You went down on me

[suityou01]

... and then you came back up again. Then you went down again and I got all excited. Then you came back up again.

I am obviously talking about petrol prices. Brent crude spot currently @ 123.69

150 a litre anybody?

[MrRobin]

Interesting article in the Metro this morning stating that driving only costs slightly more than it did in the 70's. The figures behind that unbelievable truth showed that when you adjust for inflation, and take into account much better average MPG figures, driving an average of 12,000 miles worked out roughly the same.

[suityou01]

Interesting article in the Metro this morning stating that driving only costs slightly more than it did in the 70's. The figures behind that unbelievable truth showed that when you adjust for inflation, and take into account much better average MPG figures, driving an average of 12,000 miles worked out roughly the same.

Tell that to the hauliers. They are getting taxed to extinction.

Plus we do more miles now than we did in the 70s.

[DimPrawn]

Osbourne is a pussy.

He could have slapped 20p a litre extra duty on in the name of AGW and reducing the deficit this last budget, pleasing the tree hugging lefties and the rating agencies in one fell swoop.

What a lightweight.

[suityou01]

Osbourne is a pussy.

He could have slapped 20p a litre extra duty on in the name of AGW and reducing the deficit this last budget, pleasing the tree hugging lefties and the rating agencies in one fell swoop.

What a lightweight.

thus bringing the country to a standstill as the haulier industry collapses, food prices soar as demand exceeds supply and the UK dips back into recession.

Even a bonehead like me gets this.

[DimPrawn]

thus bringing the country to a standstill as the haulier industry collapses, food prices soar as demand exceeds supply and the UK dips back into recession.

Even a bonehead like me gets this.

What's mass starvation compared to a 0.1 deg c temp rise in 500 years time?

[Ruprect]

thus bringing the country to a standstill as the haulier industry collapses, food prices soar as demand exceeds supply and the UK dips back into recession.

Even a bonehead like me gets this.

But not sarcasm...

[Ruprect]

Interesting article in the Metro this morning stating that driving only costs slightly more than it did in the 70's. The figures behind that unbelievable truth showed that when you adjust for inflation, and take into account much better average MPG figures, driving an average of 12,000 miles worked out roughly the same.

Erm yeah... But there was an oil crisis in the 70s!!

[suityou01]

But not sarcasm...

Twas a double bluff.

Honest.