Gordon Brown is suddenly the motorists’ best friend! He’s decided to start campaigning for beleaguered drivers by battling price discrepancies on UK forecourts and trying to stop OPEC pushing up oil prices. Despite recent drops in fuel prices you will still find unleaded prices close to...

After the recent surges in the price of oil, have you stopped to conisder just how much extra you’re paying when you fill your car up? Having reluctantly got rid of my trusty old Ford Focus, after eight years and 110,000 miles of happy motoring, I was looking back at the fuel figures I’...

A British chemicals company, INEOS Bio, are claiming that within two years they will have technology available that will convert household waste into ethanol fuel. Using their process it will be possible to convert a ton of household waste into 100 gallons of ethanol, which can then be converted int...

Bow down and thank the generosity of our Labour government, for they have decided to postpone the planned October increase in fuel duty. The Chancellor, Alistair Darling, announced the postponement of the 2p increase, stating it will ‘help motorists and businesses get through what is a diffic...

The price of fuel has, I’m sure you’re aware, well and truly broken through the £1/litre barrier. Diesel is now selling for around £1.20, with unleaded slightly lower at around £1.10. So what’s the actual cause for the increase? The finger of blame is generally pointed at the d...