Fuel Prices

[Gibbo2286]

Noted yesterday at the local Tesco diesel at 179.9p electric charging still free.

[10mbc]

We don't have any shortage of fuel here (Romania) so I'm trying to understand the situation. While the high price definitely does not help, I think almost all the petrol is locally refined from the locally extracted oil. We do import a lot of diesel and we still have a lot of diesel cars so ... that.

[mickthemaverick]

Filled up yesterday with E5 at my Shell station - £2.01.9 per litre

[GiveMeABreak]

Tesco Here Diesel 194.9

[NewcastleFalcon]

Surely at these sort of prices, individuals must be reducing their demand for the stuff, by consciously cutting back on the miles they do.

I need to put another 5 litres in the Micra, just to have it ready for its van-like activities round the doors, but keep putting off parting with £10 to top it up. Indeed seriously thinking about SORNing it when the MOT runs out next month.

Regards Neil

[myglaren]

I filled up at Sainsburys on Thursday. E10 was £1. 819.
Passed Shell and Jet stations that were both more expensive, over £2.

[mickthemaverick]

.... just to have it ready for its van-like activities round the doors, ........

Regards Neil

Is that a typo, a colloquialism or am I just being thick?

[bobins]

Ordinary Diseasel about £1.97/£1.98 per eggcupfull here in Midhurst at the moment. I filled up a gerry can of unleaded the other day - £38 for that. It was only last year I could fill one up for about £23-£24

[NewcastleFalcon]

.... just to have it ready for its van-like activities round the doors, ........

Regards Neil

Is that a typo, a colloquialism or am I just being thick?

I take it you mean the "Round the doors" bit,

https://www.bl.uk/british-accents-and-d ... rdie-lexis
round the doors
Standard English equivalent
nearby, in our area

https://sounds.bl.uk/resources/learning ... -doors.mp3

Regards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

I take it you mean the "Round the doors" bit,

https://www.bl.uk/british-accents-and-d ... rdie-lexis
round the doors
Standard English equivalent
nearby, in our area

https://sounds.bl.uk/resources/learning ... -doors.mp3

Regards Neil

Yes I did, thanks Neil, every day's a school day!! In our part of the world we'd use 'round the corner' to describe nearby!! What a wonderful language we do have!!

[Hell Razor5543]

BP in Lower Early just charged me £1.918 per litre of diesel. Out and about today I saw it for £2.049 in Henley on Thames! Mind you, the motorway service stations will add a bit onto that.

[Peter.N.]

The traffic down here is quieter than usual for the time of year so maybe the price is biting.

Peter

[Sloppysod]

With the petrol prices going up and people not using thier cars as much should have an effect on its availability and possibly keep the price down - for a bit.
However, it's not the same when it comes to diesel, industry mainly use this stuff so a regular supply is needed - at any cost, hence the gap between petrol and diesel prices - it's about 10p a litre at the moment and will get more, - I remember when diesel was cheaper!

[Gibbo2286]

I take it you mean the "Round the doors" bit,

https://www.bl.uk/british-accents-and-d ... rdie-lexis
round the doors
Standard English equivalent
nearby, in our area

https://sounds.bl.uk/resources/learning ... -doors.mp3

Regards Neil

Yes I did, thanks Neil, every day's a school day!! In our part of the world we'd use 'round the corner' to describe nearby!! What a wonderful language we do have!!

I think about that when the poor sods in the Indian sub continent do English at university to graduate level then get a call centre job and have to answer computer breakdown questions from irate Geordies.

[Peter.N.]

Heating oil is up to over a pound a litre now, that means £2000 to fill my tank up - which I shan't be doing at that price.

Peter