Petrol Prices

[DiscoStu]

OK, so I realise a large part of petrol prices is tax, but there's something I don't understand.

How come when crude was $140 a barrel I was paying £1.30 per litre of diesel, and now it's just over $80 I'm now paying £1.20 per litre of diesel?

Is it the oil companies screwing me or the government or both?

[DimPrawn]

OK, so I realise a large part of petrol prices is tax, but there's something I don't understand.

How come when crude was $140 a barrel I was paying £1.30 per litre of diesel, and now it's just over $80 I'm now paying £1.20 per litre of diesel?

Is it the oil companies screwing me or the government or both?

Both. And I'm screwing your girlfriend.

[DiscoStu]

Both. And I'm screwing your girlfriend.

Please remember to give her a rinse out when you're done, it's a pain having to disinfect all that rubber and latex.

[DS23]

[Dundeegeorge]

All that rubber and latex?

Please remember to give her a rinse out when you're done, it's a pain having to disinfect all that rubber and latex.

only a couple of inches, shirely? A wet-wipe would do the job, no?

[DiscoStu]

only a couple of inches, shirely? A wet-wipe would do the job, no?

There's all the dried up saliva too

[Cyberman]

OK, so I realise a large part of petrol prices is tax, but there's something I don't understand.

How come when crude was $140 a barrel I was paying £1.30 per litre of diesel, and now it's just over $80 I'm now paying £1.20 per litre of diesel?

Is it the oil companies screwing me or the government or both?

Apparently diesel comes from Mexico and there is a world shortage currently because so many car owners have bought diesels. This was in the Mail on Sunday. I still have a petrol car... PHEEEEW!!!!.............. SMUG

[Bob Dalek]

Both. And I'm screwing your girlfriend.

The 3-timing cow!

[gingerjedi]

I read somewhere that petrol should have been around 90p per litre by now but because oil is priced in dollars and the pound has dropped in value against the dollar the pump price remains high.

Whoever decided that oil should be priced in dollars is screwing you.

[Bagpuss]

OK, so I realise a large part of petrol prices is tax, but there's something I don't understand.

How come when crude was $140 a barrel I was paying £1.30 per litre of diesel, and now it's just over $80 I'm now paying £1.20 per litre of diesel?

You may have noticed there was a tipping point where oil was rising and petrol prices fell slightly. People were cutting back on consumption, the limit of the inelasticity of demand must of been hit for the first time in years. Now as it's falling the price is sticking pretty rigid. What a bunch of theiving expletive deleteds