Chat & Social > The Bar - General Chat

FUEL PRICE WAR........Boycott BP and Esso.

<< < (6/7) > >>

Bulli:
I fill up everywhere! i have a v8 for gods sake
here is a breakdown of the costs
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/05/business_petrol_pricing/html/1.stm

v8kenny:

--- Quote from: "Bulli" ---
So Kenny if the 80 odd p is tax then reducing the cost the litre is sold for reduces the tax :wink:
--- End quote ---


Well I'm still waiting on someone explaining how they can expect fuel costs to come down to under 69p/l
If the oil companies only make about 20p/l then the answer clearly doesn't lie with them
I'm all for cheaper fuel and if some form of boycott will make any difference then fine,count me in - I won't be holding my breath though  :lol:
It needs to be something that hits the government HARD - and i'm afraid I don't have the answer
 :?

MrTFWitt:

--- Quote from: "bullfrog" ---I think the source is the same but maybe they have different "mixes" for different customers ?

--- End quote ---


I used to work with control systems for the fuel industry so I have a little insider knowledge.
The core fuel be it unleaded or diesel is exactly the same as it has to conform to British standards.  
The magic ingredient is the additive which is mixed as the tanker loads up at the depot.


The ratio for this escapes me but I think it was around 25ml in 40 litres of unleaded.

I was responsible for logging into a few shell sites early one morning and "turning off" the formula shell additive when Vauxhalls started dropping valves.

So Tesco trucks will queue up with Mobil or BP trucks to get the same fuel but usually without the additive.
The additives themselves were a fairly aggresive solvent requiring special pipework and filters.  Brass mesh filters were allegedly dissolved by some of these additives.

MTyrrell:
As has been mentioned by others it's the tax that makes up a considerable amount of the fuel costs (aprox 65%), remember you are paying VAT and then Fuel Duty. The refineries have no control over this.
 Recent price rises however have been imposed by the producers. This is due to the cost per barrel of oil going up because of shortages caused by recent events in Iraq and Hurricane Katrina damaging allot of rigs and US refineries. The prices per barrel will more than likely start falling as the damaged rigs and refineries are starting to come back online.


 A breakdown of UK fuel per ltr

MTyrrell:
.......also we moan about the tax but how else can they raise the revenue to fund the NHS, emergency services, Education System Benefit’s system, Transport infrastructure, thieving, no good ba..... err politicians etc the list is endless.

 A country isn’t a cheap thing to run.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page