I've just been speaking to someone who predicts £1.90 - £2.00 litre for diesel by the end of this year... a quick Google suggests he's not alone with many commentators stating £1.80 per litre at least.

How would the likelihood of £2.00 per litre affect you and yours?

Interestingly there appears to be more of the mid-lower priced rural properties hitting the market as the cost of commuting is becoming untenable for some, so one spin-off could be the increase in price of smaller urban properties as demand increases.

The National Trust village my Old Dear lives in is seeing a greater incidence of non-locals renting the houses as second homes; what local businesses there are will struggle to find employees because they can't afford to live locally and the employees cannot afford to commute from the urban areas. Meaningful public transport is either non-existent or ludicrously expensive.

Interesting times, as they say.

 

If the car remains the cheapest/quickest way to get to work, then that's what people will use. I use a train for that reason.

Not much evidence of reduced car use in the south east. Sat at a level crossing for about 10 mins the other day, I am pretty confident I was the only person who bothered to switch off the engine.

My neighbours continue to use cars to cover the 0.7 miles/10 minute walk to the railway station.

I often notice that they make several outings of less than 15 minutes at the weekend (I'm a nosy neighbour) which are presumably all short journeys that could just as easily be undertaken on foot or by bicycle. Whether the increasing fuel costs make any impact remains to be seen.

Then again, given the number of top spec Range Rover Evoques that are appearing locally, the cost of fuel when compared to depreciation on a £35-40k car must seem insignificant.

 

Fuel prices are a joke at the moment...let alone what they will be later on in the year.

I know there always seems to be a petition going round, but current ones fail to be advertised properly. I've recently started one, which is yet to be approved. I will make it my mission to ensure that as many people as possible sign up to it.

I don't expect much will be done, but I reckon if I promote it properly (which I will), signatures in excess of 200,000 are possible...I will even go and hand the damned thing to Dave myself and make my point.

Unfortunately the Govt are too short sighted to realise that Fuel Duty is crippling the rest of the economy, preventing money being spent in other areas. This leads to businesses shutting down, and a reduction in GDP, and increase in inflation. With people out of work as a result, more are on income support, increasing the burden on the Govt...it's a vicious circle

 

Don't start me on prices it fooking rediculus up here £1.49.9 for 95oct unleaded and £1.51.9 for diesel

 

couldn't agree more and I'm not really hurt by fuel prices (don't do the miles anymore)

get the link to your petition up here and I'll sign

 

Will do as soon as the State deem my petition not to be a threat to a butterfly in Mongolia

 

Will we see less crowded roads to have a blast?

 

The most evident effect of the fuel prices up North is that people are most definitely driving slower; I notice this as I seem to be the one now going the fastest.

 

happening in the south as well

it is also 'empowering' all the road captains

so obstructiveness is on the increase

 

Perversely up here it means the rate of progress on the roads in actually quicker - at least in rush periods. The major bottle-neck on my route is running much smoother as even the TDi crowd are much less erratic.