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Weakened
pound drives up petrol prices
The Independent
on Friday 22 February 2013 reported "the plunging pound
and stock-market speculators mean that filling up the tank of
a typical car in the UK now costs almost a fiver more than just
six weeks ago, according to the AA.
After
surging 5p a litre in the space of a month, the price of petrol
at the pumps has gone up a further 1p in the last five days,
the motoring organisation said. It revealed that the average
cost of petrol in the UK is now 138.32p a litre, with diesel
having risen 4.78p from its mid-January price to stand at an
average of 145.10p. The latest figures show that petrol has
risen 6.24p a litre since early January, adding £3.12
to the cost of refilling a typical 50 litre tank, while filling
up the 70 litre tank costs £4.37 more. A two-car family's
monthly petrol cost has risen £13.25 with the price surge.
Drivers
have been caught between a pound weakened against the dollar
and soaring wholesale prices, both due to stock-market speculation."
See a report
in the Guardian. More
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Petrol
and diesel prices are set to rise as Sterling falls
so filling stations with good fuel prices is becoming
important particularly as the variance in pricing
in a five mile radius can often be large. You may
know your local area and the usual pattern of fuel
prices quite well, but how do you cope when refuelling
when you are out and about? Well there websites
which report local fuel price so help you find the
best prices - one site is www.petrolprices.com
and there are apps for mobiles too.
You can sign up on the website to use their search
service and then enter a postcode or a town to search
for the cheapest prices - in the example below for
Tebay on the M6 the prices varied by 4p. |
With
a 12 or 15 gallon fuel tank the 4p saving would
be £2.17 and £2.72 but often the price
variance at the pumps can be 8p or more so £4.34
and £5.44 which is a round of two beers in
some pubs!
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