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Took them a while to break the £1 a litre barrier, didn't
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Author:  Sandy McNab [ Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:47 pm ]
Post subject:  Took them a while to break the £1 a litre barrier, didn't
it? Since then it's been rocketing in price.
Author:  Sussex [ Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:54 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Took them a while to break the £1 a litre barrier, didn'
Sandy McNab wrote:
it? Since then it's been rocketing in price.

I think none of them wanted to go through that barrier, but, as you say, they have now got loads of road till the next pound.
Author:  intheknow [ Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:42 am ]
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I think it is time for a bit of direct action!

All the talk of 'not using the top 2 companies for a day' is good in practise, but bad in reality. Stop buying fuel from the top 2 until they drop the prices, and you could see prices tumble very quickly.

The alternative of course is illegal blocading of fuel depots!
Author:  Sussex [ Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:41 pm ]
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intheknow wrote:
All the talk of 'not using the top 2 companies for a day' is good in practise, but bad in reality. Stop buying fuel from the top 2 until they drop the prices, and you could see prices tumble very quickly.

I agree every little helps, but the vast amount of the fuel price we pay is made up of duty and tax.

So instead of having a pop at the likes of BP and Shell, shouldn't we be having a pop at the gov? :?
Author:  Sandy McNab [ Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:39 pm ]
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£1.39 a litre of diesel in Sloane Avenue ! :shock:
Author:  gusmac [ Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:07 pm ]
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Sussex wrote:
intheknow wrote:
All the talk of 'not using the top 2 companies for a day' is good in practise, but bad in reality. Stop buying fuel from the top 2 until they drop the prices, and you could see prices tumble very quickly.

I agree every little helps, but the vast amount of the fuel price we pay is made up of duty and tax.

So instead of having a pop at the likes of BP and Shell, shouldn't we be having a pop at the gov? :?
Yes it's the govt we should be protesting with. They get most of the money
Author:  intheknow [ Sat Dec 15, 2007 2:58 pm ]
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gusmac wrote:
Sussex wrote:
intheknow wrote:
All the talk of 'not using the top 2 companies for a day' is good in practise, but bad in reality. Stop buying fuel from the top 2 until they drop the prices, and you could see prices tumble very quickly.

I agree every little helps, but the vast amount of the fuel price we pay is made up of duty and tax.

So instead of having a pop at the likes of BP and Shell, shouldn't we be having a pop at the gov? :?
Yes it's the govt we should be protesting with. They get most of the money


But, how do we do that? We already have a leader we didn't elect and who is too scared to call an election - we have to target those who have more of a voice.

Imagine we said we would not buy fuel any more - the government would laugh cos they know we need it, but imagine the big two say they are closing down a lot of their uk refineries and withdrawing from selling in the UK, loads would be done.

Indirectly, by affecting the big two (shell and esso by the way) will impact the government.
Author:  grandad [ Sat Dec 15, 2007 4:20 pm ]
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Not BP then. :shock:
Author:  Sandy McNab [ Sat Dec 15, 2007 4:34 pm ]
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intheknow wrote:
gusmac wrote:
Sussex wrote:
intheknow wrote:
All the talk of 'not using the top 2 companies for a day' is good in practise, but bad in reality. Stop buying fuel from the top 2 until they drop the prices, and you could see prices tumble very quickly.

I agree every little helps, but the vast amount of the fuel price we pay is made up of duty and tax.

So instead of having a pop at the likes of BP and Shell, shouldn't we be having a pop at the gov? :?
Yes it's the govt we should be protesting with. They get most of the money


But, how do we do that? We already have a leader we didn't elect and who is too scared to call an election - we have to target those who have more of a voice.

Imagine we said we would not buy fuel any more - the government would laugh cos they know we need it, but imagine the big two say they are closing down a lot of their uk refineries and withdrawing from selling in the UK, loads would be done.

Indirectly, by affecting the big two (shell and esso by the way) will impact the government.
That's right, have a pop at the big 2 and they'll have a pop at the government for you. They'll listen to them.
Author:  intheknow [ Sat Dec 15, 2007 4:47 pm ]
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grandad wrote:
Not BP then. :shock:


Good point, all three then!
Author:  agabbycabbie [ Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:39 am ]
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Petrol sales from the big companies only make up a fraction of there profits, diesel and lpg are by products of the industry, so how will it affect them if you boycott there petrol stations
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