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Due to hit 120p a litre in the next few weeks acording to the beeb / AA, at which point the genuis government will add another 3p a litre in tax, as it clearly isnt taxed enough currently. 

Obvuiously this will force me to use the world class and cheap public transport on offer instead, which will have the dual benefit of reducing congestion and reducing my carbon footprint. As everything is transported by rail in Britain this also wont have an inflationary effect at all. Good news all round, couldnt be happier.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8569525.stm

I am just back from a week in the US, about 40p a litre there!!

Quite glad to be sans car currently.

And they're bloody furious that it's that high!

More like 40p a gallon?!?

no, a litre, 2.69 a gallon...

I've just saved a few quid on a season ticket, and twigged afterwards it'll cost me arond £700 in petrol! I've actually started working at home a lot more since the prices have been going up. If I dont have a reason to go into the office i dont. Saves me about £50 a week.

I have been paying 119.5p per litre for 2 weeks here, bloody expensive, 113.2p if I drive 15 miles to Yeovil to get it!

the cost is absurd here. whilst everything else in norway is at least twice as expensive (£6-£8 for a pint for example) the price of fuel is lower.

it's utterly fucking bonkers.

Petrol in Lux is about 108 cents a litre.

It is much higher in Belgium, Holland and Germany as well where it is about 140 cents

The worst thing about it is the double whammy effect that its costs us more to fill our cars to get anywhere, then more to buy essentials like food beacuse it is all transported at least some of the way by road. 

So the essential costs of getting to work and eating go up and there is fuck all we can do about it. I appreciate that international oil prices are not labours fault but adding anymore duty to fuel right now is fucking insane.

Politicians aren't renowned for their intelligence though are they? If there was anyone with even a small amount of business sense in the government we wouldn't be loaded to the eyeballs in debt and playing catch-up for the next god knows how many years.

Of course it doesn't help that you are paying tax on top of tax.

You have to pay the fuel duty....then they whack VAT on top. Talk about a double whammy.

Currently 143.5p here - will soon be 150p+ - put £35 in my Micra - still not full :(
On the positive side only 7 miles of road so only fill up every 2 months :car: :D

Glad I've just invested in a new push bike, the cost of running a car is ridiculous; servicing, MOTs, fuel, tax, insurance, petrol.

Anyone want to buy a H reg Renault 5 with no MOT? £100

How much petrol is in it?

The current exchange rates,with oil being paid in dollars has been a factor in the rise in prices for
all of us.Whilst the Government will be happy to see increased tax revenues,we cannot understimate
the role played by the speculators.They keep the prices high and have done so for a long time,it
isn't a case of increased and unsustainable demand.I'm sure you remember the stories of tankers off
the Dorset coast? They are still there my friends,all manipulated by the speculators.

It cost me £15, so £20 worth.

Fuck me,
:D

My YP railcard has run out, so either driving or training it home for Easter next week from uni is gonna cost me a small fortune then. Magnificent.

That's one less cost then OF  ;)

Use your winnings...! ;)

or hitch a lift

i just paid £1.22/l of unleaded....shocking