While doin a spot of surfing the web I found this website
seems even the american truckers are getting fed up with rising fuel sosts and low rates
While doin a spot of surfing the web I found this website
seems even the american truckers are getting fed up with rising fuel sosts and low rates
i suspect their fuel is a lot cheaper than ere .so they should try the uk price?
will be the same result as over here.
Found this
gasbuddy.com/
Looked at Texas(nice big oil state)
cheapest i found $2.75 now im guesing thats for a gallon!
so last i remeber it was basicly $2 to the £1 ,
so wots thats £1.40 a GALLON!
now i might have my sums wrong so double check !
It’s all right for us to laugh, but do bear in mind that those guys do put in a helluva lot more mileage per consignment than most of us do.
They’re working on US gallons Fallmonk, which equate to 0.83 UK gallons or 3.785 litres for the younger guys.
If my maths is correct that’s about £1.70 per British gallon; bit over a third what we pay. I don’t think I’m far out because I was in Canada in September, over there petrol was same per dollar (about 0.95) as it was in pounds over here, and Canadian dollar was 2 to a pound.
OK it’s still cheap to us but don’t forget we’re getting screwed big time for tax; are you aware that we even pay VAT on the Fuel Duty, ie we’re taxed on a tax?
An article in today’s Daily Telegraph suggests that a lot of the high price is due to speculative buying. I seriously pray that those who make their fortunes in this way end up losing them just as quickly; that would be fair justice.