by Karl Dyson | Feb 15, 2011 | Fuel Prices
The breakdown service Green Flag has reported a 40% increase in the number of call-outs due to lack of fuel in the second half of January, compared with the same period in December 2010.They also report that more than a third of these incidents occurred in the last...
by Karl Dyson | Feb 10, 2011 | Fuel Prices
Based on a document obtained through WikiLeaks, reports that Saudi Arabia can’t pump enough oil to keep fuel prices stable. The cables, released by WikiLeaks, urge Washington to take seriously a warning from a senior Saudi government oil executive that the...
by Karl Dyson | Feb 8, 2011 | Fuel Prices
Pleas from industry to cut petrol duty would cost the government £6bn and lead to a “fiscal black hole” in public finances that would have to be filled by raising other taxes, or by more painful public spending cuts, a green thinktank (Green Alliance)...
by Karl Dyson | Feb 4, 2011 | Fuel Prices
Britain hit back at suggestions made by Abdalla el-Badri, secretary-general of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), that the government is responsible for record fuel prices.El-Badri said in an interview with the Times newspaper that pump prices...
by Karl Dyson | Feb 2, 2011 | Fuel Prices
The average wholesale price for petrol has fallen by 2p since January 11 from 41p to just over 39p, the AA claimed. Despite this drivers are paying the highest prices on record while other European countries, including Germany, France, Ireland, Holland and Spain, have...
by Karl Dyson | Feb 1, 2011 | Fuel Prices
Whilst looking on google maps (Street View) for good dogging dog walking locations, I was shocked to stumble across a sad reminder of how low fuel prices were not so long ago. As you can see from the image above, the North’s Favorite Supermarket...
