Petrol prices and the OFT

[Rheghead]

It seems that we are paying a fair price for our petrol prices afterall. OFT found no wrongdoing with prices. What next? A boycott? Cycling? Electric cars?

Or are we going to just grumble and keep paying extra?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2013/jan/30/oft-rules-out-petrol-prices-inquiry

[M Swanson]

Guess we'll continue to grumble, Rheg. It's what we Brits do best. :D

[Rheghead]

Guess we'll continue to grumble, Rheg. It's what we Brits do best. :D

Yes I guess. But then we'll enslave ourselves to rising costs of foreign fuels. Hardly a recipe for proud UK independence when we can generate our own fuel right here and be much more self sufficient.

[Whitewater]

Yes I guess. But then we'll enslave ourselves to rising costs of foreign fuels. Hardly a recipe for proud UK independence when we can generate our own fuel right here and be much more self sufficient.

Are you advocating for an independent Scotland?

[Flynn]

To be fair, fuel prices do not reflect the true cost to society of the internal combustion engine. Motoring is heavily subsidised. It actually costs every one of us, young, old, driver, non-driver £600 a year in pollution, noise, and accidents each year. Driving should be much more expensive. We get off easy.

http://m.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/25/car-pollution-noise-accidents-eu

[Rheghead]

Are you advocating for an independent Scotland?

Not this time, not in this thread.

[Retread]

To be fair, fuel prices do not reflect the true cost to society of the internal combustion engine. Motoring is heavily subsidised. It actually costs every one of us, young, old, driver, non-driver £600 a year in pollution, noise, and accidents each year. Driving should be much more expensive. We get off easy.

http://m.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/25/car-pollution-noise-accidents-eu

The Guardian. Wrong about everything, all the time.

[changilass]

OFT found no wrongdoing by fuel suppliers, they did, however, blame all the tax piled on top for the high costs we pay at the pump.

[Flynn]

The Guardian. Wrong about everything, all the time.

The Guardian just reported the story. Here's the actual research: http://www.greens-efa.eu/the-true-costs-of-automobility-8787.html

(http://www.greens-efa.eu/the-true-costs-of-automobility-8787.html)and here's the pdf of the study: http://www.greens-efa.eu/fileadmin/dam/Documents/Studies/Costs_of_cars/The_true_costs_of_cars_EN.pdf

[Rheghead]

OFT found no wrongdoing by fuel suppliers, they did, however, blame all the tax piled on top for the high costs we pay at the pump.

I think it was internal mark-ups along the supply chain that got the blame. Obviously the OFT couldn't see the wood for trees.