It's all down to the super high PERCENTAGE tax the gov' have on fuel .... a small increase in the price of the fuel itself is complertely swamped by the huge % increase in tax on that small amount.
As for the comments about food prices ..... why do you think they are going up so much? Something to do with the cost of fuel used to plant / harvest (in the UK), transport the raw materials, engergy costs in making the goods (even fresh stuff has a shed load of engergy applied to it in storage and treatment (huge cold stores / washing plants consume huge amounts!!!!!) and then transport of the finished food products.
The lions share of the cost of that lot is in tax, which is taxed ... then taxed again!!!!
As for running modern diesels on "bio fuel" or worse normal veg oil BE VERY, VERY, VERY CAREFUL.
The company I work for only supports the use of 5% biofuel ...... like most (as in 99%) of the other manufacures.
Just because the engine will burn it doesn't mean it has the right properties to look after the fuel pumps etc. Most people don't realise that the fuel is also the lube in most fuel pumps ...... even those that do don't realise the huge demands on the fuel pumps and the importance in the lubrication properties of the fuel.
If you don't clog your fuel lines, generate cold starting problems or cause nasty deposites in the injectors you will be hurting the pumps and shortening their life ...... anybody got any ideas how much a modern common rail diesel pump costs????
Be careful ........ and point your rage at the right people ...... so shout towards Westminster!
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