scootz
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| posted on 7/1/11 at 09:17 AM |
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I think that as with anything that's 'running-out', the price can only go up!
It's Evolution Baby!
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nick205
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| posted on 7/1/11 at 10:27 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by prawnabie
will I, Will I be faaaaaamous
LOL - took me a while to get that, but very amusing (my sister was a fan by the way, not me) 
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nick205
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| posted on 7/1/11 at 10:45 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
On a similar not, ther was much whingeing about rising fuel costs earlier this year - has anyone's driving habbit changed since then? for
example use alternative transport, locate closer to work or buy a lower fuel consuming car?
For me, nothing really I can think.
Each time the price goes up I persuade myself to maximise MPG at all times, but ehn after a few weeks I revert to normal driving habits and MPG. As a
family, we have started factoring in fuel costs for longer journeys to visit friends and relatives - we still go, but if the fuel price rises too much
further we will start curbing these journeys for sure.
Longer term I'm switching from a large 2.0 (157g CO2) diesel estate to a mid-size 1.6 (99g CO2) diesel estate with start/stop technology. This
is a company vehicle so the choice here is driven by both fuel economy and the governments year on year increase in Benefit in Kind tax on co cars
based on emissions. However with rising fuel prices, no pay increases for 2 years and counting this switch won't even see me standing still, it
just minimses the overall increase in living expense.
IMHO fuel and VAT increases are permamnent, no government will ever want to (or likely be in a position to) decrease them.
Also IMHO, the current government would have slashed away at public spending no matter what state the country had been in - that's what the
Conservatives do! (I'm not a Labour fan either BTW).
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interestedparty
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| posted on 7/1/11 at 01:15 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
It's hard to cut your expenditure when you work 45 miles from home - I either go most of my journey by train (but they've just raised
prices by 6% this month) or drive.
I opted for Plan B - I handed in my notice and found myself a job that's 5 miles from home! I start on Monday...
I think there are a lot of people who will start thinking along these lines. The amount of fuel that is used in this country to take people from where
they live to where they work must be absolutely gargantuan.
As some day it may happen that a victim must be found,
I've got a little list-- I've got a little list
Of society offenders who might well be underground,
And who never would be missed-- who never would be missed!
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The Shootist
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 posted on 7/1/11 at 03:30 PM |
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Our Obama Hasn't helped.....
With restrictions on drilling and exploration, we put less oil in the market, and that drives supplies down and prices up.
Mr. O wants to push alternative sources but in reality most of those fuels are actually made from petro.
Food prices are through the roof because of ethanol additive requirements, and cars are falling apart left and right with side effects of it's
usage.
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Simon
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| posted on 7/1/11 at 05:04 PM |
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Don't know what you're worrying about - we just ordered a ton of bronze. Around November it was £5k/tonne, we just paid £8k/tonne and two
years ago it was £2k/tonne.
ATB
Simon
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 7/1/11 at 05:45 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by nick205
Longer term I'm switching from a large 2.0 (157g CO2) diesel estate to a mid-size 1.6 (99g CO2) diesel estate with start/stop technology. This
is a company vehicle so the choice here is driven by both fuel economy and the governments year on year increase in Benefit in Kind tax on co cars
based on emissions. However with rising fuel prices, no pay increases for 2 years and counting this switch won't even see me standing still, it
just minimses the overall increase in living expense.
Exactly, we've looked into this and found there's little point is us selling the car we've payed for and getting a smaller one as
the finance would outweigh the drop in consumption. It would have to make a major difference to be worth it...
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Moorron
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| posted on 7/1/11 at 05:57 PM |
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got to agree with the guy who said about getting a job closer to home. Ive never wanted to travel far to work even if it means a great wage. With so
many hobbies or just being lazy i couldnt handle sitting in a car for an hour each way. I see this as an extension of the working day making it a 10
hour shift each day.
I have been lucky that my last job of 12 years was only 8 miles from home which meant i could afford to drive a V8 RR @ 15 mpg!. Still hurt when
driving to other places but now im out of work i want to reduce this even more and am looking at ANY job in the estate 3 miles from home so i can walk
or cycle there saving even more money and time. Funny thing is at the place mentioned above a guy who drove like ms daisy in a small new civic deisle
from over 30 miles away ended up paying the same in fuel costs as me lol.
I feel that its hitting home now to alot more people that we are being ripped off so want an easy, cheap, stress free job round the block. The job
market will suffer long term as people with great skills only want to stack shelves and so on. ATM this is only good for those with little debt but i
feel the greed that ran most poeples lives will reduce. It has for me for some time and i only want a simple life now, not a rich busy working one.
I have just had a talk with my partner who is a self imployed mobile hairstylist, ive told her she must put her prices up to cover the fuel and vat
increases but she is reluctant incase she annoys anyone. Well i showed her how much she is now loosing a year and she soon changed her mind. If she
doesnt that loss is going in someone elses pocket who doesnt deserve it (the gov).
Do everything to pass the cost on to anyone else you can is my new motto. 
Sorry about my spelling, im an engineer and only work in numbers.
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 7/1/11 at 06:44 PM |
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Hitch is unless it's passed on to those that control the prices (the "government" then it's just hurting those that
can't do anything about it...
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