Diesel prices

No but Diesel should match the rest of Europe and be considerably cheaper than Petrol.  It always was, and that is how it should be. 90% of road transport and commercially used vehicles are Diesel driven. That is the way to keep transport costs down.

TF

What we need is some form of control to ensure the benefits of lower fuel prices are passed to the consumer. If we use car fuel prices as a comparison we have seen about a third reduction in cost. Therefore we should see a significant drop in delivery costs in our pockets not the retailers.

Diesel prices in the uk have been traditionally higher than the rest of Europe because in Europe the tax on diesel has tradionally been much lower than petrol.  This has not been the case in the uk.  The excuse being concern for the added pollution due to diesel, may be that was correct all the time?

If you remember when fuel was £1.50 a litre you couldn't switch on the Tv Without seeing Quentin Wilson, remember him?   Going on for the need to stabilise fuel prices by reducing duty.  I am surprised that he isnt campaigning for a duty increase in order to stabilise the price in the light of falling oil prices.

Cheapest Diesel in our area yesterday 99.9 ltr that was Jet . Always dearer here.

Cheapest Diesel in our area yesterday 99.9 ltr that was Jet . Always dearer here. 

My local garage P..103.9.    D.....102.9.  a bit dearer than the 97.9 

At our locol Shell garage its 101.9p for both diesel and petrol.

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