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Laura Penstemon	Petrol prices		Lead	[-]
Established Tree Posts: 9419 03-07-08 19:45 Established Tree	Ok I know we are all suffering but things are going from bad to worse aren't they! This time last year I paid £40 to fill the tank, tonight I filled up and it cost £53 I guess as I depend on petrol for my income that I resent having to pay that much. When we move I will have to charge extra to take the garden waste to the tip...at the moment its included in the price (well one load anyway!) I am trying to reduce unecessary journeys etc but its still a lot to pay!! Pens
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cwmhill		#1	[url]	[-]
Mature Shrub Posts: 2349 03-07-08 21:31 Mature Shrub	why not get a trailer then you only have to do one trip instead of 4 or 5 , £59-95 cost me the other day to, if buses would pass here I would use my bus pass but they don't and its to far to carry bags of compost and shopping , and I don't know if they would let me bring 10 grow-bags on the bus CWM
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Lass		#2	[url]	[-]
Mature Shrub Posts: 2720 03-07-08 22:45 Mature Shrub	Pens Can you claim petrol as a business expense in some way. I don't know how it works but I know you can put lots of things against your tax if you're self employed. We have 10 miles to drive to our nearest supermarket! Cwm, businesses have to pay to take rubbish to the tip and householders are only supposed to take one bag at a time, although they do turn a blind eye most of the time. Lass x
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Pip at Home		#3	[url]	[-]
Established Tree Posts: 3943 03-07-08 23:01 The Boss	You can claim petrol as a legitimate expense in a business but if you are the business then you obviously have to recover that expense by charging the Client. That's OK as long as the Client is prepared to pay extra. You cannot claim the whole of your petrol expenses. Any private useage has to be paid for as normal. It could be interesting to compare best prices around the country - or the world come to that In West Sussex the cheapest diesel is 131.9 litre and petrol is 118.9 litre. Do you remember the government encouraging us to buy diesel cars and making the fuel cheaper???
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Laura Penstemon		#4	[url]	[-]
Established Tree Posts: 9421 03-07-08 23:28 Established Tree	Thats exactly it Pip, I have to pay the extra petrol charge, but cant always 'persuade' the customer to pay the extra to compensate, so reduction in cash flow. I do claim the cost as an expense (its my biggest expense!) but I still have to pay out for it in the first place. I paid £117.9 for unleaded and I think diesel was £133.3, and that was Tesco the cheapest station in town. A trailer is not really an option as I wouldn't have anywhere to put it when it was not in use..but I would love a BIG van
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MacT1		#5	[url]	[-]
Established Tree Posts: 14061 03-07-08 23:38	We are paying 120.99 a litre for petrol and diesel is 137.99 ..... on the West coast add 5 p a litre onto both . Tourism has been badly hit and already businesses are going to the wall because of the cost of fuel . One of our local estate agents has not sold a single house or flat in 2 weeks and is laying off staff.
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PauleneS		#6	[url]	[-]
Established Tree Posts: 6476 04-07-08 00:54 Calendar Coordinator	113.9 here
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LynneBee		#7	[url]	[-]
Established Tree Posts: 6466 04-07-08 07:43 Established Tree	here it is 14 Kronar per liter which works out as 116.0 but I use ethonol and that is 0,67p per litre. Last Edited By: LynneBee 04-07-08 09:37. Edited 1 time.
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mammaj		#8	[url]	[-]
Established Tree Posts: 2956 04-07-08 09:31 Mature Shrub	Diesel is euro 152. can't remember, but it will have gone up since yesterday anyway. Everything goes up almost daily here!
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Mrs Sue		#9	[url]	[-]
Herbaceous Perennial Posts: 1091 05-07-08 12:45	I filled up this morning (unleaded) at £113.9/ltr - but then £23 to fill the tank will last me a month but £5 more than when I got the car 4 years ago
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Lass		#10	[url]	[-]
Mature Shrub Posts: 2724 05-07-08 13:09 Mature Shrub	I paid 117.9 yesterday and it cost me almost £39 for three quarters of a tank. I never noticed the price of diesel! Lass x
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PaulineM		#11	[url]	[-]
Established Tree Posts: 20952 05-07-08 13:29 Retired Auctioneer	I received the following in an e-mail a while back. I haven't checked the figures (me, check figures?!) but I've no reason to doubt them: In 2000: $1 = €1.20 1 barrel of petrol $60 = €72.00 Price at the pump was €0.82 per litre In 2008: $1 = €0.64 1 barrel of petrol $110 = €70.40 Price at the pump should be €0.80 per litre But it isn't - a litre of petrol at the pump in 2008 costs €1.28, not €0.80 Now why is that?
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Laura Penstemon		#12	[url]	[-]
Established Tree Posts: 9429 05-07-08 14:03 Established Tree	Because oil companies like Shell make billions of £ profit thats why!! I just got a quote from a van hire company that the diesel for my imminent move is going to cost nearly £200!!
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Scotty996		#13	[url]	[-]
Herbaceous Perennial Posts: 799 05-07-08 14:57 Flowering Annual	Unleaded petrol here is € 1.30 (about £1.06) which means that it has doubled in 2½ years, as has gas.
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cwmhill		#14	[url]	[-]
Mature Shrub Posts: 2358 05-07-08 16:43 Mature Shrub	British Government takes nearly 65% tax on every gallon. Every time the price goes up Brown and Co tut tut in public and rub their hands in glee in private. Apparently the Americans are screaming at their high fuel prices (£2 a gallon) and saying they might have to give up their cars - as in general they earn more than we do in the first place where does that leave us CWM
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jo m 1		#15	[url]	[-]
Established Tree Posts: 7661 05-07-08 21:38 Nagger-in-Chief	The theory is that if the fuel is too expensive, then we'll use more public transport. Fine in urban areas but not so good for us who live outside the towns & cities etc. Mainline train station is about 15 miles away ....... no buses to connect! See the technical hitch there????? No bus service to local supermarkets etc so how are we meant to carry home bags of heavy shopping? On foot? Supermarket is 5 miles away????? The government could easily knock at least 25p a litre off & STILL swell their coffers. Greed is such an unattractive trait. I bet the politician's mileage allowances have risen in line with the increased petrol prices, unlike local government staff, community nurses etc - they still get mileage allowance at the same rate as they got in 1995. Something seriously wrong here.
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Allyson		#16	[url]	[-]
Herbaceous Perennial Posts: 416 06-07-08 01:54	Oh, must be the same the world over eh! And all we can do is put up with it. Now when the revolution comes.......................................
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Scotty996		#17	[url]	[-]
Herbaceous Perennial Posts: 802 06-07-08 05:57 Flowering Annual	Before long it will have gone a full circle and once again the motor car will be a rich man's toy.
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BusyBee		#18	[url]	[-]
Flowering Annual Posts: 267 06-07-08 08:12 Flowering Annual	It's hitting us hard here in France too. Last year diesel was just over €1 a litre. Now it's over €1.45 and rising. Plus we get 20% less for our pounds when we transfer to euros, and all our income originates in pounds. So we are much worse off. With the prospect for a significant downturn in tourism next year there's not a lot to look forward to. Nearest shops are 5km away, not much in the way of public transport except for the school run and the nearest train is 35 minutes drive. All we can do is try to minimise our shopping trips and try and drive at the most economical speed. World demand is going up, but how can you tell developing countries to stop developing? The alternatives are causing farmers to switch from food to fuel production and risks causing food shortages - plus they are probably at least as polluting, even if they are renewable. Maybe an electric car would be better for local runs. At least then I would only have to worry about what France does with its' nuclear waste.... Belinda the busy bee
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mammaj		#19	[url]	[-]
Established Tree Posts: 2969 06-07-08 10:25 Mature Shrub	So we pay more for our diesel than Spain & France! 152. something euro a lt. The americans used a huge amount of their crops for fuel last year which is partly why bread, pasta & the like have gone up so much. Pasta has gone from 35 cents to 50 cents in the last 3 months! Farmers earnt next to nothing here last year for their wheat so many haven't grown any this year. We too live out in the woods with the wolves & can go nowhere without a car, buses are frequently not running because of strikes so the few we could use aren't running anyway!
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umkraut		#20	[url]	[-]
Herbaceous Perennial Posts: 151 06-07-08 13:25	Today the price for 95 Octane (Super unleaded) is €1.59 a liter. Diesel is €1.54 a liter. The German Government taxes us 86 cents for every liter. Ally, It's time for us to pull out the Che Guevara T-shirts and berets again! Ray ...
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