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And we have a winner…
You may be aware that petrol prices have been climbing steeply just recently. You may also be aware that Shell delivery drivers are on strike at the moment, so there are fears that petrol may soon run out at many forecourts.
What happens when a commodity becomes scarce? The price rises. And petrol is no exception, with one enterprising garage owner in Devon putting all fuel types up to £1.99 per litre. He says it’s to stop people buying more than they need and to prolong the stocks, and he’s promised that the price will go back down when deliveries start coming through again but even so!
[For our US readers, £1.99 per UK litre is approximately equivalent to $21.10 per US gallon. So think yourselves lucky you're only paying $4!]
Update 17 June: after being “more villified than George Bush” (which is really saying something), the garage owner has decided to bring his price down to £1.20 for unleaded. Still too high but at least it’s in line with the rest of the country now. To help preserve stocks, he’s limiting everyone to a maximum of £5 of fuel - so you can’t even buy a gallon!
Looking at the picture that accompanies the story, I think he only stopped at £1.99 because his sign won’t go up any higher.
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