FUEL PRICES isnt it about time WE STRIKE????????????

Question

The cost of everything is going up because of the diesel and petrol prices , this is all down to MR BROWN , its simple lower prices for hgvs = lower prices in supermarkets..

ITS ABOUT TIME WE STRIKE AND BLOCK THE MOTORWAYS AND PORTS AND TEACH HIM A LESSION

Answer 1

Can I make a point from a hgv drivers point of view, how do you propose to tell all these drivers that to lower prices you also need to lower their wages - which from a personal point of view i find offensive. try doing the job yourself. Nobody buys a car to economise. If you cant afford the fuel get a bike, or walk. Yes it's very convenient to blame a politician but I very much doubt you have tried doing their job either.

Answer 2

It's about time we did something....the price of crude oil may have gone up but it would help if our government could stop upping the duty on fuel ....before long only the lord snooties will be able to afford to run motor cars just like in the old days....oh yeah and calling for some kind of action like a nationwide strike,not much chance of that with us English...no solidarity

Answer 3

You do realize that the U.S. still pays one of the lowest amounts of $$ for fuel right?  Europe is selling gas (petrol) for around $5-$6 USD per liter...takes approx 2.78L to equal 1g.  So they are paying basically $12-$14 per gallon over there.

Answer 4

OK, I give up... WTF are you going on about?

Diesel and petrol prices are going up because the price of crude oil is going up.  Blame the Arabs!

Actually, Justin... It takes 3.78 litres to make a US gallon.

Answer 5

I would of thought all you'd be doing is frustrating the attempts of your fellow motorists to get to work. I really don't understand

why motorists constantly complain about petrol prices; you are paying for a commodity that is swiftly becoming scarecer,

and the wholesale prices are of course controlled by the countries where the oil is found; the many deaths,injuries and incidents on the road mostly caused by careless driving also have to be paid for, as has the wear and tear on the road system caused by excessive numbers of cars and lorries. The cost to the Health Service of treating the epidemic of child Asthma caused by car pollution is astronomical too.

Answer 6

So, you blame a particular person, even a powerful politician, for world economic conditions?  And the fact that a non-renewable resource is being depleted?  Consider market forces, supply-and-demand, and other factors involved.  

So you are ultimately arguing for government imposed price controls on various commodities.  Food and Petrol for starters.  OK, might as well go all the way to full on Socialism.  Hope that works out for you better than it has for the Soviet Union....

Answer 7

Ok, let's go ahead and lay the groundwork for this grandious plan you have. Let me go first. I'll go ahead and give up my job so I can take some time off and park my car on the motorway. You go ahead and take a few friends and block the ports. Prices should drop by Monday. Simple. I don't know why no one thought of this before. Actually, we should have done this in 1964 when gas was a quarter. Jesus H. Christ on a Moped, you are probably the stupidest poster I have seen in quite a while.

Answer 8

just buy red derv i wish i could

Answer 9

yes think we should all stick reticules price here in uk 1pound 10pence a liter

Answer 10

I completly agree, if we could get enough people to agree to a strike or blockade, to bring the fuel excise duty down, i would be right behind you, but lets say we did it and succeeded? and the petrol dropped from 103.9 a litre, back down to say 70.0 a litre, granted, we would all be happier motorists, but old father brown would make the deficiet somewhere, eg: income tax, would probably go up, the problem is, we are gonna get scr.ewed somewere along the line.

Answer 11

get a grip ya left nad!

Answer 12

Really tempting!  But although the majority of what we pay for fuel is tax (The price of crude oil is relatively irrelevant) the government is so used to getting this tax that if we (The Great British Public) managed to stand together for long enough to force a change, Gordon and his cronies would have to get the cash from some other form of taxation, and we would get screwed somewhere else.  This may be a good idea, because the motorist is consistently screwed at every turn, and it may be time to shift the load to someone else (What about cyclists or horse riders, or dare I say it - the super rich??)

Go on then - lets start next Tuesday!!!

Answer 13

i think you should blame gordon brown/blair and bush for the rise of oil... they only attacked to get to the oil... so they could profit from it

Answer 14

I would love to as most of the people do but we need the gas to keep our cars running to get to work and back.  Yet you need to get a grip I mean blocking motorways isn't going to lower prices its just going to get you and all participant's in jail and fined.  You can thank bush and all the hurricanes for prices going up, ever since hurricane Katrina all I've seen is gas prices going up, and then pipes for crude oil end up breaking which takes longer to fix so less oil gets to the refinery's which means higher prices.  Crude oil is costing more, also its a non renewable source think about it in about 1000 years there won't be any petroleum left in the earth if there is any it will be worse than now.  We need to find a way to make alternative fuel that regular cars can use everyday with renewable sources when we can do that prices would drop once you can get a gas station to put it in their supply and the alternative fuel actually worked like gasoline.  Good Luck

Answer 15

Why? Should fossil fuels be so cheap that we can just burn them just so we can go down to the pub? If you can't afford it, don't drive. 50 years ago, only a few of us had cars, and you had to watch us cruise by. Bring back those hayclon days.

Answer 16

price of crude has fallen from $100 to $80 ish...petrol/gasoline....eeeerrrmmmm no fall there ahem...cartel....