Fuel Protest

[Sneaker]

Strike or no strike, there is too much tax on fuel.

 

I say we pick a day, and on that day everyone posts the shirt from their back to Gordon Brown. Write on the shirt an agreed standard comment about the tax on fuel. That should send the message.

 

And if you don't want to send your own shirt, buy one from a charity shop and help a good cause at the same time.

 

Just a thought.

[jokerdisco]

I agree that something has to be done. I am spending between £70-£90 per week in petrol. Im happy to display posters in the car, at work, etc. as for sending the shirt off my back, the government might se it as bribary. I work for a large local authority and will be speaking to the local MP's and directing them towards this link for their views. They are of the same mindset as us.

[Conniff]

The dearest petrol in the country so far announced on tv - Exeter £1.99 per ltr petrol and diesel.

 

Blatant profiteering. Says he is doing ti to stop people buying too much. All he has to do is tell the pump not to deliver more that £20 (or whatever). He refused to appear on camera.

[jokerdisco]

Im thinking of doing a top gear and either get a pack of huskeys and a sledge (with wheels) or get a field and grow my own petrol. !!!!!

[JOSH_IOU]

If there are any truckers from todays london go-slow that wish to be involved in a Dover Blockade get intouch.

 

 

Its quite clear from the government they do not wish to bring the price of fuel down any time soon.

 

Enough's enough.

[skbuncks]

Whilst surfing the net the other day, doing a bit of background reading petrol prices and the like I came across an interesting page from the AA detailing petrol prices from 1896 to 2005 here.

 

Its no help in fighting the cause but does have severla points of interest (note that prices prior to 1971 are given in old money and all arre price per gallon (divide by 4.5 to get price per litre)).

 

A few salient points are:

 

In 1896 petrol was 4p/gallon or just 0.008p per litre. That means (if im doing my maths right) that petrol has increased by 1474900% (1.4 million) in just 112 years. If there were to be a similar increase over the next 112 years then petrol would be 1740382p/L (or £17403/L) in the year 2120

 

Fuel duty was not introduced until 1909, was then suspended in 1919 (when VED was introduced) and re-introduced in 1928.

 

Petrol doubled in price during the Great War 2p/L to 4p/L but by the start of WWII had dropped back down to 2p/L

 

Petrol was 11p/L in the year I was born but rocketed to 16p/L the following year (45 % increase). Conspiracy theorists might say that I was directly responsible for this.

 

In 1998 83.1% of the cost of fuel was tax compared to 57% today

 

skb

Edited July 4, 2008 by skbuncks
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