For the first time ever it now costs over £2 a litre to fill up with diesel at a fuel station in Harrogate.
A photo taken outside Texaco on Skipton Road reveals it is the place in the town to have broken the £2 barrier for diesel, with others in Harrogate, Knaresborough and Ripon heading in the same direction.
Prices at the pump are rising due to increases in the cost of crude oil, which is used to make petrol and diesel.
Diesel in particular has jumped sharply over the last few days. Trade publication Rigzone blames the Russian invasion of Ukraine for a shortage of barrels across Europe this week.
This week’s rail strikes will also see more commuters using their cars which will increase demand and could push up prices.
This month it was announced that it now costs over £100 to fill up a 55-litre family car, which motoring body RAC called a “truly dark day” for motorists.
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Where is the cheapest place to fill up?
The website PetrolPrices publishes up-to-date fuel prices at sites across the country.
It says the cheapest place to fill up in Harrogate is at Asda where it’s currently 182.7p per litre of petrol and 190.7p for diesel.
In Knaresborough, it is Co-op Manse Road where petrol costs 188.9 per litre and diesel is 191.1p.
In Ripon petrol is cheapest at BP where it currently costs 188.9p per litre. Esso is the cheapest for diesel at 192.9p per litre.
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