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Originally posted by colemanY2K colemanY2K wrote:

the price of crude has dropped nearly 30% in a month yet the price of diesel at the forecourt has barely budged - down from €2.10/litre to €2.07 in dublin. the price of diesel should be around €1.50 today Thumbs Down


average fuel prices reported on http://pumps.ie on June 13th > http://twitter.com/pumpsie_bot/status/1536582034507849729


Paddy is greedy.  Once a price precedent has been set they wont bring it back down.

The price of everything has gotten ridiculous.
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Originally posted by Trap junior Trap junior wrote:

Originally posted by colemanY2K colemanY2K wrote:

the price of crude has dropped nearly 30% in a month yet the price of diesel at the forecourt has barely budged - down from €2.10/litre to €2.07 in dublin. the price of diesel should be around €1.50 today Thumbs Down


average fuel prices reported on http://pumps.ie on June 13th > http://twitter.com/pumpsie_bot/status/1536582034507849729


Paddy is greedy.  Once a price precedent has been set they wont bring it back down.

The price of everything has gotten ridiculous.
It will probably take a few weeks to go down more than 10 cent cent yet when its the other way around it goes up overnight.


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Originally posted by jamo1 jamo1 wrote:

Originally posted by Trap junior Trap junior wrote:

Originally posted by colemanY2K colemanY2K wrote:

the price of crude has dropped nearly 30% in a month yet the price of diesel at the forecourt has barely budged - down from €2.10/litre to €2.07 in dublin. the price of diesel should be around €1.50 today Thumbs Down


average fuel prices reported on http://pumps.ie on June 13th > http://twitter.com/pumpsie_bot/status/1536582034507849729


Paddy is greedy.  Once a price precedent has been set they wont bring it back down.

The price of everything has gotten ridiculous.
It will probably take a few weeks to go down more than 10 cent cent yet when its the other way around it goes up overnight.
its called taking the piss. 

since my first post this morning oil has continued to fall...brent crude has in the past hour reached the price level it was at on the day the russian invasion started on 24th feb. 

it'll collapse significantly once the recession takes hold.
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Is the problem not that there's no enough places to refine it now?
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Originally posted by seanyshuffler seanyshuffler wrote:

Is the problem not that there's no enough places to refine it now?


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It’s back under €2 in the cheap spots around the country, next week it’ll be widely available under €2
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Price of oil is not going to by the major issue.  Gas is going to be the major issue this winter.  Probable blackouts and rationing. 

As an economist said the other day if you are not confused with the data at the moment you are not paying attention 😀


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Originally posted by colemanY2K colemanY2K wrote:

the price of crude has dropped nearly 30% in a month yet the price of diesel at the forecourt has barely budged - down from €2.10/litre to €2.07 in dublin. the price of diesel should be around €1.50 today Thumbs Down


average fuel prices reported on http://pumps.ie on June 13th > http://twitter.com/pumpsie_bot/status/1536582034507849729

Great to see pumps.ie back.
Tried looking for it a while ago and and the site hadn't been updated in ages.
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I used to fill the tank once a week but since fuel went so mental I've stuck to €50 a week and tried to make it work. I've more or less managed it, so I'm obviously using way less fuel than I have been. 

Probably a good thing for the environment!! 
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Originally posted by seanyshuffler seanyshuffler wrote:

Is the problem not that there's no enough places to refine it now?

that's partially the issue but it existed well before war started in ukraine. 

the price of oil has dropped dramatically over the past few weeks and so should the price at the pump but as we can see they're painfully slow to do it.
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Originally posted by Baldrick Baldrick wrote:

Price of oil is not going to by the major issue.  Gas is going to be the major issue this winter.  Probable blackouts and rationing. 

As an economist said the other day if you are not confused with the data at the moment you are not paying attention 😀

gas is another issue altogether.

having no LNG terminal of our own leaves us at the generosity of britain and despite what britain says you can be sure they'll cut off our supply if it meant keeping their lights on and industry going. the ironic thing is the bulk of northern irelands gas supply comes ashore in north co. dublin, with only a tiny % delivered directly to the north from britain. 

regarding gas specifically it feels like we're in the phoney war stage until the cold weather arrives. should russia cut supply then britain has plans to cut off supply to the continent to keep the lights on at home. the hope, and that's all we have, is the flow will continue to us but if it doesn't (as they may need it to keep things afloat in britain) our gas powered stations have 10 days supply of diesel on site to keep them going, then its lights out. 



Edited by colemanY2K - 15 Jul 2022 at 12:32pm
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How we are in 2022 and we haven't reduced our reliance on fossil fuels dramatically is farcical and shameful. We have a number of ways of generating renewable energy and we are nowhere near where we need to be. 
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Originally posted by MayoMark MayoMark wrote:

How we are in 2022 and we haven't reduced our reliance on fossil fuels dramatically is farcical and shameful. We have a number of ways of generating renewable energy and we are nowhere near where we need to be. 

because we elect fools like mattie mccgrath. 

we have no excuses, ireland has an abundance of renewable resources and should be a net exporter of power (generated via renewables) instead to keep the lights on and industry such as pharma, tech etc. going we're reliant on the generosity of our nearest neighbour to keep the gas flowing. 


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Originally posted by MayoMark MayoMark wrote:

How we are in 2022 and we haven't reduced our reliance on fossil fuels dramatically is farcical and shameful. We have a number of ways of generating renewable energy and we are nowhere near where we need to be. 


Paddies are possibly the most reactive people on the planet.  We don't forward think at all and any changes have to be dragged out of us kicking and screaming.  The infrastructure in this country is absolutely farcical.  Not only did we have railways which today are needed but in the 50s decided to rip them all up for good measure apart from 3 or 4 lines.

We will have Dublin Galway and Cork under water before they decide to do anything about the climate.  In the meantime there will be talk and arse scratching.
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It's looking grim. Putin will turn off the gas come the winter.
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Originally posted by Artie Ziff Artie Ziff wrote:

It's looking grim. Putin will turn off the gas come the winter.

he could significantly curtail supplies as early as next week if the nord stream 1 pipeline from russia to germany is not returned to service following routine maintenance (a lot of people are betting it won't return to service). 

one of germanys largest energy suppliers, uniper, is dipping into its storage instead of buying gas at spot prices in a desperate short term measure to conserve cash. the storage will be needed for the winter. be in no doubt a crunch is coming which could trigger europes largest economy to crash into recession and dragging the rest of us with them.


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Originally posted by colemanY2K colemanY2K wrote:

Originally posted by Baldrick Baldrick wrote:

Price of oil is not going to by the major issue.  Gas is going to be the major issue this winter.  Probable blackouts and rationing. 

As an economist said the other day if you are not confused with the data at the moment you are not paying attention 😀

gas is another issue altogether.

having no LNG terminal of our own leaves us at the generosity of britain and despite what britain says you can be sure they'll cut off our supply if it meant keeping their lights on and industry going. the ironic thing is the bulk of northern irelands gas supply comes ashore in north co. dublin, with only a tiny % delivered directly to the north from britain. 

regarding gas specifically it feels like we're in the phoney war stage until the cold weather arrives. should russia cut supply then britain has plans to cut off supply to the continent to keep the lights on at home. the hope, and that's all we have, is the flow will continue to us but if it doesn't (as they may need it to keep things afloat in britain) our gas powered stations have 10 days supply of diesel on site to keep them going, then its lights out. 


the rationale behind the construction of data centres needs to be revisited. they are causing havoc to our grid and grids across europe. last week i read the greater london authority has written to property developers telling them that planning permission cannot be granted for proposed residential developments over 20 units in the three boroughs of west London (similar population to dublin). the reason given is that network has reached capacity following the construction of a number data centres with new capacity not expected to be in place until 2035 at the earliest. 

closer to home the amazon data centre in kildare will take up over the twice the power needed to supply the county of kilkenny. we're storing up serious problems for ourselves.

This news comes amid concern over the development of more power-hungry data centres and fears that there will be a fuel crisis as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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