Fuel Thieves

[sawdust]

Fella in town with a tow truck was loosing the gas out of jerry cans on the back of his truck, the cans were always returned.  :D

He told me that he put 25 styrofoam cups into the gasoline in one of the jugs, they instantly dissolve. Two days later he got a tow job 40 miles away to go and rescue his neighbours 1/2 ton. No idea what kind of damage this would cause and his stories tend to be pretty stretchy.

sawdust

[Timburr]

...How much does it cost?....

Petrol is £1.13/ litre, road diesel £1.26 and ind./ag. diesel is £0.65 a litre.
I'll even convert it to American fo you!!   Respectively 8.47, 9.44 and 4.87 USD / US gallon.

[Toolman]

  Holy Cow!!!

[ronwood]

Timburr,

How much of the price is taxes added on by the government?

Thanks
Ron

[SwingOak]

...How much does it cost?....

Petrol is £1.13/ litre, road diesel £1.26 and ind./ag. diesel is £0.65 a litre.
I'll even convert it to American fo you!!   Respectively 8.47, 9.44 and 4.87 USD / US gallon.

I guess the UK fuel cops have a way for making sure nobody is using Ag diesel in their road cars, right?

[Timburr]

Ron,
Using road diesel at £1.26 per litre ($9.44/US gallon) as an example, 56.94pence goes to the government coffers in the form of fuel duty.   18.9 pence they take as VAT (similar, I think, to your sales tax?).  A total tax of 75.84 pence per litre.  The duty on petrol is 3 or 4 pennies less.

Lurcherman,
No!!  I've driven a diesel car for many years and have never been, or seen other cars stopped at a fuel trap.  I suppose it does happen though.  Now, a commercial vehicle is diffewrent matter.....