Twerto Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4941262.stm what does he mean they could break the pound mark.. they flippin well have done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomblands Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 You have to remember that the BBC tends to cut off the country North of Aberdeen. So the fact that Shetland fuel prices have been up at the "record levels" for the past 5 years is largely ignored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAStewart Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 Get a bicycle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoolHaddock Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 Wid the £1 per litre figure no be a national average? There are places on the mainland where you can get fuel fir less than 90p a litre, which wid drag the average down. I geed tae the shop yesterday tae get fuel, and it wis £1.10 a litre!! Everybody should get peerie motorbikes tae cruise aroond on, they use virtually no fuel. I've done more than 200 mile so far on my 125 on aboot 5 or 6 pound worth o' fuel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Styles Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 A car is a necessity if you stay in Shetland for most folk. I cant belive all the people who they interview on the news ect saying they cant afford to pay over £1 a litre for fuel when we have been doing it for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoolHaddock Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 A car is a necessity if you stay in Shetland for most folk.Agreed. Most people don't need one of those huge fuel drinking beasts like so many people have here, when most of the time they could get by with a kia pride, or any other small car for that matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMe Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 styles wroteA car is a necessity if you stay in Shetland for most folk. My reaction to this is a "yes!..but". Sure to continue with getting to work and bringing home the shopping a car is needed. That was the "yes" and here comes the "but".....I would guess that most Shetland car owners could drive a bit less helping to save the planet on the one hand and their money on the other. And some of the large gas guzzeling cars I see parked in the town are not needed. The other side of this is something I touched on in the "tourism" thread. Public transport in Shetland is not by any means perfect. We need someone (dare I say a consultant) to examine the whole issue starting with no preconceptions, looking at populations, employment, recreation and tourism against the need to provide transport within the financal constraints that the SIC has to work with. I think my first example of where things could improve has to be the town service bus where later a journey would help people who are not able to leave work bang on 5pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMe Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 Sorry....got the quote bit wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeemsie Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 while i wouldn't say having a car was essential it certainly makes life a hell of a lot easier unless you happen to live in a built up area where i don't think it does. public transport in shetland is fairly inadequate hence the perceived need for having your own for conveniance. one example was while working a few years ago, without going into too many details, i had the option of catcing the first ferry in the morning and arriving at work an hour before the doors could even be opened (not a fan of early mornings but up at 6 to work at 9 and waiting around in the freezing cold is a bit much), taking a car and a ferry 15mins afore i started or catching the same ferry but being half an hour late getting a bus (obviously not a winner). so i spent a good proportion of my wages on the car, not to mention ferry fares and fuel for conveniance. i'm not sure how well the transport systems interlink elsewhere, but more should be done for more people to be willing to use them. with the original topic, i don't think the average consumer would be overly affected by the price rise, assuming that the average motorist has a wage at least in line with the national average, the folk that will suffer immediately are small businesses that rely on discounted fuel to provide their services, larger businesses will be able to soak it up in the short term but will eventually also have no option but to increase their service charge to maintain profits, as such it won't just be fuel that continues to rise in price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turrifield Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 As far as I can see there are 2 down sides to high oil prices. The first is that the oil companies make more profits and the second is that it makes war far more likely(probably with Iran). If high prices reduce consuption then it gives us a bit more time to sort things before the oil runs out and it also compells us to use viable alternatives so high prices are a mixed blessing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 no point talking about it - ther is noting we can do about it, although i do thisnk the oil componies are making far to much profit from place to place, especialy when you drive around scotland you can realy see the prices change as you come north Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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