Fuel prices - Beyond a joke now

[London Stone Paving]

I was having an alright day until I went to the petrol station to fill my van up.

BP in Newbury are charging 147.9p a litre for standard diesel. I remember a few years back when the prices went above a £1, there were demonstrations and all sorts.

How come now there is not so much as a whimper, even though prices are close to £1.50?

[DNgroundworks]

what can we do against the mighty fuel companies? the demonstrations that you mention obviously did feck all! We are at their mercy the world goes round and round on the black stuff!

[London Stone Paving]

Thing is, about 70% of the cost of fuel is made up of government tax. Its reaching the point now where its becoming unaffordable

[Forestboy1978]

I agree it's a joke, it's crippling me financially!

[DNgroundworks]

i put £100 a week in my navara, which i pass on to my customers, through my rate depending on where im working and who for or worked into the price.

I used to run my little van on sunflower oil mixed with diesel was great until they put up the price of it and introduced some law which made it illegal after a certain amount of litres!

[Forestboy1978]

I could do that with my old van but I can't with the new one. Apparantly you can legally use alot of veg oil though without breaking the law. Can't remember exactly how much. Used to smell nice too

[Dave_L]

Filling up 4 wagons makes me cry sometimes. I agree Steve, it's getting beyond a joke now.

We are having notifications of asphalt increases on a monthly basis now, March 1st saw an increase of £6/ton. Not good.

[parishpaver]

It's the weakness of our currency that's pushing the price of everything up.

Thats one of the effects of the wonder that is "quantitative easing".

[DNgroundworks]

I dont understand all that sorta stuff much, i just know that i get by (just) i seem to struggle more now than when i first went on my own 5 years ago at 17!

[local patios and driveway]

Better off buying a cheap van and running it on red diesel, if you get dipped, (ive never been dipped) let them take the van.

[Forestboy1978]

Where do you get it from? The plant hire place let's me buy a few geri cans now and then but other than that I wouldn't know!

[Dave_L]

Don't do it....they'll rip you a new asshole if you get caught.

[lutonlagerlout]

Better off buying a cheap van and running it on red diesel, if you get dipped, (ive never been dipped) let them take the van.

great stuff NOT
I have been dipped twice
our digger driver got caught short and had to put red diesel in to his low loader(his own fault)
but wanting to do things right he rang up VOSA and told them what he had done and offered to pay xyz to make things right
they fined him £1600
re:vegetable oil when it was 22p a litre from aldis i knew a few lads running on it straight
but it seems to match the price of diesel now so no point and another possible nicking
mrs lout dropped me to the pub today and she commented that petrol had gone up 5 p a litre in a week
a lot of this is to do with unrest in the middle east especially Syria and Iran
LLL

[local patios and driveway]

Yeah but a 2k fine would still be worth it after a year of running red, saving £40 a tank.

[mickavalon]

I'd buy a horse and cart if the cost of feed wasn't so expensive!! Getting hold of fuel is getting a joke too. Has anybody noticed how few Stations there are now. If your running on the warning light, as I have done recently a few times, you can start to get a bit nervous if your out of your manor. Lots of the smaller Private stations have had to pack it in now, it's mainly Supermarkets now, be running around like Fred Flintstone soon if this carries on. :p