Fuel Prices near me

[kambites]

Jimbeaux said:

What is the average commute distance there? Maybe short trips make fule prices less an issue, as was stated earlier.

Mean average is about 6 miles each way, I think. Median rather less, I suppose.

To put the overall figure into perspective, last year 34bn litres of road fuel was purchased in the UK and we have a population of 70m so that's 500 litres per person at a cost of about £700. Obviously not all of that is private usage, a fair chunk will be haulage and so will be paid for in terms of higher goods prices rather than directly in fuel costs. I suspect the average spent by private individuals directly on road fuel is under £500 a year (about $800).

ETA: About 75% of the population hold a driving licence, so say £650 per year per actual driver.

Edited by kambites on Wednesday 29th October 19:02

[Jimbeaux]

kambites said:

Jimbeaux said:

Sounds like you just excused and forgave outrageous pricing. Now perhaps those that govern will feel less concerned about adding to said price.

I just view my health as being more important than my ability to get about.

So, you assume the majority of fuel tax goes to the NHS?

[kambites]

Jimbeaux said:

So, you assume the majority of fuel tax goes to the NHS?

Um, no?

[Jimbeaux]

kambites said:

Jimbeaux said:

What is the average commute distance there? Maybe short trips make fule prices less an issue, as was stated earlier.

Mean average is about 6 miles each way, I think. Median rather less, I suppose.

To put the overall figure into perspective, last year 34bn litres of road fuel was purchased in the UK and we have a population of 70m so that's 500 litres per person at a cost of about £700. Obviously not all of that is private usage, a fair chunk will be haulage and so will be paid for in terms of higher goods prices rather than directly in fuel costs. I suspect the average spent by private individuals directly on road fuel is under £500 a year (about $800).

ETA: About 75% of the population hold a driving licence, so say £650 per year per actual driver.

Edited by kambites on Wednesday 29th October 19:02

Mine is about 3 miles round trip. That is unusual here of course. If that is the median there, I can see fuel cost as less of an issue.

[Jimbeaux]

kambites said:

Jimbeaux said:

So, you assume the majority of fuel tax goes to the NHS?

Um, no?

Then why do you keep equating your good healthcare to high fuel prices? I pay $204/month for my family and receive some of the best healthcare in the world imo, yet pay $2-3/gallon for fuel.

[kambites]

Jimbeaux said:

Then why do you keep equating your good healthcare to high fuel prices?

I didn't? I don't think they're related in any meaningful way at all. I wasn't the one who brought the healthcare systems up, I was just commenting on the relative values of the two differing parts of our respective societies once they'd both been mentioned.

[1878]

Filled up at 121.9/litre this evening, can't recall how long since it was that "cheap".

[Jimbeaux]

kambites said:

Jimbeaux said:

Then why do you keep equating your good healthcare to high fuel prices?

I didn't? I don't think they're related in any meaningful way at all. I wasn't the one who brought the healthcare systems up, I was just commenting on the relative values of the two differing parts of our respective societies once they'd both been mentioned.

I see; I'm glad you're happy.

[Jimbeaux]

1878 said:

Filled up at 121.9/litre this evening, can't recall how long since it was that "cheap".

Falling crude prices help everywhere. Everywhere except the stock market apparently. That said, other stocks rise on the savings other businesses realize from lower fuel costs.

[fivepointnine]

Silly question possibly, but how far away from your jobs do you guys in the U.K. live on average? I live about 10 miles one way currently, and Im wondering when I move the U.K. this winter if it is completely idiotic of me to look for a home to rent that is around 10 to 15 miles away. $7.50 per U.S. gallon might kill my budget haha.

[Jimbeaux]

To expand the issue, let's talk utilities. My recent electric/gas bill was $163 for September. 4,000 square foot house, about 50 years old., My parents' is slightly larger and only about 10 years old, their bill around $79 for September due to better insulated windows, computer placed vents,etc. in the US, it varies widely on the part of the country and if gas or electricity is the dominant choice of use. How are these prices there and does it vary much nationwide or pretty steady across the board?

[DervHead]

1878 said:

Filled up at 121.9/litre this evening, can't recall how long since it was that "cheap".

It's currently 119.9p in Costco Liverpool

[TheRealFingers99]

Jimbeaux said:

To expand the issue, let's talk utilities. My recent electric/gas bill was $163 for September. 4,000 square foot house, about 50 years old., My parents' is slightly larger and only about 10 years old, their bill around $79 for September due to better insulated windows, computer placed vents,etc. in the US, it varies widely on the part of the country and if gas or electricity is the dominant choice of use. How are these prices there and does it vary much nationwide or pretty steady across the board?

I'd say much higher than that. In Winter I usually pay something like £40 a week for gas and electricity and live in a 2 bedroom flat. Less, of course, in Summer. Generally Europe has higher fuel/energy and food prices (but probably better food!) than you of the colonies.

[R I C H]

DervHead said:

1878 said:

Filled up at 121.9/litre this evening, can't recall how long since it was that "cheap".

It's currently 119.9p in Costco Liverpool

$1.14/litre at Costco, Kamloops, British Columbia. That's 64p/litre in Britishness.

[R I C H]

Jimbeaux said:

Then why do you keep equating your good healthcare to high fuel prices? I pay $204/month for my family and receive some of the best healthcare in the world imo, yet pay $2-3/gallon for fuel.

Despite "some of the best healthcare in the world", US infant mortality rates are higher than many in Europe, and life expectancy is lower too. You should ask for a refund

[phumy]

5500IDR/litre (rupiah) here in Indonesia, which is about 28 pence/litre

[Polarbert]

Its about $3.35 a gallon here in San Diego at the moment. We are paying about $36 a month in 'leccy for a one bedroom flat. Don't have gas to worry about.

Since moving here I've been absolutely shocked at the hold certain providers have over you. There is only one gas and electric company, and our apartment building only has two internet providers available, as the others don't have use of the cables into the property.

[kambites]

Jimbeaux said:

I see; I'm glad you're happy.

I wouldn't exactly go that far. There are plenty of things about UK society which I don't like and plenty of places I'd rather live if various barriers weren't in the way (although the US certainly isn't one of them). I just don't see petrol prices as being remotely significant compared to a great many other issues in the UK/world at the moment.

[type-r]

GTIR said:

I wonder who pays for that cheap fuel.

Where do you think the $2 trillion that the US administration has been spent so far in Iraq, Afghanistan comes from?

ETA It's $6 trillion, sorry!

Edited by GTIR on Wednesday 15th October 15:51

Do you work for Tesco?

[shibby!]

To be fair, i have spent a lot of time in the US, in quite a few different states and cities.

While the petrol or gasoline prices are low, which is pretty nice. Everything you want or need to go to is far away.
So while you are paying less for fuel, you are generally having to travel further to go to a destination meaning that you use more fuel. Cost = the same! Since on average in most UK cities and towns have what they need within a few miles.

Thats my experience anyway.