http://www.fuelfool.co.uk Have your say on the escalating fuel costs in the UK Mon, 09 Aug 2010 08:59:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So, because of situations outside of our control, namely greedy tanker delivery drivers who already are on an average salary of £33k, we are now hearing reports of petrol stations trying to take advantage of the situation and bump their prices up to make more money out of an already ... http://www.fuelfool.co.uk/?p=35 So were in for a weekend of more protests from the workers who are a key part of ensuring delivery of fuel to petrol stations. OK, so they think they need a pay rise (dont we all in the current climate were in??). The Government have admitted that this strike can actually ... http://www.fuelfool.co.uk/?p=34 As we all know, today is day 2 of the Grangemouth Refinery walkout over pensions and already we have seen disruption throughout the country with people panic buying, limits imposed on the amount of fuel you can buy, some profiteering going on with Petrol Stations putting up their prices and ... http://www.fuelfool.co.uk/?p=33 Further to the suggestions from some of Fuel Fools readers we are urging you to begin to hit the petrol stations back in the pocket. The fact is, Petrol Stations need your custom to survive. They rely on people like you and me to buy sweets, drinks, food, papers, National Lottery ... http://www.fuelfool.co.uk/?p=32 Grangemouth Refinery has officially started its 48 hour walkout this morning with 1200 workers now officially on strike over final pension pay issues. The strike is set to cost £50 million a DAY, which is considerably more than it would cost to settle the whole dispute. Whilst we agree in principle ... http://www.fuelfool.co.uk/?p=31 We all need fuel for our vehicles to go about our daily life and filling up in petrol stations is one of those evils we have to put up with. Tonight after a conversation with a friend I thought id put this suggestion out to all of Fuel Fools visitors ... http://www.fuelfool.co.uk/?p=30 The planned Fuel Strike has brought out the shameless petrol stations who have decided to charge people what they want. One Petrol Station in Kirkaldy has been charging £1.30 a litre for fuel another was limiting fuel supplies and due to a "computer error" began charging customers £1.45 a litre. Rix ... http://www.fuelfool.co.uk/?p=29 Unions at a major oil refinery were due to meet with management for talks on a planned strike that drove oil prices to a new record on Monday as a farmers' union said fuel suppliers had imposed rationing.The 200,000 barrels per day Grangemouth refinery in Scotland was cutting production on ... http://www.fuelfool.co.uk/?p=28 When I first started this blog in february I anticipated that a fairly good portion of the UK motorists would back it and leave their comments on the rising fuel costs so the Government can read them (The Governement are aware of this blog). Unfortunately this isnt so, The site is ... http://www.fuelfool.co.uk/?p=26 Today its been revealed that the new second most expensive thing you have to pay for apart from your mortgage is your car, escalating fuel and running costs being one of the major factors influencing this. The Prime Minister says he is aware of the escalating fule costs and is working ... http://www.fuelfool.co.uk/?p=25