Dizzy Posted January 1, 2011 Report Share Posted January 1, 2011 Yesterday I couldn't understand why there were such huge queues at Morrisons petrol station when I went past. Just remembered... petrol/diesel prices are going up from today. By the 4th Jan apparently we will be paying around 3.5p a litre more but nothing to do with oil costs....just a greedy government who know we'll just have to pay it Not to mention that petrol stations have already been increasing the cost anyway so this rise is ontop of that too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted January 1, 2011 Report Share Posted January 1, 2011 did notice that the spar one at the end of the street was at ?1.29.9 per litre for diesel. think the petrol is about ?1.24.9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2011 Think Morrisons was ?1.19.9 for unleaded and ?1.24.9 for Diesel a couple of says ago but might be wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Durnim Posted January 1, 2011 Report Share Posted January 1, 2011 Hate to think what they are charging on the motorway services for petrol, mind you, the bottled water is dearer than petrol per litre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Think the Yanks are moaning too; their's is over $4s a gallon now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 That's it Obs make us feel worse That's only about 50p a litre : I suppose their roads are a lot longer though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Durnim Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Don't mind paying for the price of petrol, it's the VAT and Fuel Duty that I hate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inky pete Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 I wouldn't even mind that if a reasonable amount of the taxes levied on road users were actually spent on the roads! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry hayes Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Ah yes, it was called a road fund licence in my early days - a mis-nomer even then. Happy days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 I agree with inky pete's fine post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Durnim Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Apparently all these tax hikes placed on the car user are supposed to go to projects that enable people to use other types of greener and sustainable transport, in the news lately we are seeing exorbitant increases in train fares and even bigger bonuses to shareholders and bosses of such companies and no doubt these bonuses are coming from the road tax payer. If the train companies can not dip into their own/shareholders pockets to make the railway system better, then why do they have to dip into mine! Once again the working person is being penalized for going to work by car or by train. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Simple solution... people shouldn't work if they can't afford to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonymailman2 Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Simple solution... people shouldn't work if they can't afford to And it's very gradually getting to the point where it isn't actually worth it anyway ........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Just paid ?1.34 per litre for deisel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Just paid ?1.34 per litre for deisel Now if only the EU could do something useful for this country and make it illegal to charge different duty rates for fuel!! But that would be an advantage of membership and we all know there aint none of those eh Kije!!?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Perhaps we may see a change in life style habits? Instead of 25,000 folk leaving Warrington to work everyday, passing the other 25,000 who come to work here; we may get round to folk actually living close to their places of work and play! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Obs, be careful, that's exactly what Maggie proposed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Not Maggie's style: think it was the Bliar Gov that brought in the "fuel tax escalator"; but as their poll ratings became inversly proportional to the tax, they quickly dropped the idea, like most of their principles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 No it was the Tories that brought in the fuel tax escalator, you can blame Labour for not getting rid of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Lets just blame them all eh.. it's easier and they are all to blame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inky pete Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Perhaps we may see a change in life style habits? Instead of 25,000 folk leaving Warrington to work everyday, passing the other 25,000 who come to work here; we may get round to folk actually living close to their places of work and play! I currently work at customer sites in places as far separated as Fleetwood, Speke, Whiston, Bootle, Bromborough, Birchwood, Bradford and Halifax. Our highly specialised machines can't be maintained by just any local bloke with a spanner, and are installed wherever our customers want them to be - and the locations of our machines change over time as customers go bust, new customers come along, existing customers buy eachother out or win major new contracts. Where do you suggest I should live Obs? And how would you suggest I should be getting to work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonymailman2 Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Perhaps we may see a change in life style habits? Instead of 25,000 folk leaving Warrington to work everyday, passing the other 25,000 who come to work here; we may get round to folk actually living close to their places of work and play! Is there that many in full time work in this town ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 I am similar to inky, I primarily work on Nuclear Power Stations and oil refineries. I don't think we fit into Obs 16th century outlook inky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Ink, you merely prove an exception that sustains the rule; I don't think the vast majority fall into your category. However, should fuel prices continue to increase, it may become viable for more trained folk to be available to service smaller areas. As for 16th C Kije; we've had a bit of snow and ice, and our whole transport infrastructure has been on the verge of collapse; it's not rocket science to suggest that our current level of dependency isn't sustainable either through weather, our enviroment, congestion or cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inky pete Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Ink, you merely prove an exception that sustains the rule; I don't think the vast majority fall into your category. However, should fuel prices continue to increase, it may become viable for more trained folk to be available to service smaller areas. At well over ?100,000 for my initial training and equipment alone, fuel prices would have to go one HELL of a lot higher before it became viable for my employer to have lots of spare people sitting around - just to save a few gallons. As for 16th C Kije; we've had a bit of snow and ice, and our whole transport infrastructure has been on the verge of collapse; it's not rocket science to suggest that our current level of dependency isn't sustainable either through weather, our enviroment, congestion or cost. In case you didn't notice (and if you practice the kind of localism you preach, then maybe you didn't). It was only the LOCAL roads which were severely affected by the weather, because the LOCAL council couldn't be bothered to grit them adequately. There were hardly any major problems on the motorways and trunk routes across the NW of England. In fact, it was perfectly easy to drive from one end of the region to the other - including the highest stretch of motorway in the country crossing the Pennines - on days when it was virtually impossible just to drive into our LOCAL village centre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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