Luckily the weather has been and continues to be extremely mild considering it’s early October, so it’s great weather for biking out there. I’ll be pedalling off to work in 8 minutes, lovely 7.5 miles of green trees and fresh air as the sun comes up and the birds sing.
Doesn’t get mentioned in the ‘how to save money on petrol’ section though. Despite it being a very relevant option given:
* **59%** of all car trips are **under 5 miles**.
* **72%** of all trips taken by all forms of transport *(this includes walking!)* are **under 5 miles**.
* This means **42% of all trips made in this country, are people driving cars less than 5 miles.**
* **17% of** ***all*** **trips under a mile are being driven by car.**
* **60% of all trips between 1 and 2 miles are being driven by car.**
The greedy murderous Saudis want you to drive. Rishi Sunak wants you to drive. BP and shell want you to drive. Putin wants you to drive. Are you really going to just do what they want and give them your money hand over fist?
The petrol retailers realised, when it went up to nearly £2/litre, that people will pay it.
They’ve stress tested the market and have loads of data to know where to push it to. It’s better to move as an industry rather than be competitive.
”not unjustifiably pricing petrol higher than needed”
so why can i leave my home town in one direction and find a village that has fuel at 145.9 and if i go the same distance but leave from the top end of town, i pass through another village that’s charging 166.9 ? And those prices have been constant for the last month.
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Luckily the weather has been and continues to be extremely mild considering it’s early October, so it’s great weather for biking out there. I’ll be pedalling off to work in 8 minutes, lovely 7.5 miles of green trees and fresh air as the sun comes up and the birds sing.
Doesn’t get mentioned in the ‘how to save money on petrol’ section though. Despite it being a very relevant option given:
* **59%** of all car trips are **under 5 miles**.
* **72%** of all trips taken by all forms of transport *(this includes walking!)* are **under 5 miles**.
* This means **42% of all trips made in this country, are people driving cars less than 5 miles.**
* **17% of** ***all*** **trips under a mile are being driven by car.**
* **60% of all trips between 1 and 2 miles are being driven by car.**
The greedy murderous Saudis want you to drive. Rishi Sunak wants you to drive. BP and shell want you to drive. Putin wants you to drive. Are you really going to just do what they want and give them your money hand over fist?
The petrol retailers realised, when it went up to nearly £2/litre, that people will pay it.
They’ve stress tested the market and have loads of data to know where to push it to. It’s better to move as an industry rather than be competitive.
”not unjustifiably pricing petrol higher than needed”
so why can i leave my home town in one direction and find a village that has fuel at 145.9 and if i go the same distance but leave from the top end of town, i pass through another village that’s charging 166.9 ? And those prices have been constant for the last month.