UK Petrol Prices Reviews

Petrol prices are rising in the UK much more than any other country because the government puts something like 500% tax on the basic cost. Even a small increase by the oil producing countries e.g. 10p a gallon will mean that we pay an extra 60 pence a gallon. Can the government do something about the increase? It is not in their ...

If we were to try and reduce the duty on fuel then the government would be seeking to raise this revenue from other sources. The first source which springs to mind is an increase in Income Tax at a rate never drempt about when this government come to office. I know that it is said that the motorist suffers everytime the government coffers are ...

Asda are trying there best to help us getting ripped off by the goverment by offering 10%off the price off there fuel,in the form of vouchers collected in the sun news paper, Tony Blair says that 2p of the duty of fuel would cost almost £1 billion .But he has not reduced it at all and done nothing with the so called £1 billion,why not what ...

So what if every single person in the country refuses to buy any petrol for one day. Will we still use our cars? Er,yes. Will we be using petrol? Er, yes. So will we need to buy some more, er, YES! So what will this little boycott achieve? A whole load of nothing. We need petrol, they can charge what they like, end of story. The only way ...

I am very concerned about UK petrol prices - a rise of 18 p per litre in one year seems excessive. When you look at petrol prices in other EEC countries, as usual Britain seems to be the most expensive, even high cost of living countries eg Switzerland have much lower prices than us. I am not sure about the boycott on 1 August, as although it will ...

If fuel prices drop, people will use their cars more and public transport will become less competitive. In my personal opinion we can't afford for that to happen. The cost to our environment & health is too high to lower prices. The problems of congestion are most acute on a small island like Britain, but the rest of the world will see the ...

There is little point in boycotting the petrol stations - its not their fault that petrol costs so much in this country. The people responsible for the high price won't care about a few garages going to the wall because they won't notice. I am of course referring to the politicians who vote through the tax rise on petrol every year. The ...

Of course, I don't support the high prices, but this action will hurt the wrong people. My friend works in a small filling station, on the minimum wage, and the owner barely makes a profit. They rely on motorists buying milk, bread, papers etc to amke ends meet. If motorists do not fill up on August 1st, then they will fill up the ...

This is such a controversial issue at the moment and I've taken on board what others have said. However I think it's important that we get things in to perspective. We live in a world where pollution is at an all time high, cases in asthma have gone through the roof, and the NHS is stretched to its limits. Something really does have to be ...

I wrote this some time ago as prices were going up and up. Now we seem to be at a point where we have started to say NO! I think the government need to look at other European countries and try and balance our taxes in a reasonable way. We have ALL got to pay taxes, but we do not like them wasted on unreasonable projects that people ...

The price of petrol makes my blood boil. My husband is disabled, he is lucky enough to have a motability car but he hardly gets to use it as we can't afford to fill it with petrol. It only really gets used for essential journeys. It's all very well the government harping on about the environment and public transort but lets face it public ...

Believe me, our family is trying to avoid buying petrol. It is too expensive of course and the more we consume the more enviromental damage is done. We try to use public transport to travel between cities we are constantly thwarted in our attempts - it is unbelievably expensive for the average person. A 2 hour train journey for two ...

I have of late been witness to some very malicious bullying going on under this dooyoo malarky . One of their 'Guru's' no less , plus girlfriend have been stalking the opinions of a very dear friend of mine (who is an extremely NICE person ) and taking it in turns to slate her opinions and thereby lower her ...

A boycott may well be absolutely useless in the long term because it will not address the underlying causes. If these remain, prices will continue to be high in the long term. High prices can be largely explained by two things: First and foremost the huge amount of tax we pay on petrol. Approximately 80% of what you hand over at ...

I recieved an E-mail from a number of people saying that on the 1st of August everyone is going to stop buying petrol for about a week. They are going to buy all the fuel on the day before, causing the goverment to take action. If you would like a copy of the e-mail, my e-mail address is nickwatson@netaholic.co.uk. If they wanted to put the petrol ...

What on earth is happening to the price of petrol. I simply cannot belive it i have been driving now 8 years and the price has just shot up by about 30p per litre. i live in the middle of nowhere and so as there is no buses my car is an essential and not a luxury, sure i now about global warming and CO2 emissions and i would like to use a bus. ...

I like to think I'm reasonably intelligent so why is it that I only became aware of just how expensive petrol has become when it hit the news recently. I cannot be the only one who fills their car in £s rather than litres/gallons and doesn't actually take much notice of the price. This I feel is part of the problem, ...

As a motorist i can't believe how much petrol is costing. I drive a 1400 Nova so i have to pay full price road tax as well. Now if we didn't have to pay road tax then i would understand high petrol prices, but we do and we pay tax on petrol so whats the chancellor doing with the money, because none of the roads round here are ...

Back to basics - a boycott is based upon the idea of inflicting an economic sanction by not buying something. So let us look at the reality - if we do not buy on August 1st, we will buy on July 31 or August 2 - net result, no loss of tax for the government (the main culprits). Or, if we are on a long journey on August 1st, we ...

At last something is being done about our criminaly high petrol costs . Boycott the pump can only do good . I hear what others are saying about the garage owners loosing out but there is nothing to stop us buying other items from them ( which, as Mike Stone points out in his opinion, is where most of their profit comes from ) . I, like ...