While we suffer at the rising cost of fuel over the last few months, oil giants shell is laughing all the way to the bank. In the first 3 months of this year Shell profits have risen to £3.9bn. While BP saw it profits jump by 48% to £3.1bn for the same period.
In January shell reported annual profits of £13.9bn, a record for UK listed company. It really quite astonishing that petrol prices keeping rising at the rate they are, we are being held to ransom by the oil companies and this is not helped by the amount of tax the Government levies on fuel.
It doesnt matter if you own a car or not, eventually this price will be passed on to us, by the supermarkets or by public transport companies we will not escape these risers.
SeasideMan
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I don't think we are yet paying enough for petrol! The environmental damage caused by excessive fossil fuel consumption is a cost that never seems to be factored into the equation.
But with public transport so laughably bad in most parts of the country, travelling by private car is the only feasible option for many.
The one thing I don't like is that the rising prices penalize the poor more than it does the rich.
Tom.