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Petrol Prices

  • 12-01-2012 11:06pm
    #1
    RickRoll
    Closed Accounts Posts: 232 ✭✭


    I pass 3 petrol stations on my way to work every morning and this morning I noticed all of them had raised their petrol prices by at least 2c, 1 station was at 1.57.9, a rise of 4c from yesterday. :eek:

    Crazy! Why the rise now? Am I missing something?


Comments

  • #2
    MugMugs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,875 ✭✭✭✭MugMugs


    Well the Iranian situation means that all the speculators are doing what they do best and crapping themselves in turn pushing up the oil rates for fear of them ACTUALLY going up as a result of shortage should Obama go in there and kick some Nuclear ass :)


  • #3
    MugMugs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,875 ✭✭✭✭MugMugs


    Sh1tty euro vs Dollar doesn't help either.


  • #4
    LH2011
    Closed Accounts Posts: 206 ✭✭LH2011


    just filled up with unleaded tonight 85 L tank nearly empty
    cost me €123 :eek: €1.539 / L


  • #5
    eth0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,635 ✭✭✭eth0


    The VAT increase hasn't helped either. 157.9 here also I can see the petrol station from the window and I actually like to keep the curtains closed now cause its depressing seeing at that price

    Every year the government swoops in to pick up the slack from any decrease in oil price, increase in vehicle efficiency with more tax.

    Switching to an electric car won't help either. Only for a few short years till the battery needs replacing and then you're shagged. If they ever sort the battery issue the government will require you to use a special electricity meter so you can charge it for 10x the price of normal electricity or else a GPS meter that taxes you for the distance you drive.


    Buy a boat or a horse or a bicycle. Not that they won't eventually catch up with that either


  • #6
    David09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 541 ✭✭✭David09


    The government tax is percentage based. Therefore if the base price rises, the tax take increases proportionally.

    It may be a negligent amount on a few cents, but add them all together and it makes a pretty penny for the taxman.


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  • #7
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Why is it when oil rises by, for example, 10c, the prices at the pump go up immediately, but when the prices go back down, they take ages to back down? If they ever do!


  • #8
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,313 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    Green diesel here I come......


  • #9
    eth0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,635 ✭✭✭eth0


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Why is it when oil rises by, for example, 10c, the prices at the pump go up immediately, but when the prices go back down, they take ages to back down? If they ever do!

    The prices go change when the petrol station's own tank is filled. The one here stayed at the same price for ages after the budget, but when filled again the new (usually higher) price comes in.

    Although some petrol station owners are opportunistic and will put it up straight away. One I know of puts up the price 2c if there are races on the local racecource that day


  • #10
    vickers209
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,478 ✭✭✭vickers209


    According to Pumps.ie the top garage on ushers key is 99.9 cent for petrol and diesel today:eek::eek::D

    http://www.pumps.ie/viewStation.php?stationID=138


  • #11
    ronaneire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,699 ✭✭✭ronaneire


    vickers209 wrote: »
    According to Pumps.ie the top garage on ushers key is 99.9 cent for petrol and diesel today:eek::eek::D

    http://www.pumps.ie/viewStation.php?stationID=138


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056517466 ;)


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