It's the same here where the supermarkets compete by 0.1 on the price but not lowering it to any really acceptable level. Each trying to be a tad lower than the other while maintaining profits and keeping the price over inflated. LOL CWB, looking at your avatar, your coffee with the fellas is probably long overdue I agree with you David that these taxes should be used to maintain infrastructure but, here in the UK, the money used to do this is always being cut back. No need to guess where it's really going. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-rail-transport/10668970/British-fuel-tax-highest-in-Europe.html On top of the fuel price, we also pay high road taxes (Vehicle tax). Details here: https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-tax-rate-tables