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Fuel Protest
Hobnailkelly:
Getting back to the original question - Yes but for the following reasons:
Every time the price of oil increases the government make more money out of us through taxes. For this they do not improve the road network.
Furthermore, the increased tax take is added to by charging VAT on the tax we are already paying.
My RRC will run happily on bio-diesel while the weather is above freezing but the van I drive for work will not. Result - a bit more holiday for me if the pumps run dry :lol:
CaptainColourful:
--- Quote from: "crazymac" ---I'd support it, no worries!
Thing is, not so long ago we had high fuel prices, and the crude oil was $70 a barrel, but the exchange rate at the time made it more like £50 in our money.
Now we are told that the crude oil is reaching $100 a barrel, but in todays exchange rate that is LESS than £50 a barrel.
SO WHY ARE WE PAYING MORE FOR FUEL, by that arguement we should be paying the same as a few years back which was 90p a litre
--- End quote ---
In a word .... TAX
OK another phrase springs to mind too... Rip off Britain !
Last week the yanks were moaning about paying $3 a gallon .... if they were paying our price it would be nearer to $8 per gallon ... even allowing for their gallon being slightly less than ours.
As per usual, the working man (and woman) is being taxed to death to pay for the Govt's inadequacies.
I would support blockading BP stations, they are always dearer than anyone else.
Yoshi:
--- Quote from: "CaptainColourful" ---
--- Quote from: "crazymac" ---I'd support it, no worries!
Thing is, not so long ago we had high fuel prices, and the crude oil was $70 a barrel, but the exchange rate at the time made it more like £50 in our money.
Now we are told that the crude oil is reaching $100 a barrel, but in todays exchange rate that is LESS than £50 a barrel.
SO WHY ARE WE PAYING MORE FOR FUEL, by that arguement we should be paying the same as a few years back which was 90p a litre
--- End quote ---
In a word .... TAX
OK another phrase springs to mind too... Rip off Britain !
Last week the yanks were moaning about paying $3 a gallon .... if they were paying our price it would be nearer to $8 per gallon ... even allowing for their gallon being slightly less than ours.
As per usual, the working man (and woman) is being taxed to death to pay for the Govt's inadequacies.
I would support blockading BP stations, they are always dearer than anyone else.
--- End quote ---
I thought it was the other way round, i thought their gallon was 5 litres and ours was 4 1/2?
Sider:
Nope, US gallon is 3.785 Litres. Imperial gallon is 4.546.
Thrasher:
Hmmm .. seems no-one has actually studied the document I posted :(
Tax on fuel is actually lessening .... take a look!
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