sc0ott
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'Could' increase to £2 per litre
http://uk.autoblog.com/2011/03/05/petrol-prices-could-hit-2-a-litre-warns-minister/5
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Ben G
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load of crap. it will go up yes, but not to £2 a litre.
not just yet anyway. the government may be stupid but not stupid enough to bankrupt every company going that uses transport.
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mike56gte
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for the love of god no!!!
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Neo
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"If" it hit £2 a litre the country would come to a standstill and we'd end up in a worse situation than we are in at the moment.
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brebaz
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1.48 is the hIghest iv seen round here!!
Fucking rip tbh
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sc0ott
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Tells you the prices
http://www.petrolprices.com/
I predict a protest if it reaches 2 quid a litre.
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mattant
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quote: Speaking in a newspaper interview, the former oil trader said that in a worst-case scenario where terrorists take advantage of the crises by attacking tankers and reserves, then prices could even move towards $250 a barrel. This would leave UK motorists facing prices at the pumps of around £2.03.
Terrorists attacking tankers and reserves? If it did happen I doubt it would last long at all
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Ian
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It will get there at some point.
There will be no protests of any meaningful form.
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dan_m1les
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I suspect if it reaches £2.00 a litre we shall all bend over and take it like the joke of a nation we are.
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Ojc
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The price now is an absolute disgrace when a tenner fails to get me to Woodley and back it's bad times
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DaveyLC
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I believe it.. Inflation is the perfect way to sort out the overpriced housing market.
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Ian
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In fact I might make a post now to say petrol could reach £5/litre, just so I can quote it in 2016.
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mattant
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quote: Originally posted by Ian
In fact I might make a post now to say petrol could reach £5/litre, just so I can quote it in 2016.
I think when it gets that high people would just give up on petrol and manufacturers would bring out cars on alternate fuels we've been hearing so much about but never seen
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ed
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Yeah, but burning petrol is fine because Jermey Clarkson says it's cool and global warming doesn't exist.
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Mark.W
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There is gonna be an uprise in this country before long.
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ed
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What's that going to achieve? The problems are far more than taxation. Shame The Sun is too short-sighted to report that.
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sand-eel
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It probably will hit £5 at some point when crude is nearly extinct.
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Ian
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My point was, it's all relative to the rest of the economy and that figure, like all of these headline quotes, is out of context unless you look at the wider picture.
There is still no incentive to adopt alternative vehicles until they become a proper alternative. Something which they currently are not. For all it's moaning, the country still tolerates current prices and will continue to do so. I've not met anyone who has actually changed their transportation habits because of fuel prices with any long term commitment in any major way.
Perhaps they've bought a more frugal car, but reponding in this way is hardly a different paradigm.
It's actually enabled me to buy a less frugal car, because it was cheaper to buy. Something which I hope continues.
[Edited on 07-03-2011 by Ian]
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Ian
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quote: Originally posted by ed
global warming doesn't exist.
He's wrong then, it does exist, it's just not caused by motorists.
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Mark.W
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The tax on my corsa has gone up £15 this year which is a bloody joke.
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sand-eel
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I think people need to get proper hydrogen cars designed not stupid battery shit, as the materials for batteries WILL run out, but hydrogen can never ever run out.
like so....
H2O >(electrolyze) H2 + 0
H2 (burn) > H2O(water again)
Repeat forever....
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mattant
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You have to remember though that 10 years ago yes petrol was half the price, but then the MPG of cars were a lot lower (alright not half but still), in 5 years time I have no doubt we'll be seeing cars doing 100+MPG
Also it doesn't matter whether it's 10p a litre or £10 a litre, people will always moan, always have
[Edited on 07-03-2011 by mattant]
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Toby
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quote: Originally posted by Ian
In fact I might make a post now to say petrol could reach £5/litre, just so I can quote it in 2016.
you wont have a site anymore if it hits that price by 2016
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sc0ott
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quote: Originally posted by Ian
In fact I might make a post now to say petrol could reach £5/litre, just so I can quote it in 2016.
Why would you do that smart arse?
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sc0ott
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quote: Originally posted by mattant
You have to remember though that 10 years ago yes petrol was half the price, but then the MPG of cars were a lot lower (alright not half but still), in 5 years time I have no doubt we'll be seeing cars doing 100+MPG
Also it doesn't matter whether it's 10p a litre or £10 a litre, people will always moan, always have
[Edited on 07-03-2011 by mattant]
And what cars are you talking about?
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