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11-27-2007, 08:01 PM
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UK fuel protests set to resume in the next few days Post #131 | | Newb
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If most people ditched their car and used public transport or bought a bike, how would the Goverment make up the millions they would lose from tax on petrol?
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11-27-2007, 08:38 PM
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UK fuel protests set to resume in the next few days Post #132 | | Newb
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Quote:
Originally posted by Paul Bacon:
If most people ditched their car and used public transport or bought a bike, how would the Goverment make up the millions they would lose from tax on petrol?
| by the savings they made from not having to maintain roads, by the income generated by public transport, and by the money saved by the NHS maybe?
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11-27-2007, 08:54 PM
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UK fuel protests set to resume in the next few days Post #133 | | Newb
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Does every penny the Goverment make on petrol go back into maintain roads and improving public transport? Doesnt seem like it sometimes
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11-27-2007, 09:10 PM
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UK fuel protests set to resume in the next few days Post #134 | | Newb
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I doubt it, but I'd rather they took the money from people polluting the environment than say stick VAT on bread and milk, or increase the lower tax rate.
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11-28-2007, 10:01 AM
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UK fuel protests set to resume in the next few days Post #135 | | Newb
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CBA with driving really, the bus or my motorbike did me when I had it.
A bus ticket here costs £1, or £1.90 for an all day ticket. Compared with nearly £7 a day parking were I used to work then using a car was never an option. Wouldnt be so bad now as there is free parking where I work now but meh.
Bike cost about about £10 every three weeks in petrol if I used that.
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11-28-2007, 10:47 AM
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UK fuel protests set to resume in the next few days Post #136 | | Newb
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Quote:
Originally posted by Red_Hector:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Insanemadman:
If I could drive, buses would have to be almost free for me to consider them as an alternative.
£2.85 for a single fare into town, when it is about 4 miles, is just a joke. If there are 3 of you, it works out cheaper to get a taxi than the bus, ffs.
However, as I can't afford the initial outlay, i'm stuck with it.
| Four miles? What's that like a fifteen minute bike ride? </BLOCKQUOTE>
It takes me about 25 minutes, but I take the easy routes not the shortest ones, and I don't go that fast. Still quicker than the bus though, which usually takes about 30-35.
Cycling is rarely a valid option though.
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