UK Petrol Prices Reviews

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 ...

I am writing this opinion in support of xueli's one. This is the most ridiculous proposal of boycott on petrol. Asking people to boycott on every first of the month is just like asking people not to pay their electricity/ credit card/ phone bills on the first of every months. The fact is you still have to pay the same amount of bills ...

I still think that this whole boycott thing is silly and useless. However, I have a great suggestion for all the petrol bosses out there. Since I can't have more than 1 suggestion per section, I have amended this to include my proposal. Callin all petrol bosses, why don't you heed the call of the public and close all your ...

I think we should boycott the pumps on 1st August - it will make a point! I realise that the government will still get the tax money - we will have to buy before or after that date, but it will make the headlines and let them know how we feel. Those who are worried about the small garage owners - the same applies - they will ...

I'm afraid I must join in the moaning about petrol prices. I myself went on holiday to the Dominican Republic a couple of years ago and(although it may not be a fair comparison) the average price of petrol over there was 12.5p per litre. I mean that's crazy money compared to what we (un)happily spend each week. I have slowly watched the ...

with the price of petrol as it is we sould set up a car sharing club via the internet even if it was for one day it could be arranged just log were you want to go at what time and were from and pay half the petrol your saving the driver as to go the way so it saves them some money as well or even if it is a trip that you and driver do often you ...

This really stresses me out! I have been to the USA in Nov. '97, and while I was there I noticed that petrol (or "gas") was aroung $1 a GALLON nearly everywhere! This is around 60p a GALLON, whcih is 4 1/2 litres! That is around 13p a litre. The reason why petrol is so cheap there is that they don't have a stupid ...

I think that the recent hikes in petrol prices are a rip-off, But not as much as poeple think. For example, With Tony Blairs new ultimation - your money or your life. I didnt like that one bit. How can he justify rising petrol charges or lowering hospital fees?! Hospitals has to be the most important department. - So how can he ...

You have to admit that petrol prices in the UK are astronomical. I mean, about 75% of the price goes to the goverment in tax. In no other country would they put up with this. The probelem is we are a national of whiners, we'll moan and moan, but never do anything about it. And as much as I admire the August 1st boycott I feel it ...

Yes, I AM a motorist, not a Labour spin doctor! However, remember who is responsible for the prices - 90% the government, 9% the oil-producing countries, 1% the poor garage owner (no, I am not one nor related to one!). Will the government suffer? No, because if we do not buy on August 1st, we will get it the day before or after - the ...

Today Tony Blair stated if taxes on petrol we're reduced there would be less nurses and school ... what a load of phish.And the RAC have said that fuel it being taxed as a luxury item at a higher rate then champagne.. for gods sake what is the world coming too. fuel is not a luxury its a nessesity,we have a car because my hubby needs it to ...

Well, I think that petrol is a wonderful product; I love it - so it pollutes a little and smells a lot and causes cancer and asthma and it costs an even bigger fortune than last year and the year before and ..... O.K., perhaps I should be thinking what a complete waste of time this totally outdated technology really is. Why, oh why do we ...

Dear all, i was in ireland not long ago...hehe read my reports on ireland and my girlfriend! (i love u again claire) Petrol over in ireland was got for 62.9 from a texaco garage meaning it was not dirty...or i hope it wasn't....the car ran smoothly enough on it anyway. The prices here in the Uk are bloody terrible. The governmrent earn so much ...

Why do they drive around in big cars in America, basically because its so cheap! The Uk is unbelievable in what they charge and what the government puts in its coffers. On the first of August do not go onto the petrol station pumps. If enough people do not go to the pumps on August the first then maybe the government will take some interest. ...