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V8MoneyPit:
Raw plastics have increased hugely in price over the last few years!
Here is just one of many sites demonstrating the increase:
http://www.plastemart.com/intl_graph.asp?cat=hdpe_inj&dispname=Injection&mtl_id=2

As for engine oil, we (work) were paying £2.94 per gallon of 20W/50 in 2004. Now its £4.54. Tax on that has remained at 17.5%, although it falls into a different taxation than petrol of course.

Basically, anything with oil involved has increased enormously. And it isn't all tax. In the case of petrol, if you take this example:
http://www.petrolprices.com/fuel-tax.html
the tax has gone up by 5p since 2000, but the total price has increased by 19p. Or take it back further... since 1995 tax has increased by 24p, but the total increase is 41p.

So, if you believe those figures, the majority of the increase is not tax.

It is fair to say, however, that we pay a huge percentage of tax on our petrol compared to many other countries.

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