Have you noticed fuel prices going up

[m4rmite]

I don't doubt there is an element of profiteering, but the truth is that UK and European kerosene price is linked to jet fuel price and because the UK (and Europe) has limited storage and reduced refinery capacity (two closed in UK last year) and most oil companies are small, family-owned businesses with little or no storage capacity of their own and so they and we are at the mercy of the Eurozone kerosene spot price. And most of the UK's and Europe's kerosene is currently stuck the wrong side of the Strait of Hormuz and refineries in the Gulf are cutting back on production (for understandable reasons).

Conclusion
Fuel terminals in the UK must follow strict regulations regarding storage duration, safety, and environmental impact. A minimum storage period of 60 days is advisable to ensure compliance and maintain fuel quality.
After the year 2000 fuel strikes, rules were changed.
So as long a fuel keeps arriving then there shouldn't be any shortages.

 

[Rolfe]

I drove through Peebles this morning and the petrol was 149.9p, with the diesel over 170p.

I still don't think it's as bad as people are making out. It's many years since I paid over 140p at a filling station near Inverness. Just before Christmas 2022 I veered away from a price of over 170p (petrol!) on the motorway and was very pleasantly surprised to find some at under 140p not far away. At that time pretty much all the regular petrol stations were over 140p.

 

[siteguru]

Local Sainsburys was P = 144.9 and D = 168.9 today. (Didn't look at the local Gulf pricing). Sainsburys (when I filled up the bus) on Friday was 161.9, so up 7p per litre over the weekend.

 

[Archev]

I happened to drive behind the Bo’ness town service bus which circulates around town and I think also goes over to Forth Valley Royal Hospital at Larbert. Anyway I noticed it bears the green stripe of electrified excellence upon its number plates

Now there’s a wee tale about an omnibus to stave off the ongoing demands for the eight bus missing key diatribe still to follow.

 

[Rolfe]

That petrol station I passed yesterday, with the price at 149.9p? I checked online and it's 151.9p today.

The Shell garage at Dreghorn is showing as 155.9p. Although Tesco is still on 143.9p, which is quite a difference.

 

[Ian Key]

Sainsbury's in Derby is 142.9 for petrol and 168.9 for diesel. The BP garage at East Midlands airport is 151.9 and 181.9 respectively. That's 9p more for petrol and 13p for diesel.

But if you really want to pay over the odds try the service station on the M1 at Donnington Park. 176.9p for petrol and 191.9p for diesel.

 

[johnb80]

We shouldn't really Smirk, should we?

We definitely should.......

Just remember all the ridicule from the petrol heads - milk floats, hanging around for hours waiting for it to charge, batteries dead after 5 years, cant use heating in winter... HA

Yes we can smirk

 

[Shrink Proof]

Funny how so many things the petrol heads mocked EVs about have come back to haunt them - waiting for hours to refuel, never knowing whether fuel stations will be able to provide, range anxiety, plummeting vehicle resale values, running costs, etc., etc....

 

[salty]

Absolute Karma. Brilliant!

 

[siteguru]

Today's prices:

Sainsburys .. P = 149.9, D = 170.9
Gulf .. P = 158.9, D = 181.9

 

[Lollipopman]

Saw a bandwagon go past our house today, everybody was jumping on it and when they got off all POCKETS WERE FULL. Trump ain't daft, he sells oil as well!!!.

 

[Rolfe]

Passed the Lothianburn petrol station on the way home from the cinema. 151.9p. Only a couple of taxis filling up.

 

[T1 Terry]

Funny how so many things the petrol heads mocked EVs about have come back to haunt them - waiting for hours to refuel, never knowing whether fuel stations will be able to provide, range anxiety, plummeting vehicle resale values, running costs, etc., etc....

That needs to do the rounds on social media .......... Trump could even use it to distract people from the Epstein files

T1 Terry

 

[Archev]

Funny how so many things the petrol heads mocked EVs about have come back to haunt them - waiting for hours to refuel, never knowing whether fuel stations will be able to provide, range anxiety, plummeting vehicle resale values, running costs, etc., etc....

Yep - ad nauseev

Funny how so many things the petrol heads mocked EVs about have come back to haunt them - waiting for hours to refuel, never knowing whether fuel stations will be able to provide, range anxiety, plummeting vehicle resale values, running costs, etc., etc....

I couldn’t believe it (worse that Mr Meldrew) just yesterday I was lectured to on the stupidity of trying to persevere with these ev’s. The nonsense has gone on long enough. Any journey beyond a hundred miles is fraught with anxiety. They knew, they’d tried going beyond Carlisle and apparently the few chargers are rammed solid, queues, blah, blah…….
But they’ve discovered the perfect solution -

A self charging Renault Clio

Was I aware this magnificent machine EASILY covers three miles PURELY on electric power??

Has anyone here ever contemplated the likes ??

This is the stuff of magic.

I departed swiftly in the Citroen, leaving them laughing in a cloud of beautiful fresh air.

 

[Rolfe]

Oh dear, I seem to have accidentally arranged to go and visit another old friend in Brighton in June. However will I cope? And in an SR, too!

 

[johnb80]

Oh dear, I seem to have accidentally arranged to go and visit another old friend in Brighton in June. However will I cope? And in an SR, too!

Well you do at least have enough time to start planning your journey in detail. If you set off early in April you have just about enough time to get there adopting your drive for 30 miles and charge for 8 hours regime

 

[Ian Key]

I'm not saying anyone's been insider trading but mystery traders made tens of millions betting on the oil prices 15 minutes before Trump's social media post about a possible peace plan.

 

[Shrink Proof]

I'm not saying anyone's been insider trading but mystery traders made tens of millions betting on the oil prices 15 minutes before Trump's social media post about a possible peace plan.

Assume the worst. America isn't being governed, it's being looted.

 

[GaryMG4]

Assume the worst. America isn't being governed, it's being looted.

Well he did it with his yo-yo tariffs, now oil, what next?

 

[OriginalBigAl]

Oh dear, I seem to have accidentally arranged to go and visit another old friend in Brighton in June. However will I cope? And in an SR, too!

With the price of fuel as it is , and predicted to be, the roads should be less busy , enjoy!