its the f*cking huge duty/tax this utterly inept government creams off and spunks on rubbish that really annoys me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser647 Posted August 10, 2009 Report Share Posted August 10, 2009 Don't worry, I am sure the Government will treat us motorists kindly and NOT increase the tax. Have faith in GB and Mandy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2009 Don't worry, I am sure the Government will treat us motorists kindly and NOT increase the tax. ... until at least after the election!!.. cynical? Moi??.. never! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theduisbergkid Posted August 10, 2009 Report Share Posted August 10, 2009 I meant to type $70, not €70, my mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazza_g Posted August 10, 2009 Report Share Posted August 10, 2009 I think its amazing that a litre of petrol somehow costs less than a bottle of Evian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torino101 Posted August 12, 2009 Report Share Posted August 12, 2009 Bottled water is by far my biggest bugbear - WHY DO PEOPLE PAY SO MUCH FOR THIS CR*P?? A 500ml bottle of water at the local petrol station is £1.20 which is £2.40 per Litre. The total extent of their exertions for this involve colecting the water after passing it through a big sieve then bottling. Super Unleaded which has had to be mined out of the ground at huge, huge expense, (getting greater all the time), then refined god knows how many times, then have additives added plus the research that has gone into these, then taxed beyond all belief and it ends up at £1.09 per litre. WTF - is mineral water the biggest rip-off of all time?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser647 Posted August 12, 2009 Report Share Posted August 12, 2009 WTF - is mineral water the biggest rip-off of all time?? Becasue people buy it. Stop buying it, price will drop. But people 'love' bottled water and insist that it is better for you. (See SK's thread on low-cal water in L-o-J). Bottled water might be - at a push - the same for you, as tap water. Just big city dwellers notice the difference in taste. Imagine the carbon overhead drop if people stopped drinking so much bottled water............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichTT Posted August 12, 2009 Report Share Posted August 12, 2009 WTF - is mineral water the biggest rip-off of all time?? Paying £1.50+ for a cup of tea, 1p for a teabag, hot water/milk not even 1p-5p for plastic cup. Washing powder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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