petiot fuel prices...

[northwind]

I'm going to get a knuckleduster made up which says "petrol tax per litre is lower in 2008 than in 2000", only in reverse, and I'm going to use it to punch anyone who blames the government for the current fuel prices so hard in the forehead that for the rest of their lives whenever they look in the mirror they get a reminder of the truth of fuel duty I'm going to start with every newspaper faithfully reporting lies as news.

To reduce fuel to what most people seem to consider an "acceptable" level, lets say 90p- would cost about 10 billion pounds per annum in lost tax revenue. More than 1/8th of the total education budget, or 1/10th of the NHS, if you want to go cost cutting. These are the roughest back-of-envelope numbers ever btw but they're realistic.

It was like 76p when I passed... Grrrrr.

[Viney]

Originally Posted by Girth

Yeah noticed it.

Whats it going to take to get cheaper fuel?

I think rolling road blocks like the go slow rides shave been most effective but is any of it going to make a change?

Voting in a different govenment si the only thing to change it. Other than that, we have 2 hopes, and one of them is dead!

start targeting the oil bosses, killone , kill the one who replaces him after untill they cut prices, destroy refinarys, pipes etc, they might get the message we are ****ed off then!!

It would not actually be that hard to launch a terrorist attack against these big comapnies.

[Viney]

Originally Posted by kat_s1

84p? i never knew it were that low.

I remeber when it was per gallon and we had 4 star and 2 star!! I have an old photo that shows fuel being £1.62 a gallon for 4 star!

And when i bought my sv in 2000 it was £10.50 to fill it up. Ahhhhh, the memories. My 1st car when i passed 20 years ago cost me £25 to fill up! That was a 2L Toyota.

The worst thing that happened was going metric. When it was per gallon, it used to go up, say, 2p a gallon in the budget, its now 2p Per Litre, which is 9.2p per gallon.

And you wonder why people dont want the euro!!

Originally Posted by neio79

start targeting the oil bosses, killone , kill the one who replaces him after untill they cut prices, destroy refinarys, pipes etc, they might get the message we are ****ed off then!!

It would not actually be that hard to launch a terrorist attack against these big comapnies.

Great idea. Make fuel even more scarse, then that will really push the price though the roof. I balme China!

[dizzyblonde]

FUEL PROTEST DAY 22ND JUNE.....its a SUNDAY
http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourc...test+22nd+june


nope, things aren't getting any easier, and, when you've had a wage cut of 200 quid a month and your tax credits have halved because its all calculated on the previous years earnings, it makes your blood boil

I have to keep a roof over my sons head on my own, pay the mortgage, pay ctax, utility bills etc etc. Just the same as any one else, but i have nobody to share it all with and right now I feel like sitting with everyone else on that sunday and skiving work!!!!



copied from the other fuel thread....cause I'm annoyed by paying too much on everything, AND PETROL!

Originally Posted by Viney

the euro!!

Great idea. Make fuel even more scarse, then that will really push the price though the roof. I balme China!

not if after the first couple of CEO , directors etc have been killed and they pay attention.

Originally Posted by neio79

not if after the first couple of CEO , directors etc have been killed and they pay attention.

because it really works like that...

I remember a day when it only cost me £36 to fill up the car, now I can get just over £60 in the same car!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Filipe M.

because it really works like that...

err i think its got a better chance than wondering down the M4 at 5MPH!!! think about it, IF you were to top the top few guys in all the major oilcompanies and the ones that replace them and the ones that relace them and so. Do you really think aynoe would want that job if they knew it came with a death sentance unless they donesomething about their prices and working on new oil from harder to reach places??