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Is it just me or are the oil companies (BP, Esso, Total, Shell,) to name the few I can think of, forcing the public to buy petrol at higher prices than they could be.

The price of oil has gone down and yes so has the price of fuel, but while it has gone down, it could go down further. The price of fuel in the area I live is around £1.10 a litre. I have read on the web and in newspapers that the oil companies could sell petrol and diesel at around £1 a litre and still make billions in profit. it is blatant profitering for the oil companies.

does anyone else agree or not? 

You're quite correct. That's the nature of business, buy low, sell high(er).

It's further the very nature of a product to make you think you cannot do without it. I have been using my own car alot less, which lowers my bills. I'm not happy about it, but that's life and always has been.

Nobody says it's ethical or correct behaviour, but you can get your own back.....use your car a lot less, walk as much as you can. In doing so, you can shout at aggressive cyclists, as you will now be the bottom of the commuting order......but you can have a pint or two on the way home.......

Which is nice.

Bio diesel its the way to go.

Theres just been a grease to greece rallye which hasnt really seen any coverage on here where they used recycled cooking oil to make the journey.

The oil companies then dont see a cent of the money and its enviromentally friendly.

ecokarter:

its enviromentally friendly.

But what about the poor Ethiopeans ? The poor starving of the world that won't be able to eat because you've taken up their fields with your bio crops so you can run your nasty car. Man, you are just SO first world. Oh to have your problems.

Long Hose (in the boo with his peeps on the border of Ethiopea and Eritrea)

Long Hose:

The poor starving of the world that won't be able to eat because you've taken up their fields with your bio crops so you can run your nasty car.

If its already been used to cook in then the crops ARE being grown for food production.

Bio diesel would be great for the americans.  Think of the amount of used oil they must throw away. 

So you advocate the world eating more deep fried food then to replace oil ?

No i suggest that we dont waste what resources we do have.

Reading your comments here and in other places i get te feeling you are a bit of a waster so you probably cant appreciate that sentement.

Oh. Confrontation. That's your style, is it ? You don't want to debate your statement that biodiesel is "the way forward" when the rest of the world (including the UK government who has pulled funding for it) thinks that it is entirely not climate or economy friendly ? Oh well. Looks like your argument was a bit weak if that's the case.

Long Hose:

You don't want to debate your statement that biodiesel is "the way forward" when the rest of the world (including the UK government who has pulled funding for it) thinks that it is entirely not climate or economy friendly ?

The arguments against biodiesel are based around the production of crops specifically for the use of creating fuel.  With this i completely agree.  My suggestions from the begining of this thread have been the use of oil which has previously been used in the food production process and cannot be used elsewhere after its initial use.

Certainly the worlds population couldnt convert solely to bio diesel due to the lack of volume but it would certainly help.

So what is to debate.

at least with boi-diesel it will make the remaining oil last longer.

the argument centres around what the bio-diesel is made out of. if it is made of food crops that could be eaten then it's considered not green, but if its made out of food and plant WASTE it is considered green

Long Hose:

So you advocate the world eating more deep fried food then to replace oil ?

There is no deep fat fryer in our house :o(.