rich
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$100.82 a barrel and rising /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Oil Price
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Sneds
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Umm, don't look to good for pump prices then.
Bloody rip off Briatain.
Any marinas in New Zealand looking for a management couple?
Bloody rip off Briatain.
Any marinas in New Zealand looking for a management couple?
Divemaster1
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1.97470 USD to the pound..... would be interesting to compare USD exchange rates agains increase in oil/pump price here in the UK...
rich
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I think you will find the exchange rate is keeping our price lower than it could be.
Divemaster1
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I suspect so... but would like to see ... of course for each base price increase, the government gets another, rather high, percentage ...
rich
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$101.23 and still rising /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
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We may have to get used to $100 pb+ levels. Most commodities are now inflating ( eg. wheat prices) while asset prices are falling (eg. property). There is uncertainty about the level of oil reserves. The easy oil has mostly been found and tapped. Research Peak Oil.
At a boaty level we've got the loss of red to deal with.
What happens if oil goes to $130 pb or more ?
The arguement that "fuel is only a small part of the boating cost" becomes weaker.
I see little evidence of motor boat builders trying to think ahead and offering designs with similar levels of style, comfort, performance etc but with big reductions in fuel consumption. I guess if fuel prices get high enough, the boat builders will react.
Reducing the use of your boat in proportion to fuel price increases may be the only option but seems to defeat the object of boat ownership.
At a boaty level we've got the loss of red to deal with.
What happens if oil goes to $130 pb or more ?
The arguement that "fuel is only a small part of the boating cost" becomes weaker.
I see little evidence of motor boat builders trying to think ahead and offering designs with similar levels of style, comfort, performance etc but with big reductions in fuel consumption. I guess if fuel prices get high enough, the boat builders will react.
Reducing the use of your boat in proportion to fuel price increases may be the only option but seems to defeat the object of boat ownership.
MVP
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I heard only 27% of boats left their mooring in Chichester Harbour in 2006, so the price of fuel won't hurt the majority.
For many, boats are just posh caravans
For many, boats are just posh caravans
rickp
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I heard only 27% of boats left their mooring in Chichester Harbour in 2006, so the price of fuel won't hurt the majority.
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I'd love to know how they got that figure.
Rick
I heard only 27% of boats left their mooring in Chichester Harbour in 2006, so the price of fuel won't hurt the majority.
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I'd love to know how they got that figure.
Rick
PowerYachtBlog
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I hope and pray that Obama gets elected and makes America, which consumes about 60% of the World oil use 90% of green energy as he promised
this would reduce oil demand by much and hopefully also the price and may be there can still be some use for it on the water, till better alternatives are found....
this would reduce oil demand by much and hopefully also the price and may be there can still be some use for it on the water, till better alternatives are found....
Andrew_Fanner
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The arguement that "fuel is only a small part of the boating cost" becomes weaker
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In my experience it has always been a weak argument and will become trivial. £250 post 1/11 for a full tank and 120 miles is multiple months mooring fees or half a year's licence or a year's insurance.
The arguement that "fuel is only a small part of the boating cost" becomes weaker
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In my experience it has always been a weak argument and will become trivial. £250 post 1/11 for a full tank and 120 miles is multiple months mooring fees or half a year's licence or a year's insurance.
PEJ
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Is there any plus side to this at all? I mean, don't we have some oil fields? Does the increase in oil price mean more revenue for the government and therefore lower taxes for all?
Or is that like asking might that pig fly?
Or is that like asking might that pig fly?
Sneds
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