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  • 07-04-2010 9:44pm
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    blond45
    Registered Users Posts: 537 ✭✭✭


    fill up before midnight cos petrol is going up again . can some one tell me why its so bloody dear? think it time to get the ass and cart out once more, no im not that age that i can remember way back that far . :(:(


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    ScumLord
    Registered Users Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    blond45 wrote: »
    fill up before midnight cos petrol is going up again . can some one tell me why its so bloody dear?
    Peak Oil. We're all doomed.


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    galwayrush
    Registered Users Posts: 12,815 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    It'll be soon time to start bringing in the oil off the west coast,;)


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    bonzodog2
    Registered Users Posts: 6,220 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    ScumLord wrote: »
    Peak Oil. We're all doomed.

    yup
    part 1 of 8,it deserves a watch


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    CrowdedHouse
    Registered Users Posts: 6,853 ✭✭✭CrowdedHouse


    Cheapest I've seen around (diesel) is in Derrydonnell 119.9 - that was last Friday though.

    Seven Worlds will Collide



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    JohnCleary
    Registered Users Posts: 10,210 ✭✭✭✭JohnCleary


    Can anyone tell me where in the *city* has the cheapest petrol at the moment? Need to fill up with a couple of hundred litres today


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    PopeBuckfastXVI
    Registered Users Posts: 5,155 ✭✭✭PopeBuckfastXVI


    JohnCleary wrote: »
    Can anyone tell me where in the *city* has the cheapest petrol at the moment? Need to fill up with a couple of hundred litres today

    We're all doomed... DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED!!!


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    SeanPuddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 751 ✭✭✭SeanPuddin


    Diesel was 117.9 in Gort on Monday...


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    Head The Wall
    Registered Users Posts: 2,892 ✭✭✭Head The Wall


    SeanPuddin wrote: »
    Diesel was 117.9 in Gort on Monday...
    Is that your man near the Lady Gregory that was using washed diesel from the North and was caught by customs a while ago?


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    SeanPuddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 751 ✭✭✭SeanPuddin


    Yip, the very same place I get my diesel twice a week and have absouletly no problems with...

    Do you have a link to this story or is it mindless slander?


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    flynnlives
    Registered Users Posts: 739 ✭✭✭flynnlives


    Yes unfortunatly this is only the start. Its due to the exchange rate between the dollar and euro and other factors. Barrels are sold in dollars. Basically we need to spend more euros to buy dollars.

    Petrol is going to rise considerably this year. Along with this goods and services will rise because of transport costs.. Leading to inflation and thus interest rate increases. People should consider being extra prudent now. Do not buy anything extravagent or get anymore in debt. There is serious pain on the way for this country. This i worry is only the begining.


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    ScumLord
    Registered Users Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    I buy plastic products in bulk every so often and the price of that kind of stuff is going up too. Expect anything to do with plastics, food and medicine to increase as all these things are oil based products. Food production is so dependent on oil it might as well be made out of it.


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    Zzippy
    Registered Users Posts: 14,166 ✭✭✭✭Zzippy


    JohnCleary wrote: »
    Can anyone tell me where in the *city* has the cheapest petrol at the moment? Need to fill up with a couple of hundred litres today

    Uh oh, looks like he's ready to go fully operational!





    /gets the f*** out of Galway...


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    bonzodog2
    Registered Users Posts: 6,220 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    JohnCleary wrote: »
    Can anyone tell me where in the *city* has the cheapest petrol at the moment? Need to fill up with a couple of hundred litres today

    200 litres of petrol, 30 (?) big chicken breasts ...... that's gonna be some curry John !


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    ScumLord wrote: »
    I buy plastic products in bulk every so often and the price of that kind of stuff is going up too. Expect anything to do with plastics, food and medicine to increase as all these things are oil based products. Food production is so dependent on oil it might as well be made out of it.
    I'm always plugging this but it's free to watch so..

    The History of Oil - Robert Newman


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    Madame Razz
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    Isn't over 60 percent of what we pay per litre made up by various taxes tho??


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    gaillimhabu
    Registered Users Posts: 546 ✭✭✭gaillimhabu


    blond45 wrote: »
    fill up before midnight cos petrol is going up again . can some one tell me why its so bloody dear? think it time to get the ass and cart out once more, no im not that age that i can remember way back that far . :(:(

    Did petrol go up much since last night? Should I fill up today


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    alibabba
    Registered Users Posts: 1,240 ✭✭✭alibabba


    CrowdedHouse wrote: »
    Cheapest I've seen around (diesel) is in Derrydonnell 119.9 - that was last Friday though.

    " Dirt" cheap alright.
    Wouldnt put the stuff into a 50 yr old tractor


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    KevR
    Registered Users Posts: 3,110 ✭✭✭KevR


    JohnCleary wrote: »
    Can anyone tell me where in the *city* has the cheapest petrol at the moment? Need to fill up with a couple of hundred litres today

    I find that Texaco on Lough Atalia Rd (just after you pass under the railway bridge when heading towards the docks) is usually 2 or 3 cents cheaper per litre than most other places around the city.

    I filled up there last night and I think it was 3 cent cheaper per litre than Topaz (Westside, Newcastle Rd, Bohermore).
    Madame Razz wrote: »
    Isn't over 60 percent of what we pay per litre made up by various taxes tho??

    I don't understand why people keep bringing up "peak oil" when fuel prices are being complained about.

    Oil is only $85 per barrel. It was $140 per barrel in 2008 and yet prices at the pumps were the same then as what they are now.

    It's a combination of the dollar being strong against the euro (and pound) and also ridiculous/disgraceful increases in fuel duty by the government. We can't do anything about the exchange rate but the government could certainly reduce the tax which is being charged on fuel. Any economic recovery will be stiffled by fuel prices being this high.


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    Bobeagleburger
    Registered Users Posts: 45,492 ✭✭✭✭Bobeagleburger


    Got petrol in Tesco in Ballinasloe 2 weeks ago at 119.9 :eek:

    It's currently 121.9 and since they opened it's brought the price down in all garages there.

    It's fcuking disgusting the prices charged in Galway city, really písses me off.


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    Bob_Harris
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,619 ✭✭✭Bob_Harris


    rarnes1 wrote: »
    Got petrol in Tesco in Ballinasloe 2 weeks ago at 119.9 :eek:

    It's currently 121.9 and since they opened it's brought the price down in all garages there.

    It's fcuking disgusting the prices charged in Galway city, really písses me off.

    From driving the width of the country and past a lot of different petrol stations in different counties I'd say prices in Galway City are fairly standard and that 119.9 in Ballinasloe is some kind of anomaly.


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    blond45
    Registered Users Posts: 537 ✭✭✭blond45


    Bob_Harris wrote: »
    From driving the width of the country and past a lot of different petrol stations in different counties I'd say prices in Galway City are fairly standard and that 119.9 in Ballinasloe is some kind of anomaly.
    didint it go up to 121.9 when they all did?


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    bonzodog2
    Registered Users Posts: 6,220 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    biko wrote: »
    I'm always plugging this but it's free to watch so..

    The History of Oil - Robert Newman

    Thanks biko, that was very entertaining and informative !


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    rarnes1 wrote: »
    Got petrol in Tesco in Ballinasloe 2 weeks ago at 119.9 :eek:

    It's currently 121.9 and since they opened it's brought the price down in all garages there.

    It's fcuking disgusting the prices charged in Galway city, really písses me off.
    Nationwide coverage on http://www.pumps.ie/
    Today's average prices:
    Petrol: 131.9c
    Diesel: 121.9c


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    Deytukurjobs!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭Deytukurjobs!


    DEY TUK UR JOBS!
    :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::mad::cool:


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    bonzodog2
    Registered Users Posts: 6,220 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    Deytukurjobs! wrote: »
    DEY TUK UR JOBS!
    :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::mad::cool:

    Are you facekicker ?


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