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Why are petrol & diesel prices the same now?

Clseeper · 2011-11-17 11:41:49

I've noticed in the last week that the price of diesel in a good few of my local petrol stations (middle of Meath) are within a cent of each other or the same price! Since there is less refinement of diesel, how can the final cost be the same? The differential less than a year ago was up to 10 cent! Is this demand due to a…

17-11-2011 11:41AM

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Clseeper

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I've noticed in the last week that the price of diesel in a good few of my local petrol stations (middle of Meath) are within a cent of each other or the same price! Since there is less refinement of diesel, how can the final cost be the same? The differential less than a year ago was up to 10 cent!

Is this demand due to a lot of people switching to diesel cars?
Is this retailer just hiking up margins?
Is this happening in other parts of the country?

Hopefully someone can explain this for me please

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#2 17-11-2011 11:52AM

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http://touch.boards.ie/thread/2056450425?page=3#post_75472476

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#3 17-11-2011 12:00PM

Clseeper

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Hammertime: sorry - should have searched a bit harder

So the main reason is demand with home heating oil at this time of year. But demand will remain high as more and more people switch to diesel for lower emissions. Damn well I got a good few years of cheaper fuel out of my car anyway.

Tks.

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#4 21-11-2011 10:29PM

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me thinks those days are gone of cheap fuel, i only invested in a diesel car this yr... i am sure u all remember there in 2009 when petrol and diesel went down good bit below €1 a litre, bring them days back

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#5 21-11-2011 11:01PM

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Nothing like a good triple-dip recession to bring the oil prices down some more. Unfortunately with the tax shoved on every time since then oil would want to be nearly free before it'd get close to 1e/litre again

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#6 21-11-2011 11:09PM

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Please post in this thread instead:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056450425&page=6

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