The profit margin on petrol is very low and yet no one moan about the price of a pint of lager averaging between £2.80 - £3.00 and cost just 7p a pint !!!!!!!
Chris Hunt, at the UK Petrol Industry Association, which represents oil refiners, said that it was "nonsense" for anyone to blame oil companies for the high price of petrol.
"Back in 1974 there were 16 refineries and 20,000 service stations in Britain. There are now 8 refineries and 9,000 petrol stations. If we were profiteering, why would all these be shutting down?"
He said the weak pound was the main reason why prices had risen.