Households across the UK have seen their energy bills soar following the recent price increase on 1 April. It was revealed last month that the Ofgem price cap will rise from £1,277 up to £1,971 – meaning the average energy bill will see an increase of around £700 a year. Most energy firms are increasing their standard tariffs to the maximum allowed by the cap, meaning millions of Brits are now left paying considerably more each month.
Tesco customer filmed 'filling car up with cooking oil' as fuel prices surge across UK
17.03.2022 - 10:59 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A bizarre video has surfaced of a man filling up his car with cooking oil outside a Tesco in Congleton. The video taken a Cheshire resident shows a man with a trolley full of oil outside the supermarket car park pouring the oil into his vehicle.
Mark Rainford, who posted the video on Facebook on Tuesday (March 15) with the caption 'what fuel prices', said he found the situation strange.
Speaking to Cheshire Live he said: "I filmed it and as I walked past him he was taking all the tops off the bottles first, that's what made me laugh. He had clearly thought it through."
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Hundreds of people were amused by the video, with some praising the man for his ingenuity and saying the car would 'run just fine'. Others were more pessimistic over the vehicle's chances of functioning.
One man said: "It's going to be a busy night for the AA when everyone tries this in their modern diesel engines."
Another commenter said: "Don't go putting veg oil in your car or van unless it's old type diesel engine . You'll f*** your engine up, it's too thick and you'll blow the diesel pump up. And especially don't put it in a petrol car/van."
One person posted: "To use veg oil you need a heater in the fuel system and also the glycerine in the oil will eventually clog up the fuel system and homogenise the engine lubrication oil. The only way it works is to convert it to biodiesel using toxic and dangerous chemicals."
The video comes after a record rise in petrol and diesel prices, at a time where energy bills are also increasing. As of Wednesday morning (March 16), diesel rose to a record high of £1.76 per litre, while petrol was recorded to be at £1.64 a litre.
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