Gas/petrol prices Thought for the day (mainly UK though applies universally)
Mon 12:18 pm +01:00, 13 Jun 2022# The price of petrol is now (up to) £2 per litre (8 June 2022)
# The government blames the war in Ukraine for pushing the price of oil to £96 per barrel
# In June 2008 the price of a barrel of oil hit £109
# But petrol was £1.19 per litre???
# When you fill your car it now costs on average £100 per tank of which
£35.84 was for production and wholesale costs
£9.71 for bio-fuel content allowance
£3.92 retailer profit
£1.12 delivery cost
£16.67 VAT
£32.74 duel duty
both payable to the UK Government