Board logo

Solution to petrol price rises?
Benzine - 27/4/08 at 10:13 AM

http://i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=29407

Might go and have a good old pray down at the local BP garage this afternoon


RazMan - 27/4/08 at 10:39 AM

Only in America!


ReMan - 27/4/08 at 10:55 AM

They've had it too good too long!
If US is feeling the pain too then it may help us all in the long run though?


David Jenkins - 27/4/08 at 10:58 AM

Maybe - but look at the pump prices - even allowing for the smaller US gallon, that's still around £2 per UK gallon! (excuse the crummy mental arithmetic - it may be a little more than that )

UPDATE: I reckon it works out to £2.10 per UK gallon.

[Edited on 27/4/08 by David Jenkins]


graememk - 27/4/08 at 11:49 AM

oh no.... they will all have to down size to v6's . . . .


McLannahan - 27/4/08 at 11:54 AM

Prices per litre - We're not quite the worst off yet but we're catching Holland!

CANADA - 0.48
US - 0.40
MEXICO - 0.31
COLUMBIA - 0.30
VENEZUELA - 0.007 (Less than 1p a litre...)
BRAZIL - 0.66
CUBA - 0.41
NIGERA - 0.30
EGYPT - 0.12
SAUDI ARABIA - 0.06
DUBIA - 0.23
INDIA - 0.58
AUSTRALIA - 0.66
NZ - 0.74
RUSSIA - 0.39
NORTH KOREA - 0.22
JAPAN - 0.60
CHINA - 0.33
SINGAPORE - 0.52
SOUTH AFRICA - 0.56
KUWAIT - 0.11
IRAQ - 0.16
IRAN - 0.05

AND EUROPE.....

IRELAND - 0.88
UK - 1.06
SPAIN - 0.82
FRANCE -0.99
HOLLAND - 1.17
POLAND - 0.91
GERMANY - 1.03
SWEDEN - 1.01
NORWAY - 1.16
SWITZERLAND - 0.81
GREECE - 0.81

So if you move to Venezuela you can fill up a large 4x4 for 42 pence.....


CD-5 - 27/4/08 at 12:29 PM

Price in Quebec Canada got to 1,34$ /liter this week...


paulf - 27/4/08 at 09:20 PM

I wonder if the government would object to me importing a tanker load from venezuela? would probably work out cheaper than buying it here if i didnt pay tax on it.
Paul.


mistergrumpy - 27/4/08 at 09:34 PM

You know what always bugged me. Places like Gibraltar or sovereign territory in Cyprus which are supposedly under British rule getting their petrol for a lot less than us lot here. Double standards, or maybe I'm just bitter


paulf - 27/4/08 at 09:34 PM

I wonder if the government would object to me importing a tanker load from venezuela? would probably work out cheaper than buying it here if i didnt pay tax on it.
Paul.