The comics are making a fuss over the non-story that petrol's likely to hit £1 a litre this summer. Er, so? The price still doesn't reflect either its scarcity or the damage caused to the environment by burning it. £5 a litre would be more realistic, and high enough perhaps to alter peoples' behaviour and begin to affect government transport policy.
Until then it is unbelievably cheap, and we should all make the most of it while we can, because in a few year's time £1 a litre will seem like we were almost being given it for nowt.
But then the Express gives itself away by trying to quote in gallons! Petrol hasn't been sold in gallons since the 1980s and we all earned far less back then, so any comparison is frankly facetious. It was like the tosser who complained about the price of tea at the catering coach this week - nine shillings! As decimal currency hasn't been around since 1971 we can only guess how much he earned back then, and how much a cup of tea was ...
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