Oil price today 02-09-08 is $106 per barrel, diesel in our area is still £1.20 per litre, the price is simply NOT following crude prices down. When crude was at it’s top of $147 per barrel, diesel reached £1.29 per litre. CRUDE HAS DROPPED 27% diesel should therefore be around £1.00 MAX at this time (0.93 if the full 27% is taken into account).
Similarly energy prices are not dropping. So where are the pressure groups now, what can be done about this. I see little evidence of pressure of any kind being exerted on petrol retailers or energy companies. Once again British citizens just lay back and get walked over, we should protest more loudly than this if our voices are to be heard ?
Oil prices have been dropping daily now for a few weeks but yet pump prices remain high. Who says the retailers are not profiteering then ?? This is the typical pattern of pump prices related to oil prices, they always lag and never ever return to previous low prices in relation to previous similar oil prices.
Petrol
August 8, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Let’s ride our bicycles!
Angus Replies
Thankyou for commenting on my blog Angus about Angus – http://lunanhead.wordpress.com.
You are right, although it’s a lot more dangerous these days with the heavy traffic and huge lorries on the road. A pity we can’t take an example from Holland where we have seen multiple lanes built to separate pedestrian from cycle from motor.
Angus
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