Bloody hell Roy, you'll be telling us about how they used to feed Dobbin and change his shoes for you next!!!
Beat me to it lol!
Yet Another Fuel Price Thread...
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Beat me to it lol!
fuel price
i paid 1.50L for v good stuff last week outside oulton park, filled v baby up and then they announced fuel is for sale today at 1.11L
i paid 1.50L for v good stuff last week outside oulton park, filled v baby up and then they announced fuel is for sale today at 1.11L
Roy
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Oh there's no doubt about that, I rarely think before I type/speak!!!
In years to come Will you will get to the stage when you think your a lad again and tell them you used to pay £1.40 L
From Yahoo:
When it comes to petrol, you'll struggle to find many other countries with higher prices than Britain. In fact, to be precise — if you did look, you'd find two.
Yes, according to stats from Car Insurer Staveley Head, the UK has the third priciest pump rates in the world, with an average price of 135p per litre. Norway's capital, Oslo, tops the rankings with an average price of 164p per litre. You can see Staveley Head's full infographic here.
But which countries have the lowest prices? Here are the top ten cheapest places to buy petrol in the world...
[See also: Will we ever have £1-a-litre petrol again?]
10. Algeria: Algiers — 20p per litre
Algeria is one of the Africa's biggest oil producers turning out an average of 1.2 million barrels a day. This flood of oil has pushed down petrol prices in the country to 20p per litre, more than six times cheaper than the average pump price here in the UK.
The country's petrol supplies also played a vital role in the recent battle against Colonel Gaddafi in neighbouring Libya. With petrol production in the war-torn country running dry, rebel fighters relied on smuggled fuel from Algeria to power the final push against the corrupt dictator. Hurrah!
9. Oman: Muscat — 20p per litre
Oman's petrol prices also stand at just 20p per litre. Like Algeria, the Arabic state is drenched in oil, stepping up production in the last six months to 878,000 barrels every day.
8. Egypt: Cairo — 19p per litre
Egypt is something of a transport hub when it comes to petrol. The Suez Canal — a vital supply line running across the east of the country — carries an estimated one million barrels of oil from the Persian Gulf every day.
That's why at the peak of the country's revolution against former President Hosni Mubarak, oil prices began to climb, amid fears that the unrest would interfere with the Suez supply route.
But while this oil price rise pushes up petrol costs here in the UK, the rate petrol is sold at the pump over in Egypt remains relatively low, at just 19p per litre. But with the country's government still anything but stable, it's anyone guess as to how long costs will stay this cheap.
[See also: UK supermarkets cut petrol prices]
7. Qatar: Doha — 15p per litre
Prior to the discovery of oil in Qatar, the small Arab emirates' economy was mainly built on fishing and pearl hunting. Now the country's national petroleum supplier accounts for 70% of the government's revenue. Recent high oil prices have made per capita income in Qatar amongst the highest across the globe while petrol prices are the seventh lowest at just 15p per litre.
6. Kuwait: Kuwait City — 14p per litre
Kuwait is tenth largest oil producer in the world and its supply is thought to account for 10% of global reserves. But nevertheless, the government subsidises both public transport and petrol bringing prices down to just 14p per litre.
5. Bahrain: Manama — 13p per litre
Compared with its Middle-Eastern neighbours, Bahrain has fairly limited oil supplies. However 60% of the country's economy is still rooted in petroleum refining, which has grown strongly over the last ten years. The country is at fifth in the rankings with an average petrol price of just 13p per litre.
4. Turkmenistan: Ashgabat — 12p per litre
The UK government taxes petrol to the high-heaven, while in Turkmenistan they give it away — literally. Every driver in the Turkic state is entitled to 120 litres of petrol for free every month. If they exceed this, the pump price is only 12p per litre.
3. Libya: Tripoli — 9p per litre
As I mentioned earlier, petrol supplies in Libya have dried up recently owing to the closure of several oil plants in the midst of unrest in the country. But when pumping at its prime level, the country is the ninth largest oil producer with an average petrol price of just 9p per litre.
2. Saudi Arabia: Riyadh — 8p per litre
Saudi Arabia is the largest exporter of petroleum in the world. Domestically fuel prices sit at around 8p per litre. Yet only half of the population can take advantage of these low rates; as women in Saudi Arabia are banned from driving due to a religious fatwa (Islamic law) imposed by conservative Muslim clerics.
1. Venezuela: Caracas — 2/3p per litre
Yes, to get hold of the cheapest petrol in the world, you'll have to travel all the way to the South American country of Venezuela. Petrol is just 2-3p per litre in the socialist republic — that's around 54 times cheaper than prices here in the UK. So if you have a 70 litre fuel tank in your car, you could fill it up in Venezuela for around £1.50. While In Britain it would cost you a whopping £95.
Prices are kept low thanks to subsidies from the country's left-wing government.
[See also: How to save on petrol in the UK]
A matter of context
Now, before you all start weeping at the prospect of 2p per litre petrol, it's worth remembering that these insanely low rates almost always come at some cost.
Take Venezuela. Yes, the country may have outrageously low petrol prices. But vast numbers of its residents live in poverty - the UN calculates 30% of the population live on less than $2 a day. As The Guardian's South America correspondent Rory Carroll points out, some analysts place the overall cost to economy of maintaining such low petrol prices (through subsidies and loss of taxation) at around £13bn. That's more than double the education and health budgets.
But this doesn't mean that the cost of petrol isn't unfairly high in this country, especially when you consider that the UK is actually amongst the top 20 oil producing countries in the world.
When it comes to petrol, you'll struggle to find many other countries with higher prices than Britain. In fact, to be precise — if you did look, you'd find two.
Yes, according to stats from Car Insurer Staveley Head, the UK has the third priciest pump rates in the world, with an average price of 135p per litre. Norway's capital, Oslo, tops the rankings with an average price of 164p per litre. You can see Staveley Head's full infographic here.
But which countries have the lowest prices? Here are the top ten cheapest places to buy petrol in the world...
[See also: Will we ever have £1-a-litre petrol again?]
10. Algeria: Algiers — 20p per litre
Algeria is one of the Africa's biggest oil producers turning out an average of 1.2 million barrels a day. This flood of oil has pushed down petrol prices in the country to 20p per litre, more than six times cheaper than the average pump price here in the UK.
The country's petrol supplies also played a vital role in the recent battle against Colonel Gaddafi in neighbouring Libya. With petrol production in the war-torn country running dry, rebel fighters relied on smuggled fuel from Algeria to power the final push against the corrupt dictator. Hurrah!
9. Oman: Muscat — 20p per litre
Oman's petrol prices also stand at just 20p per litre. Like Algeria, the Arabic state is drenched in oil, stepping up production in the last six months to 878,000 barrels every day.
8. Egypt: Cairo — 19p per litre
Egypt is something of a transport hub when it comes to petrol. The Suez Canal — a vital supply line running across the east of the country — carries an estimated one million barrels of oil from the Persian Gulf every day.
That's why at the peak of the country's revolution against former President Hosni Mubarak, oil prices began to climb, amid fears that the unrest would interfere with the Suez supply route.
But while this oil price rise pushes up petrol costs here in the UK, the rate petrol is sold at the pump over in Egypt remains relatively low, at just 19p per litre. But with the country's government still anything but stable, it's anyone guess as to how long costs will stay this cheap.
[See also: UK supermarkets cut petrol prices]
7. Qatar: Doha — 15p per litre
Prior to the discovery of oil in Qatar, the small Arab emirates' economy was mainly built on fishing and pearl hunting. Now the country's national petroleum supplier accounts for 70% of the government's revenue. Recent high oil prices have made per capita income in Qatar amongst the highest across the globe while petrol prices are the seventh lowest at just 15p per litre.
6. Kuwait: Kuwait City — 14p per litre
Kuwait is tenth largest oil producer in the world and its supply is thought to account for 10% of global reserves. But nevertheless, the government subsidises both public transport and petrol bringing prices down to just 14p per litre.
5. Bahrain: Manama — 13p per litre
Compared with its Middle-Eastern neighbours, Bahrain has fairly limited oil supplies. However 60% of the country's economy is still rooted in petroleum refining, which has grown strongly over the last ten years. The country is at fifth in the rankings with an average petrol price of just 13p per litre.
4. Turkmenistan: Ashgabat — 12p per litre
The UK government taxes petrol to the high-heaven, while in Turkmenistan they give it away — literally. Every driver in the Turkic state is entitled to 120 litres of petrol for free every month. If they exceed this, the pump price is only 12p per litre.
3. Libya: Tripoli — 9p per litre
As I mentioned earlier, petrol supplies in Libya have dried up recently owing to the closure of several oil plants in the midst of unrest in the country. But when pumping at its prime level, the country is the ninth largest oil producer with an average petrol price of just 9p per litre.
2. Saudi Arabia: Riyadh — 8p per litre
Saudi Arabia is the largest exporter of petroleum in the world. Domestically fuel prices sit at around 8p per litre. Yet only half of the population can take advantage of these low rates; as women in Saudi Arabia are banned from driving due to a religious fatwa (Islamic law) imposed by conservative Muslim clerics.
1. Venezuela: Caracas — 2/3p per litre
Yes, to get hold of the cheapest petrol in the world, you'll have to travel all the way to the South American country of Venezuela. Petrol is just 2-3p per litre in the socialist republic — that's around 54 times cheaper than prices here in the UK. So if you have a 70 litre fuel tank in your car, you could fill it up in Venezuela for around £1.50. While In Britain it would cost you a whopping £95.
Prices are kept low thanks to subsidies from the country's left-wing government.
[See also: How to save on petrol in the UK]
A matter of context
Now, before you all start weeping at the prospect of 2p per litre petrol, it's worth remembering that these insanely low rates almost always come at some cost.
Take Venezuela. Yes, the country may have outrageously low petrol prices. But vast numbers of its residents live in poverty - the UN calculates 30% of the population live on less than $2 a day. As The Guardian's South America correspondent Rory Carroll points out, some analysts place the overall cost to economy of maintaining such low petrol prices (through subsidies and loss of taxation) at around £13bn. That's more than double the education and health budgets.
But this doesn't mean that the cost of petrol isn't unfairly high in this country, especially when you consider that the UK is actually amongst the top 20 oil producing countries in the world.
+1. I'm with you Roy.
From working in the Recycling industy, one thing I've learnt is, it's all POINTLESS. Almost everything we collect is processed and then put in containers to China. Now, call me a cynic, but China, as we all know, is pretty much entirely covered in Smog. Now, I'm not saying they're burning it all, but the clues are there...
So all of this taxation on anything that might slightly pollute the atmosohere is a load of old sh!te. It's solving nothing.
A lot of companies have started bailing their own now, Waitrose definately do and I think Tesco do too.
We charge £10 per 1100L (commercial) bin, plus 80p per DAY rent on the bin. Average bin weight is 100KG, average daily pickup is 125 bins.
We sell it, bailed up in 1 Ton bails for £106 per Ton and we can get 24 bails in a large container for shipping to China.
Raking it in does not come close, it's naughty really but I suppose that's greed for you. We could make more than enough money by picking it up for free, in fact we used to pick it up for free from a lot of places until around two years ago. Plastic isn't worth recycling to us because the volumetric bulk doesn't correlate into weight very well. It's all so bent, but at the moment it pays my bills so I'm part of the problem really.
We charge £10 per 1100L (commercial) bin, plus 80p per DAY rent on the bin. Average bin weight is 100KG, average daily pickup is 125 bins.
We sell it, bailed up in 1 Ton bails for £106 per Ton and we can get 24 bails in a large container for shipping to China.
Raking it in does not come close, it's naughty really but I suppose that's greed for you. We could make more than enough money by picking it up for free, in fact we used to pick it up for free from a lot of places until around two years ago. Plastic isn't worth recycling to us because the volumetric bulk doesn't correlate into weight very well. It's all so bent, but at the moment it pays my bills so I'm part of the problem really.
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