This message has been edited - 14-jan-2009 @ 19:58

Originally posted by tipptop:
Filled the car last week at 91.9c a litre.

Originally posted by Det. Spunk Murphy Limerick C.I.D.:
Turf, why do you reckon it will go down in price? At the moment it is after going up a little in price again. My local oil man told me last week it was going up in price again and wanted to know if i wanted a fill. By coinsidence to your post i was passin my regular petrol station in Limerick city this morning. They are normally fairly competitive   (texaco in Roxboro  )   and petrol was gone up from 94.9 to 98.9. So it does seem to have gone up.

This message has been edited - 14-jan-2009 @ 16:17

Originally posted by Adam Smith:
I can never understand all these people arguing that the price of a barrel of oil has fallen by $x yet I am paying paying €x for petrol. For some reason they think they are being ripped off.

For one, the price of oil did not stay high long enough for the full effect of the $147/barrel price to feed through to the system. Here is a graph of the average price of petrol in Ireland



And one of oil prices



Both have an upwward trend over the last few years but the price of petrol does not have the "bubble" we saw in oil this summer. So because it didn`t go up by as much it can`t go down by as much. Also there was 8c added in excise duties in October.

Also if the market was able to sustain sales a price of 135c per litre a couple of months ago surely the price should have stayed there. What could have caused the price to fall to 95c?

Originally posted by Bog_Bhoy:
Was wondering why the price of petrol has sky rocketed again.

I think the following explains it simply. I did not realise that the government took so much!!

http://www.pumps.ie/pricesExplained.php

This message has been edited - 22-aug-2012 @ 16:23

Originally posted by theface2010:
It's not as if we have a brilliant public transport network as an alternative.

This message has been edited - 22-aug-2012 @ 16:48

Originally posted by spade caller:
Public servants famously non-drivers of course.
Grow up

Originally posted by batter burger:
For some reason I still try to put an even amount of petrol into the car(moneywise) but lately its getting harder and harder not to go over by a few pence. I usually pay on credit card anyway.

Originally posted by JHume:
Any Government minister that says otherwise is lying. Or have I missed something?

Originally posted by JHume:
Government ministers always say that they don't earn any more in tax regardless of how high it goes. That excise is set at a specific tariff and thats that. I don't believe that. What about the VAT?At the start of this year, petrol was €1.50 per litre. 23% VAT on that would earn the state 34c per litreIt's now €1.70 per litre. Thats about 39c VAT. So, while the states excise take on fuel remains constant, it's VAT take increases. Any Government minister that says otherwise is lying. Or have I missed something?