Have you noticed fuel prices going up

[Alb]

So if they can deliver 'tomorrow' am I right in thinking that would be from existing stock, so maybe a bit of profiteering going on ?? Or am I being a little simple in my thinking ?

Yes, this is 100% price gouging.

 

[Lovemyev]

There is always somebody just sitting in the wings, waiting to profiteer in the time of any major disruption or event.
You only have to look back at the C19 pandemic for example.
Even an MP in central government who was profiteering from the sale of dodgy PPE.
There is no room for shame, when it comes to making a lot of money vey quickly,

 

[Micropop]

Found a photo on my phone from exactly 6 years ago, where the prices from a gas station where visible. Here in Norway the price is up almost 70% from February 2020. Some of that is policy to encourage switch to electric, but still! Insane!

 

[T1 Terry]

Heating oil was moved to the excise tax bracket back in the '90s over here, a govt money grab, then kero and the LPG, the cleanest burning fuel of the lot of them ....
There was a big market for converting the old heating oil heater to a wood burner .... and sure enough, the price of firewood went crazy .....

We are using the MG4 mainly at the moment, even though the Prius does around 700km on 50 ltrs .... it's the principle of the thing. I hope it's all over before we head off in the motorhome, it does 2km/ltr on petrol or LPG, but LPG is getting hard to find and you can be sure they will jack the price up on that .....

I want to convert it to EV, but just getting it registered at the moment is taking up all my time and energy .....

T1 Terry

 

[OriginalBigAl]

Today in Franceland diesel was at 2.09 litre up from 1.75 euros last week. One station I passed had them queueing up 5 deep, so they must be expecting it to get worse. Didn't catch the petrol price but that is traditionally higher. Home supplied Electrons still at 13 cents for a thousand watts or free unless the clouds of smoke drifting from the burning ships and oil refineries to the SE block out the sun from the solar panels.