upnorth76 Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 I see that Diessel has now hit £150.9 per litre at the Gulf Station.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groilick Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 herd on da radio today that we might get a 5p a litre reduction in fuel price , pity by the time they get it done it will probably have gone up a further 20p a litre ! its shocking this fuel prices ! something needs to be done quick! Dey ir certainly doin something - dey ir bombing Lybia tae mak sure we keep gettin dir oil - some guy yon Alistair Carmichael. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owre-weel Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 I see that Diessel has now hit £150.9 per litre at the Gulf Station.... Weel, Leasks/Gulf has been sticking twa fingers up at the Shetland people fir a lang while noo. They will just charge what they want and continue to get away with it. Wir local MP, MSP and the Scottish Government should be ashamed of themselfs for allowing it to get this bad and continue to pretend they are doing more than they are. 5p off taxes ! Much to little much too late. It's about time that those sitting in that overly expensive Scottish Parlament building got their fingers out before we all apply for houses inda toon as I just canna aford the fuel needed to stay in da country anymore!! I dinna believe these folk live in da real world. Sorry about the rant, but this is wan subject that gits me back up. Its having such an effect on all costs of living. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stilldellin Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Aywick shop, Yell. Unleaded : 143 Diesel : 145 ( last week ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMe Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Our fuel prices have of course gone up with all the little wars that are springing up in the Middle East and there is nothing any of us can do about that. However our prices are much higher than on the mainland because of :- (A)It costs the poor little company bringing fuel up to us so much for the tankers--which of course go south empty--that it is hardly worth their while supplying Shetland for the tiny profit they make and if people do not stop moaning about it in various ways they may as well just go or :- (B)Although it does cost quite a lot to ship fuel up to Shetland the one company doing it is using its monopoly position to add so much to the price of a litre that they are making a very nice profit while we are being screwed or :- ©the cost of supplying Shetland with fuel is very high and as a result they make no more profit per litre than similar companies supplying fuel on the mainland. One question that perhaps ought to be asked is about the freight subsidy. Northlink and Streamline get it but how about whoever operates the tankers. Do they get it?. Could they get it?. And would it make any difference to the price if they did?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 I paid 155.4 in Ollaberry last week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stilldellin Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 I paid 155.4 in Ollaberry last week. That is criminal, how the hell can anybody justify a differance of 52p a gallon between Ollaberry and East Yell ! 10/- ( 52p ) would have bought 2 gallon of petrol inc two stroke oil for my first m/bike. !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveh Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 These may be silly questions but I will ask anyway. With all the oil out there in the north sea and it being piped to Sullom Voe, do they refine any of the oil for the vehicles used at the terminal or do they also pay silly prices to have it tankered up from the Scottish mainland? If they do have a small refinery for their own usage, could that not be expanded for the rest of us? Is there absolutely no way that a refinery could be in place to provide fuel for these islands with the potential to also supply the Orkney islands and, possibly, even the Western Isles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 A refinery would (IMHO) bring in more revenue than the wind farm so why aren't they looking into that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveh Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 I am asking the questions not to identify additional revenue streams but to establish if there is a way for us to have cheaper fuel. However, any additional revenue for Shetland would be a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJ of Hildisvik Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Our own refinery would be nice, BUT!...., Toooo many reasons why it is pie in the sky This 5p off fuel is pathetic and wouldn't happen until the autumn.20p off is what needs to be fought for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuckleJoannie Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Here are few suggestions for producing your own fuel for your vehicle. Homemade refinery that allows farmers to produce their own biodiesel http://www.new-ag.info/focus/focusItem.php?a=1067 Add sugar, yeast and water and in a couple of days you pump ethanol into your tank at a cost of about $1.00 per gallon. It makes 5 gallons per day. http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2008/05/09/efuel100-microfueler-home-ethanol-micro-refinery/ Skid mounted modular crude oil refineries that process from 300 to 12,000 barrels per day http://ogdcorporation.com/micro_refinery.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveh Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Our own refinery would be nice, BUT!...., Toooo many reasons why it is pie in the sky Why?I ask the question again - do they refine any of the oil for the vehicles used at the terminal or do they also pay silly prices to have it tankered up from the Scottish mainland? I think this is relevant to the problem of rocketing fuel prices here. Surely, with oil pumped ashore here, we would have some refining done and supply some of the other island groups who are also paying silly prices. Indeed, we may even get contributions from them as to the initial costs of setting the operations up. Surely it is worth considering as nothing else is likely to solve the problem for us and a 5p per litre reduction, when it comes, is a small percentage of the differential between the fuel price here and on the mainland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJ of Hildisvik Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Well, one reason why there won't be a refinery is because the present council only has eyes for a industrial windfarm to pay for their money squandering Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveh Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Well, one reason why there won't be a refinery is because the present council only has eyes for a industrial windfarm to pay for their money squandering But surely, with one exception of a councillor who uses taxis, they are also having to pay exorbitant prices for their fuel so that would concentrate theitr minds on the problem. Couldn't Tavish and Alistair, our elected representatives, raise this issue as a possible answer to the problem? Still waiting for an answer re the fuel they use at Sullom Voe, by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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