Petrol breaks £1-a-litre barrier

August 05, 2005

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ANOTHER surge in oil prices has sent the cost of a litre of unleaded petrol over the £1 mark in some areas, the AA Motoring Trust revealed today.

And the trust warned hard-pressed motorists that there was little likelihood of prices coming down soon.

"The average litre price is just under 90p but service stations in remote areas are now charging £1 or more," said the trust's petrol price analyst Ruth Bridger.

Crude oil

She went on: "The price of crude oil has risen from around 58-59 dollars a barrel to 60 dollars and this has meant petrol pump prices have been edging up a daily basis.

"Only two weeks ago the average price was about 1p less than what it is now. We can't see prices coming down in the short-term.

"People were pleased to learn that their mortgage payments would be coming down yesterday but now they are paying more for their petrol, with the price at its peak just as many people are driving away on their summer holidays."

Ms Bridger said the average price for a litre of unleaded was now 89.86p with diesel costing around 94p.

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DM, Manchester (05/08/2005 at 16:40)

In Salford Quays there is a Shell garage that sells its unleaded at 87.7p In Trafford Park there is a BP garage thats sells its unleaded at 90.1p they are of equal distance from where I work, so no prizes for guessing where I fuel up. Other drivers should do the same boycott those greedy garages with bit of consumer power we will bring the price down.

Ace Riley, manchester (05/08/2005 at 16:59)

RIP OFF BRITAIN but i can hear ans see people getting very fed up with the cost of everything in britain we are heading towards civil unrest,People cannot keep taking this pressure that the government is putting on people ..The day is nearly here when people will take action rather than words....

Frank Hunt, cheetham (05/08/2005 at 19:52)

Another absolute disgrace, having just returned from a driving holiday in the U.S.A. i am more than aware of the price they pay for petrol. around THREE dollars a Gallon, about Two Pounds english. the entire government should abdicate from office en mass. add the amount of tax on petrol plus the forever escalating road taxes to the proposed road user tax and the term RIP OFF BRITAIN takes on new meaning for ever.

Duncan Robinson, Upper hutt New Zealand (06/08/2005 at 08:23)

IN Upper Hutt we pay $1.39 a litre and we have very little oil some one is ripping the English off by
the way in Australia the cost is less than $1 a litre.

steve, north bolton (06/08/2005 at 09:00)

the motorist getting hit again when oil companies are announcing massive profits, owning a car makes you an easy target as there is not a viable alternative to the car for millions of people, road charges will be next

Addy, Fremont, Bay Area, California (07/08/2005 at 00:03)

You have my utmost sympathy! Here in the San Francisco Bay Area we are suffering with prices that have now exceeded $2.50 (About one pound fifty?) a GALLON! Admittedly, the US gallon is a little smaller than the UK equivalent, but I can't imagine having to pay as much as you do! Prices for us were only $1.50 a seemingly short time ago, so we are not escaping the inevitable price creep.

Driver, Swinton (07/08/2005 at 01:09)

If we were as sharp as the US, we would not put up with the extortionate amount of tax levied on petrol, and we probably would only pay around 60p a litre. However, the US is vastly undertaxed. If the US paid a more realistic price for its petrol. it would not have so many SUVs as it does, therefore it would not use up so much of the planets precious resources.

Rebecca Lush, Totnes (08/08/2005 at 20:46)

Although due to global factors, the price of petrol is rising to almost B#1 a litre, the fact remains that the price of motoring, in real terms, is still below 1980 levels. In the same period, the price of public transport has rocketed. This makes a mockery of government pledges to reduce traffic growth, and tackle climate change. Transport now accounts for almost a quarter of all our CO2 emissions and is the only source to be rising. The price of fuel should be increasing to reflect the devastating effect it has on the world's climate, whilst the money raised must create better and cheaper public transport.

Richard G Stow, Scunthorpe (08/08/2005 at 22:01)

Its now time and long over due for the government to lower their excessive tax on fuel.
They are getting increased tax from the oil companies as the price rises so we are being screwed both ways.
Remember the look of horror and fear on Blairs face when the fuel protest stopped the country, well its just around the corner once again. The British people have had enough.

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