With the current oil strike in Scotland affecting the economy; I'm wondering what effect this will have at the petrol pumps in the UK.
Do you think that the fuel companies will use this as an excuse to push petrol prices up further? and what do you think the longer-term effects of this are likely to be?
They are getting higher an higher hopefull they will peak and start coming back down to waaaaaaaaay under �1, gone were the days when you could buy petrol for 70p a liter........
I do not think the British public will ever be happy with the amount they pay for fuel. If they need to use fuel they WILL continue to buy it regardless of price but they will keep complaining. It is in their nature.
It will cost more to get to work, more to deliver raw materials, and more to deliver the finished product. wWe won't get a pay rise to cover the extra cost to the consumer, so the average man in the street will loose out.
Shell and BP have made billions in profit over the last three months, so I don't understand why petrol prices are rising, and of course it is leading to spiralling food prices too. Is it just greed? It is even more infuriating when you think of petrol in terms of gallons rather than litres! Tonight my local radio station is reporting that there is a peaceful protest going on at an oil refinery near here, about fifty people apparently taking part. I am surprised there havent been more protests.
Gordon Brown's answer to any problem is to tax it. If he stopped taxing the oil giants, they wouldnt then pass that on to us consumers as higher prices. The prices go up because he taxes them. Abolish the tax and the prices will come down to a manageable level.
Fuel prices are ridiculously high. The government are doing nothing to help and the fuel companies are making such huge profits. Fuel will never come down in price, I'd just like to see it at one price for more than a few days, it seems to go up once and sometimes twice a week. Fuel costs were rising even before the fuel strike.
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