From: Dr Zoidberg on
Clive Coleman. wrote:
> In message <54tqa0F21av3kU1(a)mid.individual.net>, Dr Zoidberg
> <alexNOOOOOO!!!!!!!@drzoidberg.co.uk> writes
>> I'm expecting diesel to rise by the same amount even though it's not
>> in any way affected.
> I hope you're wrong, my car is diesel.

As is mine , but diesel prices always seem to be set at a mimimum level
above unleaded.
--
Alex

"I laugh in the face of danger. Then I hide until it goes away"

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From: Tommy on
On Sat, 03 Mar 2007 13:50:56 +0000, Brimstone wrote:
> First they wreck people's motors with contaminated petrol, and then the want
> to charge them extral!!
>
> Just how bloody arrogant can some people get??

The companies involved will make a huge loss because of this. So how else
do you suggest they recover their losses other than put prices up?


From: DervMan on
"Dr Zoidberg" <alexNOOOOOO!!!!!!!@drzoidberg.co.uk> wrote in message
news:54tukiF21qs4pU1(a)mid.individual.net...
> Clive Coleman. wrote:
>> In message <54tqa0F21av3kU1(a)mid.individual.net>, Dr Zoidberg
>> <alexNOOOOOO!!!!!!!@drzoidberg.co.uk> writes
>>> I'm expecting diesel to rise by the same amount even though it's not
>>> in any way affected.
>> I hope you're wrong, my car is diesel.
>
> As is mine , but diesel prices always seem to be set at a mimimum level
> above unleaded.


Yes. But as I noted this morning in Edinburgh, unleaded was 86.9 as was
diesel at one garage (right next to our motel)...

--
The DervMan
www.dervman.com


From: Brian Robertson on
Brimstone wrote:
> First they wreck people's motors with contaminated petrol, and then the want
> to charge them extral!!
>
> Just how bloody arrogant can some people get??
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6414905.stm
>
> Rogue fuel traced to depot tanks
> Contaminated unleaded petrol blamed for causing thousands of cars to break
> down has been traced to a depot in Essex, a supplier has said.
>
> Harvest Energy said "unusually high levels of silicon" were found in four
> storage tanks at the Vopak site.
>
> It had not been detected before sale at retailers including supermarkets
> Tesco and Morrisons because routine tests did not look for the substance.
>
> One industry group said the incident could force prices up by 2p a litre.
>
> The faulty unleaded petrol has been blamed for damaging thousands of cars in
> south-east England.
>
> More than 5,000 people have contacted the BBC to say they have been
> affected.
>
> Harvest Energy shares tank facilities at the depot in West Thurrock with
> independent oil company Greenergy, which supplies both Tesco and Morrisons.
>
> In a statement, Greenergy said a component understood to have been used by
> Harvest Energy in the production of unleaded petrol had tested positive for
> excess levels of silicon.
>
> Morrisons has stopped selling unleaded fuel at 41 outlets supplied by the
> depot until tests are complete.
>
> Tesco said it is to empty its unleaded tanks at 150 outlets in the south
> east but would refill them with uncontaminated fuel and continue sales.
>
> Asda, which buys fuel from Harvest Energy, said it was to replace unleaded
> petrol at 30 forecourts in the south east supplied from the affected depot
> as a "precautionary measure".
>
> Harvest Energy said it could guarantee no further contaminated petrol would
> be distributed.
>
> An independent inspection company would be testing fuel stocks at more than
> 100 petrol stations.
>
> "We are working as closely as we can with our customers the retailers, to
> address such motorists' concerns," said Harvest Energy's managing director
> Franco Bussandri.
>
> "We would ask motorists who feel they may have been affected to contact
> their fuel retailer for advice."
>
> Ray Holloway, from the Petrol Retailers Association, told BBC News 24 prices
> on the oil markets could be affected.
>
> "They look for those opportunities and the price goes up so motorists across
> the UK everywhere, not just in the south-east corner, they'll end up paying
> probably one to two pence more per litre in the next week."
>
> Harvest Energy is at http://www.harvestenergy.co.uk/contact_us.php
>
> Their Head of Sales is Simon Davis, simon AT harvestenergy DOT co DOT uk
>
> Perhaps he might appreciate some constructive input?
>
>

It is called capitalism. It is nasty, selfish, and ordinary people
always get screwed. That concept should please most of the road lobby on
here.

Brian.
From: Adrian on
Brian Robertson (brianrobertson@[nospam].com) gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying :

> It is called capitalism. It is nasty, selfish, and ordinary people
> always get screwed.

<awaits better suggestion>