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tonyrome   
Thu Feb 03 2011, 10:20am
Joined: Nov 22 2009
Member No: #15
 I see this is in the news again, as the UK currently has record-high prices. The cost of diesel in the UK is now higher than in Germany, although petrol is about the same, I think. I've just read that Shell has been making £1.6 million per hour for the last three months. That's £1.6 million per hour profit! Nice work, if you can get it...
C6Dave   
Thu Feb 03 2011, 10:41am

Joined: Oct 01 2009
Member No: #1
Location: Northumberland
 But with fuel duty, vat etc. making up more than 60% of the cost of a litre, the UK Government is even happier...........
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Extant   
Thu Feb 03 2011, 12:06pm
Joined: Dec 13 2010
Member No: #317
Location: Monmouth
 £90 to fill the tank the other day.
mark28   
Thu Feb 03 2011, 01:27pm
Joined: Apr 28 2010
Member No: #102
Location: Hampshire
 The profits made by Shell et al are massive, but it is not from the petrol pump. These are international companies and invest massive amount of money in development and finding ever decreasing supplies of oil. 60% of the price goes to Govt.

The US use the same oil and their petrol is a tiny price compared to ours. Mind you they have a shameful minimum wage, no health service (yet) and terrible employment rights. I could go on....... At risk of making a political point I will now shut up .
datmbn   
Fri Feb 04 2011, 07:16am
Joined: Jul 29 2010
Member No: #193
Location: MOTALA
 "£90 to fill the tank the other day"

Time to begin making your own biodiesel then ?

I have been working on an easy process all winter and i think i have came close, it is not hard at all, and the cost 0.3 euro/l
and best of all it is environment friendly.

maybe if their is any interest i can describe the process in an other thread.

regards Mats
tonyrome   
Fri Feb 04 2011, 11:18am
Joined: Nov 22 2009
Member No: #15
datmbn wrote ...
I have been working on an easy process all winter and i think i have came close, it is not hard at all, and the cost 0.3 euro/l...maybe if their is any interest i can describe the process in an other thread.

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It may be quite easy to make but you need to ensure it's high quality or you'll end up with loads of problems. Even then, you'll still have to carry spare fuel filters and remove the tank filter, to overcome initial clogging problems. Citroen officially say you shouldn't use it - even the commerically available Bio Diesel - in the C6 HDi.
datmbn   
Fri Feb 04 2011, 12:06pm
Joined: Jul 29 2010
Member No: #193
Location: MOTALA
 If you wash it properly with water and allow it to settle for a minimum of 2 weeks and then some filtering 5/1000 mm
you should not have any problem.

biodiesel will desolve some old dirt and therefor clog the filter, this is an minor problem if the car is new, just run one ore tow tanks and then change filter and you should have no problems .

regards Mats
tonyrome   
Wed Feb 09 2011, 11:18am
Joined: Nov 22 2009
Member No: #15
 Just read that one of the Wikileaks cables shows the US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia reported that one of the Saudi government's oil executives had revealed that reserves of crude in the Kingdom may have been overstated by as much as 40%!

If that's accurate, the Saudis won't be able to keep a lid on the prices even if they wanted to and, as demand increases, the price will go through the roof over the next few years. I wonder what proportion of people would be forced off the road in the UK, when the price hits, say, £5/litre or £10/litre?
Trainman   
Wed Feb 09 2011, 12:08pm

Joined: Apr 12 2010
Member No: #86
Location: Penwortham
tonyrome wrote ...
I wonder what proportion of people would be forced off the road in the UK, when the price hits, say, £5/litre or £10/litre?


You can bet your bottom dollar it won't be the MP's.................
 

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