AcousticallyChallenged Posted March 13, 2022 Author Share Posted March 13, 2022 4 hours ago, WTF said: didn't think we had E10 here , we don't have the infrastructure for it. We don't, but, since it was introduced across, their fuel has been notably more expensive. I wondered if the ethanol played into the cost difference. Or whether it is just artificially held high in the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Johnson Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Non-Believer said: And as the price goes up it also gathers a windfall in VAT for Treasury... It does not make any real difference to our VAT take. It is calculated by a dodgy GDP figure now which works massively in our favour, for a reason, I may add, keeps the IOM a place to hide money solvent. Our entire economy is financed by this overpayment. When Labour get in again we will be fuc8ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Johnson Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 5 minutes ago, AcousticallyChallenged said: We don't, but, since it was introduced across, their fuel has been notably more expensive. I wondered if the ethanol played into the cost difference. Or whether it is just artificially held high in the UK. I would guess we are using up the no ethanol fuel in the system, UKs, at a good price. Once thsat is used up we will resume normal pricing differences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 45 minutes ago, Boris Johnson said: When Labour get in again we will be fuc8ed I don't think we need to worry about that for a long, long time! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 8 hours 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! Absolutely but it's not just Covid, it's spread across all Govt excess and bloat and Govt will be in no hurry to relinquish the extra tax take, indeed it's been stated in previous UK Budgets that "windfalls" have been due to fuel tax receipts on the back of higher prices. And you can guarantee that once the consumer has been "conditioned" into paying the higher prices there'll be no requirement for them to come down to their previous levels, although they may fall slightly. It's a speculators and profiteers dream, every time, a "captive market". 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 7 hours ago, Boris Johnson said: I would guess we are using up the no ethanol fuel in the system, UKs, at a good price. Once thsat is used up we will resume normal pricing differences. It's intended to keep no-ethanol fuel as an alternative for older and ethanol non-compliant vehicles but it will be available at a premium price, rather like super-unleaded is now, vs standard unleaded. However it may take some time for ethanol fuel to be adopted on IoM due to transport and storage infrastructure requirements. Meaning we will be left with the more expensive option only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Its all a conspiracy by British Sugar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cissolt Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 interesting to note from the inflation figures that petrol and oils have increase 0.3% since January. Whilst housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels have decreased the exact same amount: Jan 153.8 Feb 153.5 Creative economists? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 (edited) Oops Edited March 15, 2022 by Max Power Wrong thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 On 3/14/2022 at 1:12 PM, cissolt said: Creative economists? = Cabinet Office Statistics Brigade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60737256 Will this fall in price hit the pump price as quickly as the price rise did? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxman2000 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 On 3/15/2022 at 4:01 PM, Happier diner said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60737256 Will this fall in price hit the pump price as quickly as the price rise did? You have to be joking, that has never happened in the history of the motor vehicle. And it never will, however the least hint that a barrel of crude will go up by 1 US dollar garage owners will get up at two in the morning to make sure the Ltr price is increased by 10p. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed fournier Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 On 3/13/2022 at 1:19 PM, GD4ELI said: Wait for the next boat to arrive, I guess they cleverly bought forward. Seems to have shot up this evening in Douglas. Diesel at £1.63. Still £1.53 at the Milestone. Get it quick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Login Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Seems the "cheap" IoM petrol compared to the UK may be about to end as EVF garages appeared to be charging £161.9 for normal unleaded last night. The other supplier was still at £149.9 but I don't expect that will last long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoymouse Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 173.9 for diesel today, holy moly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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