Petrol Prices 1983 to date

[dirtydog]

Petrol Prices 1983 to date
How gutting are these?

1983 36.7
1984 38.7
1985 42.8
1986 38.2
1987 37.8
1988 34.7
1989 38.4
1990 40.2
1991 39.5
1992 40.3
1993 45.9
1994 48.9
1995 50.9
1996 52.9
1997 57.9
1998 60.9
1999 61.9
2000 76.9
2001 77.9
2002 69.9
2003 77.9
2004 77.9
2005 79.9
2006 88.9
2007 95.9
2008 118.9

Prices have doubled since I started paying for fuel at 16 on my scooter in 1999!!!

[Retribution]

WE should have done sommething in 2000 when it hiked up 15p look at the mess were in now

[Smego2]

Wow!

[Scorpion]

Hmmmmm! Try 2008 at £1.30 a litre and rising. Just wait until the tanker drivers strike this weekend, panic buying will no doubt prompt another price rise.

[marky]

Hmmmmm! Try 2008 at £1.30 a litre and rising. Just wait until the tanker drivers strike this weekend, panic buying will no doubt prompt another price rise.

Ive got no money left to buy Fuel

[Andy Dawson]

Sorry, but your icon is slightly outdated, as far as my math skills say (which aint the best) your figures are based on 90p a litre - oh those happy days!!
using the figures quoted it now reads like this:-
Cost of Fuel today - £1.30 Per Litre
Tax - 52.3 % = 67.9p
Production - 25.7% = 33.4p
VAT - 14.8% = 19.3p
Forecourt - 7% = 9.1p

I know I should be doing something else, but this takes my mind off it!!!

[Smego2]

Petrol Prices 1983 to date
How gutting are these?

1983 36.7
1984 38.7
1985 42.8
1986 38.2
1987 37.8
1988 34.7
1989 38.4
1990 40.2
1991 39.5
1992 40.3
1993 45.9
1994 48.9
1995 50.9
1996 52.9
1997 57.9
1998 60.9
1999 61.9
2000 76.9
2001 77.9
2002 69.9
2003 77.9
2004 77.9
2005 79.9
2006 88.9
2007 95.9
2008 118.9

Prices have doubled since I started paying for fuel at 16 on my scooter in 1999!!!

Feb 2009: 97.9p Not bad aye..?

[si tate]

Its creeping up slowly though.

Two weeks ago 94.9, today 99.9. same petrol station.

[BUSHWHACKER]

Its creeping up slowly though.

Two weeks ago 94.9, today 99.9. same petrol station.

Gordon's filling his pockets before the election methinks.

[si tate]

I'd be happy if i can stay bellow £1

Never thought i'd hear myself say that.

[BUSHWHACKER]

I'd be happy if i can stay bellow £1

Never thought i'd hear myself say that.

Give up the fags and fuel will seem cheaper.

[si tate]

Give up the fags and fuel will seem cheaper.

Plus if i get the veg oil up & running this year, wow i'll be rich, well better off anyway.

[PDR]

The thing is those figures do not tell the whole story...
Petrol may have tripled in the last 26 years but my salary has increased approximately 30 fold, so in real terms petrol is a lot cheaper than it has ever been.

[Nick V]

Plus if i get the veg oil up & running this year, wow i'll be rich, well better off anyway.

Veg oil is dearer than diesel at the moment!!!! The fact that diesel is creeping up on the forecourt is just profiteering by the fuel companies - how the f**k do the justify it whe n they have just announced record profits!!

Cheers, Nick

[Albannach]

Veg oil is dearer than diesel at the moment!!!! The fact that diesel is creeping up on the forecourt is just profiteering by the fuel companies - how the f**k do the justify it whe n they have just announced record profits!!

Cheers, Nick

It's tax and price increases by the retailers, or possibly the distributors, to offset falling demand. When you say 'Fuel Companies' what do you mean?