So what are going to do about petrol?

Fratton Fred

Well? €1.73 a ****in litre and apparently going up at the end of the month?

The way it is going, half the country will be better on the dole because getting to work will be too expensive.

So who do we blame? Should we go and blockade our local Topaz or Esso, or should we write a strongly worded email to our local TD?

Hardonraging

Green diesel lad !!! drive her like you stole her on it !!!

MagicMarker

I sold my car months ago, now I use the bus with the rest of the peasants.

My name is URL

I drive to Venezuela whenever I need to fill up the tank. It only costs 2c a litre there

shedweller

I've mentioned various fuel saving techniques here before but it was met with ridicule etc. So it would seem a lot of people don't care about it! Go figure!

Anyway,
Here's a link to how much our fuel consumption has dropped over the past few years:http://omrpublic.iea.org/demand/ir_gs_ov.pdf
http://omrpublic.iea.org/demand/ir_dl_ov.pdf
The govt income from fuel sales has dropped so they are quite happy with fuel price increases!

MrStuffins

Fratton Fred wrote: »

The way it is going, half the country will be better on the dole because getting to work will be too expensive.

Get the bus!

squod

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Well? €1.73 a ****in litre and apparently going up at the end of the month?

Dafuq it's 173c. Where are you buying it, Brown Thomas?

Chuck Stone

The Obama administration needs to go after the speculators manipulators.

WIZE

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Well? €1.73 a ****in litre and apparently going up at the end of the month?

The way it is going, half the country will be better on the dole because getting to work will be too expensive.

So who do we blame? Should we go and blockade our local Topaz or Esso, or should we write a strongly worded email to our local TD?

[URL="javascript:map.setZoom(14);map.setCenter(station['0']['point']);station['0']['marker'].openInfoWindowHtml(getMiniHTML('0'));"]Texaco[/URL]
Carrick Road, Ardee
158.9c
9th Sep

[URL="javascript:map.setZoom(14);map.setCenter(station['1']['point']);station['1']['marker'].openInfoWindowHtml(getMiniHTML('1'));"]Maxol[/URL]
Urlingford Road, Johnstown
160.9c
8th Sep

[URL="javascript:map.setZoom(14);map.setCenter(station['2']['point']);station['2']['marker'].openInfoWindowHtml(getMiniHTML('2'));"]Pathfinder Oil[/URL]
Summerfield , Claregalway
161.9c
7th Sep

[URL="javascript:map.setZoom(14);map.setCenter(station['3']['point']);station['3']['marker'].openInfoWindowHtml(getMiniHTML('3'));"]Texaco[/URL]
Killarney/Killorglin Rd, Lahard
163.9c
9th Sep

[URL="javascript:map.setZoom(14);map.setCenter(station['4']['point']);station['4']['marker'].openInfoWindowHtml(getMiniHTML('4'));"]Texaco[/URL]
Cois na Habhainn, Abbeyknockmoy
163.9c
8th Sep

[URL="javascript:map.setZoom(14);map.setCenter(station['5']['point']);station['5']['marker'].openInfoWindowHtml(getMiniHTML('5'));"]Esso[/URL]
Ballyhooly Rd, Ballyvolane
164.9c
7th Sep

[URL="javascript:map.setZoom(14);map.setCenter(station['6']['point']);station['6']['marker'].openInfoWindowHtml(getMiniHTML('6'));"]Amber[/URL]
Paddy Browne's Road, Lisduggan
165.7c
7th Sep

[URL="javascript:map.setZoom(14);map.setCenter(station['7']['point']);station['7']['marker'].openInfoWindowHtml(getMiniHTML('7'));"]Independent[/URL]
Trim Road, Balgill, Bective
165.9c
9th Sep

[URL="javascript:map.setZoom(14);map.setCenter(station['8']['point']);station['8']['marker'].openInfoWindowHtml(getMiniHTML('8'));"]Independent[/URL]
Six Crosses, Listowel
165.9c
8th Sep

[URL="javascript:map.setZoom(14);map.setCenter(station['9']['point']);station['9']['marker'].openInfoWindowHtml(getMiniHTML('9'));"]Top[/URL]
Whites Cross, Cork
165.9c
8th Sep

[URL="javascript:map.setZoom(14);map.setCenter(station['10']['point']);station['10']['marker'].openInfoWindowHtml(getMiniHTML('10'));"]Texaco[/URL]
North Ring Road, Ballyvolane
165.9c
7th Sep

[URL="javascript:map.setZoom(14);map.setCenter(station['11']['point']);station['11']['marker'].openInfoWindowHtml(getMiniHTML('11'));"]Applegreen[/URL]
Limerick Road, Ennis
166.8c
9th Sep

[URL="javascript:map.setZoom(14);map.setCenter(station['12']['point']);station['12']['marker'].openInfoWindowHtml(getMiniHTML('12'));"]Top[/URL]
Kells Road, Castlemartin
166.9c
9th Sep

[URL="javascript:map.setZoom(14);map.setCenter(station['13']['point']);station['13']['marker'].openInfoWindowHtml(getMiniHTML('13'));"]Independent[/URL]
Kentstown Rd, Navan
166.9c
8th Sep

[URL="javascript:map.setZoom(14);map.setCenter(station['14']['point']);station['14']['marker'].openInfoWindowHtml(getMiniHTML('14'));"]Independent[/URL]
Ballylin, Ferbane
166.9c
8th Sep

[URL="javascript:map.setZoom(14);map.setCenter(station['15']['point']);station['15']['marker'].openInfoWindowHtml(getMiniHTML('15'));"]Independent[/URL]
Oakpark Road, Tralee
166.9c
8th Sep

[URL="javascript:map.setZoom(14);map.setCenter(station['16']['point']);station['16']['marker'].openInfoWindowHtml(getMiniHTML('16'));"]Topaz[/URL]
Limerick Road, Ennis
166.9c
8th Sep

[URL="javascript:map.setZoom(14);map.setCenter(station['17']['point']);station['17']['marker'].openInfoWindowHtml(getMiniHTML('17'));"]Independent(Clare Oil)[/URL]
Clare Road, Ennis
166.9c
8th Sep

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134 Richmond Rd, Drumcondra
166.9c
7th Sep

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O'Growney Street, Athboy
166.9c
7th Sep

Captain Chaos

squod wrote: »

Dafuq it's 173c. Where are you buying it, Brown Thomas?

Passed 5 different garages on the way home tonight and they are all at 172.9c.

Welcome to Dublin.

SocSocPol

Paid €1.68 a litre today, oil has actually dropped in price in the last week while the euro has risen against the dollar so it shouldnt go up again soon.

parrai

1.73 in Galway too (or there abouts, 172.9)

squod

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Passed 5 different garages on the way home tonight and they are all at 172.9c.

Welcome to Dublin.

Then keep passing those garages. Was in Dublin today and, unless I'm delusional, it's still the cheapest county to buy petrol in.

dirtyghettokid

170.9 in north dublin

squod

Maxol
134 Richmond Rd, Drumcondra 166.9c
7th Sep
Maxol
16 Crumlin Rd, Crumlin 167.9c
7th Sep
Top
Usher's Quay, Dublin 8 168.8c
9th Sep
Applegreen
Ballinteer Avenue, Ballinteer 168.8c
9th Sep
Applegreen
St Agnes Rd, Crumlin 168.8c
9th Sep
Petrogas
Palmerstown Bypass, Palmerstown 168.8c
8th Sep
Maxol
231-235 Harold's Cross Road, Harold's Cross 168.8c
8th Sep

The chance of me getting this many garages selling petrol this cheap across that tiny an area is next to impossible up here.

MaxSteele

The US and NATO should have kept their forces in the Arabian gulf after the war and just extorted the Saudi's, U.A.E and Kuwaiti's of all they're oil t' fluck. Oh and Venezuela and Nigeria too.

Sure aren't we basically raping the third world of it's resources legally already ?

We're the west. We can do what we want.

Colmustard

shedweller wrote: »

I've mentioned various fuel saving techniques here before but it was met with ridicule etc. So it would seem a lot of people don't care about it! Go figure!

Anyway,
Here's a link to how much our fuel consumption has dropped over the past few years:http://omrpublic.iea.org/demand/ir_gs_ov.pdf
http://omrpublic.iea.org/demand/ir_dl_ov.pdf
The govt income from fuel sales has dropped so they are quite happy with fuel price increases!

That is a unintended qwirk of the greens policy of reducing carbon use through car taxes. That doesn't mean we are driving less, it means we are driving more efficient cars. I use to drive an avensis which wasn't bad on the ould juice and my tax was 600 a year. My new yoke tax is only 140 a year and I think the car makes its own juice, its unbelievable.

Most people I know in the market for new cars consider low tax and fuel economy as their priority.

So I expect they will scrap the scheme soon.

dodderangler

I blame the Beurocrats and al Qaeda
Dammit they took our jobs!!!!!!!!!!!!
Durka durr

kerry4sam

I only ever use Topaz petrol and their Topaz fuel-card. The fuel-card would ordinarily have savings compared with paying directly at the pumps & this week the fuel-card is coming in at 169.15 so my local Topaz is higher than that and will be for the coming week too

I ain't changing from Topaz as it has always served me well and it's the only petrol-station I have used since I purchased my first car. Loyalty is key for me, and anyways the other pumps my way are not that far from the Topaz pricing.

Patsy fyre

The government will have to reduce their tax take on a litre, that's what happened in France.
Fat chance in Ireland though, it's likely to go up again in the budget along with car tax.

RichT

Fratton Fred wrote: »

So what are going to do about petrol?

Get yourself one of these........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HYoq6vIVXc

NakedNNettles

The days of cheap fuel are long, long gone and there is absolutely nothing that can be done about lowering the price.

Head out around the planet and you will find its a similar story everywhere so don't be thinking that this is an isolated problem here in Ireland.

Unfortunately the car manufacturing industry are well behind the curve of research and development of alternative fuels....only in the last 10 years really! The consumer is just as much to blame with its negative attitude to alternative energies. Did the public really think the car industry in its current form would last forever?

Expect the next 10-15 years to see further rising fuel costs. For anyone relying on a car, it's going to be a number of extremely lean years.

You can stick your head in the sand like many or accept the facts now and prepare accordingly for the future.

dahat

I have taken to the bike quite a bit since my car tax was up and i hadn't the money to tax it!!
We have two cars,a 99 and 03 so it is looking like my 99 is staying off the road so if i could sort out the rain i would cycle to and from work every day........

VEN

wages should be going up next month, dole is coming down. if only it worked like that.

shedweller

1.4D4D for the win!:D

3.4L/100k per tank!

naughtysmurf

well, don't langer a load of it into your nearly new diesel like the wife did today :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Super-Rush

Theres gonna be trouble when the haulage companies can't afford to run their trucks anymore.

MistyCheese

Set a lit match on it. Show it who's boss.

dahat

naughtysmurf wrote: »

well, don't langer a load of it into your nearly new diesel like the wife did today :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Well she wont be getting any more langer load from you i reckon!!

squod

shedweller wrote: »

1.4D4D for the win!:D

3.4L/100k per tank!

If that means driving a toyota I'd rather hang meself (or just drive another car).

naughtysmurf

dahat wrote: »

Well she wont be getting any more langer load from you i reckon!!

I've sent her to bed on her own, that will learn her

Pottler

Super-Rush wrote: »

Theres gonna be trouble when the haulage companies can't afford to run their trucks anymore.

They can't already. Most are operating at a loss and are just keeping the wheels turning. Storage rates/pallet in that industry are also at rock bottom and competition is cut-throat because so many warehouses are empty. There is a hard rain a coming in that industry.:( There may be trouble ahead...

the keen edge

MistyCheese wrote: »

Set a lit match on it. Show it who's boss.

Yeah petrol can go fcuk itself.

I'm off outside to sh!te into my cars fuel tank, that it show 'em*.

*Them being the petroleum industry big wigs.

dahat

naughtysmurf wrote: »

I've sent her to bed on her own, that will learn her

Hard to know who benefits there......

Wife "Thank god that man won't be all over me tonight" sleeps like a log in peace while husband spits rage down stairs

hattoncracker

pumps.ie, I always use it. Generally apple green are the cheapest but I get at least 600km out of a full tank costing €40...

if u have a smartphone, download it.

Pottler

naughtysmurf wrote: »

I've sent her to bed on her own, that will learn her

Ah, it's no biggie, drain it out, filter, bleed it and rock on. Happens a lot to us with vans, tools fill them up with petrol then ring in "its stopped, don't know why??".

shedweller

squod wrote: »

If that means driving a toyota I'd rather hang meself (or just drive another car).

Thats grand. Just remember that if you think about complaining about the high fuel prices!:)

RayCon

Petrol prices at an all time high, Oil companies making record profits ... and there's me listening to a million different "reasons" why prices are going up ... jeez, go figure.

Run_to_da_hills

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Well? €1.73 a ****in litre and apparently going up at the end of the month?

€1.73 a ****in litre and you are complaining.

Wait until Israel starts bombing Iran and then you will have something to complain about.

emo72

shedweller wrote: »

I've mentioned various fuel saving techniques here before but it was met with ridicule etc. So it would seem a lot of people don't care about it! Go figure!

Anyway,
Here's a link to how much our fuel consumption has dropped over the past few years:http://omrpublic.iea.org/demand/ir_gs_ov.pdf
http://omrpublic.iea.org/demand/ir_dl_ov.pdf
The govt income from fuel sales has dropped so they are quite happy with fuel price increases!

Yes, but is the government take decreasing because the cost is riding beyond the point that people are prepared to pay? I have a classic vehicle that I did not renew this year because is just too expansive to drive it. Also I have taken to cycling to work also. There is no money left to take from me. They can raise the tax to whatever they want. They won't take more because of that. The law of diminishing returns is starting to kick in.

longhalloween

Hardonraging wrote: »

Green diesel lad !!! drive her like you stole her on it !!!

Goway wit ya!

Kerosene and Aldi vegetable oil is the way to go!

Pottler

longhalloween wrote: »

Goway wit ya!

Kerosene and Aldi vegetable oil is the way to go!

shhhh. Shaddup. Quiet there. Hush. Icksna on the huelaah. Blabber.:D

entropi

Well biofuel wont be lasting long I'd imagine, since it's now talking up too much space normally reserved for food crops. And with grain shortages the last few years, there's a good chance it's days are limited. There'll have to be more reliance on petrol or diesel if biofuel goes the way of the dodo. Vicious circle ensues, travel as a whole becomes so much more expensive.

shedweller

emo72 wrote: »

They can raise the tax to whatever they want. They won't take more because of that. The law of diminishing returns is starting to kick in.

That is a point i have been making recently. I currently spend everything so they can raise taxes all they want, the net gain for them will be nil.
Will we do anything about it?

Of course not!!!

Fratton Fred

I'm not driving 20k to save myself €2.50, I do shop around, but most of the filling stations around Dun Laoghaire are within 2c a litre of each other.

Why are all the ultra fuel efficient cars so dull?

I blame the gubberment.

trodsky

Seriously who cares. Get a bicycle? Take the car or train?

experiMental

I cycle to work, even in winter. The days of luxury are well and truly over. However, on the upside, I never had any flu or cold for almost a year. All this exposure to outside elements have actually made me a lot stronger.

As for the petrol price solution: just don't take the car for very short journeys. Otherwise you'll burn your money on petrol pretty fast.

On an unrelated note, I still see 5km long traffic jams in South Dublin.

Inscrutable

shedweller wrote: »

I've mentioned various fuel saving techniques here before but it was met with ridicule etc. So it would seem a lot of people don't care about it! Go figure!

Anyway,
Here's a link to how much our fuel consumption has dropped over the past few years:http://omrpublic.iea.org/demand/ir_gs_ov.pdf
http://omrpublic.iea.org/demand/ir_dl_ov.pdf
The govt income from fuel sales has dropped so they are quite happy with fuel price increases!

Indeed, there's been a very impressive decline in Irish oil consumption from 193 kb/d in January 2009 to 137 kb/d now - a 30% reduction.

Y'all should consider getting an ebike. No sweat on arrival at work and makes long commutes feasible. About €1,500 for a new one. A dealer told me only 1,000 or so are sold in Ireland each year.

Gummy Panda

Fratton Fred wrote: »

I'm not driving 20k to save myself €2.50, I do shop around, but most of the filling stations around Dun Laoghaire are within 2c a litre of each other.

Why are all the ultra fuel efficient cars so dull?

I blame the gubberment.

Syphon petrol from another car.

simples

fasttalkerchat

I've started watering mine down.


*note: This is a joke, don't try this at home.

Neewbie_noob

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Well? €1.73 a ****in litre and apparently going up at the end of the month?

The way it is going, half the country will be better on the dole because getting to work will be too expensive.

So whom do we blame? Should we go and blockade our local Topaz or Esso, or should we write a strongly worded email to our local TD?

Writing a letter to a TD ?? You might as well offer a carrot to a lion.
Tax is astronomically high in Ireland, especially on alcohol, fuel and cigarettes. The only other option (although illegal) is to use Green Diesel :mad: