Why is Diesel more expensive than Unleaded fuel in the UK?

Answer 1

same here in Australia don't know probably so they can put the prices up on food etc delivery cost

Answer 2

It goes back to when they were getting rid of 4star petrol. unleaded prices were kept down by the government of the day by not raising taxes tax on it, so they increased the rate on diesel instead. actually diesel is a lot cheaper to produce.
The thieves we have in the chancellors dept worked out that as diesel gives better milage they would lose revenue as more and more people were switching to diesel.
The cheapest fuel just now is liquid gas but as soon as cars that use this fuel get cheaper and more people switch to them, watch the price esculate dramatitically

Answer 3

During the mid eighty's the government kept the taxes low on diesel fuel to encourage companies to swap their fleets of vehicles over from petrol to diesel. Now the process is complete they have begun to bleed British businesses dry.Who said labour were any different to conservative?

Answer 4

Because more and more people are buying diesel cars,therefore the goverment taxes it more to make up for the lost revenue in unleaded.

Answer 5

The UK Government decided a few years ago to put a carbon tax on motor fuels, in addition to the previous taxes, so that the additional tax is proportional to the amount of carbon-dioxide released to the atmosphere by burning the fuel.

Diesel fuel is a "higher fraction" of crude oil than petrol, with approx. 10 carbon atoms per molecule, compared to approx. 8 carbon atoms per molecule in petrol, and approx. 4 in LPG. Therefore a fixed number of molecules of diesel fuel will release 25% more carbon-dioxide into the air when burnt than the same number of molecules of petrol. Hence it attracts a higher carbon tax.

The greater efficiency of the diesel engine compared to the petrol engine, and the higher calorific value of diesel fuel compared to petrol (due to the greater number of carbon atoms) means that even though the fuel is taxed higher per litre, the driver of a diesel car still pays less tax per mile (and emits less carbon-dioxide per mile) than the driver of an equivalent petrol car.

Answer 6

I actual have been instructed that this is by way of the fact there's a smaller refining ability for diesel yet in my opinion i've got faith that's a self belief trick via the gas providers to improve earnings.

Answer 7

For the same reason that Petrol in England is more expensive than in other European countries, you are being ripped off by your own government, In Switzerland ( a supposed to be expensive place) it is 68p a litre, so why in England it is so high ???

Answer 8

diesel is more expensive because it lasts longer than unleaded also it burns quicker and cleaner

Answer 9

theoretically unleaded is less polluting.i don't know if it is but my neighbour plants are all covered in black stuff and he has a diesel engine

Answer 10

diesel goes further then any other fuel the consumer does not need to buy as often hence higher prices!!

Answer 11

Because Gordon Brown says so!
Our next PM? Pricing us off the road!