Petrol

Price Calculator

Find out how much a journey will cost you. I have put in some reasonable default values for petrol cost and fuel consumption, which you can change if you don't like them.

Historical Prices

Read'em and weep (prices are in pence per litre):

09-Oct-2003:  74.9
24-Mar-2004:  78.9
14-May-2004:  81.9
09-Sep-2005:  95.9
20-Sep-2006:  91.9
22-Oct-2008:  99.9
15-Oct-2010: 114.9

Prices have been taken from my weekly petrol bills. I get them at my local central filling station. Local prices tend to be more expensive than in Aberdeen; probably because they think they can get away from it. Note that an excuse about increased distribution costs doesn't really work, because Aberdeenshire is bang next to the North Sea, where all the oil (OK, so maybe not literally all) in the UK is produced.

External Links

How Biodiesel Works - intelligently-argued webpage about the pros and cons of biodiesel
Smartveg UK - site on converting deisel to veg oil. I haven't checked it out for bias.
Vegetable Oil Diesel - discussion forum about home-brew recipes for creating fuel from vegetable matter.

Author:  Mark Carter
Updated: 26-Nov-2010