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Some bright spark from The Petrol Retailers Association was on the radio stating that people are not using their cars as much as previously and it is affecting petrol sales.No s**t Sherlock!

LANDROVER ROGER wrote:Some bright spark from The Petrol Retailers Association was on the radio stating that people are not using their cars as much as previously and it is affecting petrol sales.

.... So, they'll keep puting prices up to compensate, and we will use our cars less because of that. ...and they wil put the prices up to compensate ..and we .... etc etc.

Seriously, the price hikes don't affect my wallet. I always put £20.00's worth in and see how long it lasts me. I still put £20.00 in, but now my weekend drives to the country are being scaled back. Basically, I can't afford to give the oil companies any more of my money.

ChrisA wrote:
Basically, I can't afford to give the oil companies any more of my money.

The oil companies ? You should have a wee look at how the price breaks down.

On the basis you pay around £1.26 per litre, it breaks down something like this......

80p of that is now going to the government (59p duty and approx 21p VAT)

About half that amount goes to the producer (approx 41p), and about 5p goes to the retailer.

Did someone say it's a racket!