AcousticallyChallenged Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Manx Radio ran this the other day, https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/manx-petrol-cheapest-in-british-isles/ and it is something I've noticed since about last September when the UK was having the 'fuel shortage'. Suddenly, UK fuel prices overtook us and stayed ahead of us. Why is our fuel consistently so much cheaper lately? It always used to be notably dearer. Is E10 costing that much more there, or is it simple profiteering from the UK side? Even the supermarket fuel pumps are dearer than we pay at the moment. Or are our local suppliers just really good at hedging ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 5 minutes ago, AcousticallyChallenged said: Manx Radio ran this the other day, https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/manx-petrol-cheapest-in-british-isles/ and it is something I've noticed since about last September when the UK was having the 'fuel shortage'. Suddenly, UK fuel prices overtook us and stayed ahead of us. Why is our fuel consistently so much cheaper lately? It always used to be notably dearer. Is E10 costing that much more there, or is it simple profiteering from the UK side? Even the supermarket fuel pumps are dearer than we pay at the moment. Or are our local suppliers just really good at hedging ? Wait for the next boat to arrive, I guess they cleverly bought forward. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omobono Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 22 minutes ago, GD4ELI said: Wait for the next boat to arrive, I guess they cleverly bought forward. yes we haven't had a delivery for a while , but I guess when we do ,expect a double figure increase in petrol ,diesel ,and heating oil , then a fuel cost supplement on boat fares and airline flights , the Isle of Man is facing some very serious challenges , add that to the recent restrictions imposed on certain businesses who could formerly use Red diesel , all adding to a massive increase in the cost of living , and business and in the midst of all of this we have allocated £42 million to grant fund Tesla charging point to high net worths , and a few other nice to haves that will no doubt save the planet , while Boris , given his due is looking to open coal mines to operate steel plants now imports of coking coal from Russia are banned , opening up oilfields in the north sea and getting back to bringing fracking pack into the equation again before the lights go out , 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcousticallyChallenged Posted March 13, 2022 Author Share Posted March 13, 2022 5 minutes ago, Omobono said: yes we haven't had a delivery for a while , but I guess when we do ,expect a double figure increase in petrol ,diesel ,and heating oil , then a fuel cost supplement on boat fares and airline flights , the Isle of Man is facing some very serious challenges , add that to the recent restrictions imposed on certain businesses who could formerly use Red diesel , all adding to a massive increase in the cost of living , and business and in the midst of all of this we have allocated £42 million to grant fund Tesla charging point to high net worths , and a few other nice to haves that will no doubt save the planet , while Boris , given his due is looking to open coal mines to operate steel plants now imports of coking coal from Russia are banned , opening up oilfields in the north sea and getting back to bringing fracking pack into the equation again before the lights go out , How often do we get deliveries? It has been a good 6 months that you've been paying more for fuel off the boat in Heysham, even at ASDA, than you have at the local petrol stations. It all went backwards when fuel prices went silly in the UK last September, and it has been the 'wrong way' round since. Until then, the UK was always cheaper as long as I recall it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 3 minutes ago, AcousticallyChallenged said: How often do we get deliveries? It has been a good 6 months that you've been paying more for fuel off the boat in Heysham, even at ASDA, than you have at the local petrol stations. It all went backwards when fuel prices went silly in the UK last September, and it has been the 'wrong way' round since. Until then, the UK was always cheaper as long as I recall it. Any chance you can shut up before you give our clowns ideas... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevster Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Rising petrol prices don't bother me - I only ever put £20 in 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbnuts Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 6 minutes ago, kevster said: Rising petrol prices don't bother me - I only ever put £20 in Three times a day though .....🤣😉 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Any current price differential will be transient - as others have posted above, wait for the next consignment to arrive and see what the cost is then. Let's see if MR (or whoever has supplied their story to them, Cabinet Office?) is still trumpeting differences in our favour then. IoM fuel prices are regularly more expensive than UK in more regular circumstances, "the cost of living on an Island" is the usual quote. I see Boris is reportedly off to Saudi now to try and curry favour to convince the Saudis to up production to cover the UK's shortfall from Russia; although his mission is apparently being diplomatically hampered by the fact that the Saudis just executed 80+ miscreants in one day for various reasons... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 3 hours ago, AcousticallyChallenged said: Manx Radio ran this the other day, https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/manx-petrol-cheapest-in-british-isles/ and it is something I've noticed since about last September when the UK was having the 'fuel shortage'. Suddenly, UK fuel prices overtook us and stayed ahead of us. Why is our fuel consistently so much cheaper lately? It always used to be notably dearer. Is E10 costing that much more there, or is it simple profiteering from the UK side? Even the supermarket fuel pumps are dearer than we pay at the moment. Or are our local suppliers just really good at hedging ? didn't think we had E10 here , we don't have the infrastructure for it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cissolt Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 54 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: Any current price differential will be transient - as others have posted above, wait for the next consignment to arrive and see what the cost is then. Let's see if MR (or whoever has supplied their story to them, Cabinet Office?) is still trumpeting differences in our favour then. IoM fuel prices are regularly more expensive than UK in more regular circumstances, "the cost of living on an Island" is the usual quote. I see Boris is reportedly off to Saudi now to try and curry favour to convince the Saudis to up production to cover the UK's shortfall from Russia; although his mission is apparently being diplomatically hampered by the fact that the Saudis just executed 80+ miscreants in one day for various reasons... It seemed a conveniently selective press release from govt. Do we have the highest gas and oil prices in Europe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 It'll be £1.70 a litre in time for TT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 And as the price goes up it also gathers a windfall in VAT for Treasury... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambon Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 3 hours ago, WTF said: didn't think we had E10 here , we don't have the infrastructure for it. We don't. Can't transport or store it. The alcohol part actually costs more than the petrol part. Hence the difference ever since E10 was introduced. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 This is getting very strange indeed! Like the gas issue, there doesn't appear to be a shortage of either, the price is being forced upwards due to market speculation rather than anything else. There is no increase in the costs of the actual supply, the servicing of we, the customer, the costs of infrastructure etc. Yet there is obscene profiteering by the likes of Manx Gas, and fuel wholesalers, the government, in increased taxation due to higher pricing. This is how we are being forced to pay for Covid and all of the waste connected with it! 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 28 minutes ago, Max Power said: This is getting very strange indeed! Like the gas issue, there doesn't appear to be a shortage of either, the price is being forced upwards due to market speculation rather than anything else. There is no increase in the costs of the actual supply, the servicing of we, the customer, the costs of infrastructure etc. Yet there is obscene profiteering by the likes of Manx Gas, and fuel wholesalers, the government, in increased taxation due to higher pricing. This is how we are being forced to pay for Covid and all of the waste connected with it! Don't worry, OFT will be all over this. 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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