JohnPaul Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Oh, cheap price of petrol, where are you hiding? will you ever come back? will we ever again see low prices of petrol? In the USA it is US$2 for a gallon, american gallon 3,8 liters; that is 50 cents per liter, rounding off. 1 pound = 1,5 US$ 1 pound = 3 liters 1 liter should be 33 pence! :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexp999 Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 It is about 33p you forgot to add the duty and VAT. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantt Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 fuel duty and vat makes up most of the price of petrol, we can moan about that but if there were very little fuel duty/vat then the money required would come from other areas of tax, or like usa no nhs . its all about prioritys. no such thing as something for nothing. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_Tango Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 I hear Americans moaning that gas prices are ridiculous, seriously? If it was that cheap here I would never be out of my car 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomsFocus Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Don't forget American 'gas' isn't as good as our petrol though. And they need like a 4 litre V8 to match a 1 litre EcoBoost power... :P Personally I think they should put more tax on choices (such as alcohol, tobacco, sugar) and less on fuel which a lot of people need, particularly in rural areas. I'm sure that view won't be shared by everyone lol. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_60 Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 It is about 33p you forgot to add the duty and VAT. and the transportation cost to the forcourt it is as good its just rated differently Tomsfocus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexp999 Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Transportation costs will be included on the US pricing too. Fuel duty is 57.95p So 33 + 57.95 = 90.95 Add VAT and you get 109.14 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmurray01 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Don't forget American 'gas' isn't as good as our petrol though. And they need like a 4 litre V8 to match a 1 litre EcoBoost power... :P Personally I think they should put more tax on choices (such as alcohol, tobacco, sugar) and less on fuel which a lot of people need, particularly in rural areas. I'm sure that view won't be shared by everyone lol. Or they [government] could get their heads out of their back sides and balance the books without taxing alcohol, tobacco, sugar OR fuel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMX Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Yes a better taxation system could be: :P Chav tax@ 25% for Corsa passengers A half-wit tax @ 50% for all in possession of a Corsa A Quarter-wit tax @ 250% for all in possession of a modified Corsa (additional rate of 50% if it has stickers) Vauxhall light tax @ 81% for being in possession of Vauxhall on the public road, in daylight Vauxhall dark tax @ 252% for being in possession of Vauxhall on the public road in the dark Vauxhall winter tax @ 500% for being in possession of Vauxhall on the public road, between 1st October-31st March Vauxhall e-tax @ 333% for being in possession of a Vauxhall during months with 'e' in them A one brick short of full load tax @ 1% for having a solitary brick missing from your full load :P 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomsFocus Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Lol, unfortunately tax always has to come from somewhere, they can't just make money (well, ok, they can, but look how well that went in Germany in the 30s). There should be more tax on 'luxuries' than necessities to make it even, considering those who buy more luxuries should be the ones with more disposable income. On topic of this thread though, apparently diesel is dropping below a pound a litre today! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAZ91 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Lol, unfortunately tax always has to come from somewhere, they can't just make money (well, ok, they can, but look how well that went in Germany in the 30s). There should be more tax on 'luxuries' than necessities to make it even, considering those who buy more luxuries should be the ones with more disposable income. On topic of this thread though, apparently diesel is dropping below a pound a litre today! Indeed it did! 99.9 pence per litre on both Petrol & Diesel at my local Sainsburys! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hywelkidd Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 My local Tesco has diesel at 99.7 (petrol is 99.9). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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