£9 ($20)per gallon - UK strike affecting big time!

Any gas relief in the air, ok maybe bad play on words at a bad time. pardon! lol Speaking of provisions for emergency this is an excellent idea I learned this from my grandma who had a store room full from floor to cielling it was like a small market, she was morman and a survivor of the depresion in the USA. I had always had the same thing for emegencies only on a smaller scale. Untill moving here to Mexico but things just dont keep as long here in the heat! But the one thing is the trees are always full of something to eat much more vegitation and this fish from the ocean are plentiful even though im not big on fish.

The same here but they havent put the price up as they havent got any to sale yet! but I bet the price will go up no doubt? I dont think people should put the prices up I couldnt afford to pay it? Whats it all coming to?

This is gross! How can one garage decide on itself! Isn't their any regulatory body that has a control over this? I am surprised!

It is a common practice that when you have a short supply and more than your share of people demanding it that the price will go up. Not fair but that is the way it is. The rarer it is the more it is worth. I don't live in the UK but the USA and I know the stations around here where I live are losing money by selling gas. Most of them are independently owned and several have just closed down cause they can't afford it anymore.

Ahhhhh what a heart touching discussion. Fuel prices, food prices are going rocket high and basic necessities are getting too much expensive globally that u can imagine. Worst part of it is that no one is sure as how to stop them and curtail them Back to ur discussion. if i own shop and things start getting running out, then for sure i wont get advantage of it and start black marketing, rather i will sell the stock at current prices on which i get them. I never like to get undue advantage of situation Take care

Firstly Ellie I am glad that you've posted this. We have no shortage here and I'll make sure that I top up before I come down. That of course is exactly what they don't want us to do. But I can't afford to be stuck with no petrol. I'd like to think that I wouldn't cash in on the shortage of fuel. I think that shows a mean spiritedness and is an act that might well rebound then the supply gets back to normal. I do think that we have to start doing some hard thinking about the supply of oil though. Apparently, whilst stocks are dwindling somewhat, there is oil there, but it is difficult to extract, to the point where it is uneconomical to do so. This means that the world price of oil increases with the knock on effect of higher prices. When this is compounded by the tanker drivers' strike, which is over I think, then the situation simply becomes much worse. I'd sooner ration supplies at the "usual" price I think. That way, everyone could at least get some fuel. But there will always be greedy customers too.

This is dreadful news Ellie. I hope I wouldn't be so callous as to raise prices but people do strange things when they are frightened an this situation sounds dire. My friend had the fuel depot here in our little village. He always charged what he paid plus a little bit of profit to run the business. He is very ethical like that. Sadly, he ran into financial difficulty and we have had no fuell here since last November. He intends to put it back on but I can't see it becoming a reality.

That is terrible $20 per gallon. The oil companies are making a huge profit and they don't care about the people.

I saw this on the news the other day(or was it earlier today) Ellie and was gobsmacked. We went to a supermarket in a nearby town on Sunday and the price of petrol went up 3p a litre whilst we were in there! I think it is diabolical that they are profiteering off of a situation like this, my other half has a 60 mile round trip to work every day ( he works awkward times and public transport is not an option) and it is getting quite awful! I just hope that we keep getting a supply here as we leave for our holiday on Saturday and we are driving to the Highlands! Hope you get to work okay - more importantly I hope you get back okay honey! xx

wow 20.00 dollars a liter. that is absolutly crazy. Guess people wont be going anywere but to work:(and mabey stopping by the grochery store only on workd days so no extra gas is used... How long before you guys will have more gas?. and wow deisle is the most expensive. what kinda of cars do you guys use there?. im sorry to hear your town is not going so well with this::( i imagine it will be horrible here in the u.s if we ever run out of gas:(

And dont they always just have to get too greedy. They should not be allowed to do it because it is wrong, they know people need the fuel and so will pay those costs it makes me mad. It is bad enough the prices rising as it is without shop owners cashing in on it too.

I've heard stories about petrol station owners cashing in on the fuel shortage by increasing prices. They may get more short term profit, but in the long term I think they'll find that their customers have long memories and will choose to go elsewhere.

omg that is horrid! i know when the prices here took a huge jump was when my hubbys work got the great idea of transferring him to a store that was an hour away even though within like ten miles there are like ten plus stores.. so gas is killing us!! but nothing like what you are dealing with though!! good luck!!

I personally think the UK govt should do something about the oil prices. These changes in oil prices are affecting everything and for us younger people it is getting harder and harder to keep up with all of these extra costs. In your case ellie I think you are unlucky and i feel sorry for you and I hope you get to work on time tommorrow.

Yikes!!!! You might have to coast the last part of the drive! That's shameful that they are charging that much for gas. I don't even know what to say!

Hi Ellie-the price of fuel is absolutely ridiculous how people are meant to get to work is beyond me...where my son works there is no transport so he needs his car..how he manages to pay for the petrol I dont know but he does-yes sometimes he does ask me if I can help him so I normally give him something to get petrol-I know Gordon Brown is trying to stop people driving but he is the biggest hippocrite there is as he has two cars!!-hugs littleowl

Supply and demand! If I was the only supplier I might take 2 things into consideration. Will I be able 2 get more? If yes then I might cash in. If no, Id be looking to trade with some food producers so they might remember me when the price of food goes up and I have no cash to buy food. We all need to eat even if theres no gas...But id probubly raise I a bit for sure. The price is up to almost $5 A gallon I heard which is double than what it was a year ago. WOW this is unfathonable we are in for a big world change if so! Hold on tight and enjoy the ride or the walk. The govornment needs to step in as they do when there is a national disaster. Isnt his like one and dont you all pay taxes? I wonder whats in store for the rest of the world? Please keep us posted!