Originally Posted by Karl

Complaining or protesting about fuel price increasing is a COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME as it is inevitable due to our natural oil reserves running out, and the EVER increasing demand due to countries like China developing so quickly.

The reason fuel is so dear is due to crude oil supply issues. In approximately 2006 we passed a critical limit called "peak oil." This is the point at which worldwide demand for oil passed the ever decreasing pumping capacity of our natural oil reserves.

What will happen now, is that as the deficit in supply against demand grows ever bigger the price of crude oil will escalate to a never before seen level!

This means we now have hugely escalating fuel prices at the pump. Diesel is forecast to be £1.50 a litre in the next year.

Lastly to give you the real worrying reality, is that within 10 years our oil dependant lives will have to change dramatically as the demand to supply ratio will be critical! This means the way each and every one of us lives is going to change, like it or not!! You may be worrying about fuel prices now, but soon it will effect everything our lives are built around as EVERYTHING is based on the oil industry in one way or another. It is definately the end of our society as we know it and the dawn of a new era, which I have to say worries me hughly as I really have no idea what to expect.