Fear and panic? Gouge gouge gouge!
Apr. 24th, 2008 02:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
andygatesOne Kirkcaldy petrol station - Rix Garage - made the news last night for raising fuel prices to an arse-clenching £1.45 a litre. This on the back of the nervousness about the upcoming Grangemouth refinery strike -- but really, as there are ample stocks and this is pure naked gouging. I do hope someone has put a brick through their windows.
Will this focus attention on fuel prices? For sure - nobody's paying attention to the actual strike, everyone's watching the pumps. I'd like to think that the shock might nudge people towards leaner vehicles and alt.fuels, but who am I kidding? The polar melt will make all that delicious Arctic oil available soon.
Will this focus attention on fuel prices? For sure - nobody's paying attention to the actual strike, everyone's watching the pumps. I'd like to think that the shock might nudge people towards leaner vehicles and alt.fuels, but who am I kidding? The polar melt will make all that delicious Arctic oil available soon.
