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Old 12-13-07, 10:05 PM   #16
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Right now I haven't seen diesel for anything less than £1.06 per litre.

International and domestic transportation costs are just going up and up which means the cost of goods to the consumer will go up which means upward pressure on inflation.
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Old 12-14-07, 11:47 AM   #17
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Right now I haven't seen diesel for anything less than £1.06 per litre.

International and domestic transportation costs are just going up and up which means the cost of goods to the consumer will go up which means upward pressure on inflation.
And so what do I read online in the Sydney Morning Herald today:

"High oil prices drove US consumer inflation to the fastest pace in more than two years last month, data showed Friday, raising concerns the Federal Reserve will hold back from further interest rate relief.

US consumer prices surged 0.8 percent in November while the closely watched core inflation index rose 0.3 percent, the Labor Department reported."

We have had it good on inflation for so long. I can only hope that this isn't the end of controlled low inflation. Still it could be a lot worse like Zimbabwe thanks to that scumbag Mugabe.

Full article here.
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Old 12-14-07, 04:32 PM   #18
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Oil heads for $100 as demand estimates climb

Two weeks after Opec freezes production, global energy watchdog says demand will rise by more than 2 million barrels next year


http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/natural_resources/article3050883.ece
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Old 12-15-07, 10:53 AM   #19
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As I predicted a wash out. People in this country are sheep and they fear the government or bone idol or even a bit of both.

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Old 12-15-07, 11:47 AM   #20
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I don't quite understand this protest. Brits are mad at ever increasing petrol price. so they are going to clog major road routs by blocking all lanes of travel and drive slowly? How does this hurt oil companies or the government. Protesters decide to drive with an emphasis on large gas guzzling trucks to the oil companies will see increased sales from it. Second it's a Saturday so the majority of government is not in operation. All i can see the protest doing is making a headache for the average citizen and commercial truck drivers. I just don't get it.

In the US people have tried sending out mass emails asking people not to purchase petrol on certain days. However there is very little fallow thru. Even if one could get a large percentage of people it really hut companies because people will make it up the next day.

Now the way to really effect gas prices is to stage a 4 day protest and refuse to buy gas. In the US (I assume the UK is similar) there is only a 3 day supply a gas after that there is none left. That means if the majority of the country does not by gas than after 3 day all storage tanks, station are filled to the max. and Oil companies will be forced to shut down refineries, production rigs and stop shipping. This will cost oil companies 100s of millions of dollars. If it was done in the US it would send shock wave every where even hurting OPEC. If it could be organized and is successful then the very threat of it happening again could lower gas prices in the feature.
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Old 12-15-07, 01:10 PM   #21
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Pictures?

Anyone have pictures yet?
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Old 12-15-07, 01:19 PM   #22
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Saturday this saturday coming the road haulage and transportation people are planning a mssive choke up off main roads using lorries and cars and also the blockading of petrol fore courts and refineries.

The idea is to create rolling road blocks on some of the major roads in the UK they will be travelling very slow in lorries in order to choke up and cause chaos, alot of my workers will be joining them in protest.

with prices of diesel now over £1 a litre its begining to become ludacris.
So you hope to generate sympathy for your cause amongst the people by making it more difficult for them to get around? Maybe you guys ought to go for their full devotion by toshing them on the head with bricks...
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Well it worked before in 2000, and I'm sympathetic, until you guys have petrol as expensive as ours then you will understand.
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Well it worked before in 2000, and I'm sympathetic, until you guys have petrol as expensive as ours then you will understand.
It's on it's way fast enough, but the question still stands. Of all the methods for making a point why pick a protest tactic that obstructs those whose support one will need to achieve ones goals?
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Old 12-15-07, 01:44 PM   #25
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Well it worked before in 2000, and I'm sympathetic, until you guys have petrol as expensive as ours then you will understand.
Your diesel costs about $8 U S a gallon?

Is that about right?

If it is, I feel for you guys.
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