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Rocketing fuel costs may hit £8 a gallon

Hard-pressed motorists could be driven off the road and, with fuel set to rocket to £8 a gallon, cars will become the preserve of the rich, motoring organisations warned today.Hard-pressed motorists could be driven off the road and, with fuel set to rocket to £8 a gallon, cars will become the preserve of the rich, motoring organisations warned today. The crisis in Libya and the Middle East could cause the cost of crude oil to double at a time when diesel and unleaded prices are already being described by motoring organisation the RAC as "unacceptable". The effects will be felt on the forecourts within weeks, leading to an estimated 5p a litre increase in petrol prices by April. It would mean filling up the average family car could cost more than £100, according to the RAC which predicted more people will be forced to stop using their cars. Read the full story in the Shropshire Star.

Telford|Feb 26, 2011
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