UK fuel protests set to resume in the next few days

retired_hmarckel · 11-26-2007, 07:17 PM

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Originally posted by Kill Rock Stars:
i think farmers and lorry drivers need to man up and stop crying

not to mention your average idiot motorist

i think lorry drivers should save fuel by not overtaking on motorways while going uphill. i genuinly think there should be police marksmen on overpasses to discourage this sort of behavior

retired_nini59 · 11-26-2007, 07:18 PM

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Originally posted by Doonhamer:
Charge the townies more to subsidize fuel for those in rural areas. Helps those who have no choice but to use a car afford the hikes and encourage those who have more transport options available to use them. :thup:

Only if they swap the houses, terraced housing in the rural areas, and nice big gardens in lower broughton please.

retired_srini_aug1 · 11-26-2007, 07:18 PM

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Originally posted by Doonhamer:
Charge the townies more to subsidize fuel for those in rural areas. Helps those who have no choice but to use a car afford the hikes and encourage those who have more transport options available to use them. :thup:

Wouldnt the townies just drive to a rural petrol station and fill up there for less?

retired_fabricodalacosta · 11-26-2007, 07:20 PM

Thing is - I can't understand why many farmer's are kicking off, when they are able to use red diesel (unless I'm mistaken) ? Also - the amount of tax that goes on fuel once it comes into the country (from the government) is perhaps as much of the problem as anything.

retired_globalmall · 11-26-2007, 07:20 PM

Its 108 down here. Such a rip off.

retired_nini59 · 11-26-2007, 07:21 PM

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Originally posted by Cobbler:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Rob1981:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Aslan:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Petrol comes from oil. It has to be drilled, refined, shipped from volatile countries, a huge tax added onto it when it comes into the UK and by and large the product in its various forms has been highly responsible for most of the global conflict in the last 40 years - yet still a litre of it down your local petrol station costs less than a half litre of Mineral water.

</BLOCKQUOTE>

that would be a brilliant argument if your average working man needed to buy 50 litres of mineral water a week. </BLOCKQUOTE>

When do things get priced depending on how much you 'need' to buy of it? </BLOCKQUOTE>

all the time, it's supply and demand, thing is it works the other way, higher demand = higher prices. Don't make me get into elasticities.

retired_srujanach · 11-26-2007, 07:22 PM

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Originally posted by ajw2255:

Wouldnt the townies just drive to a rural petrol station and fill up there for less?

They would lose a varying amount of the saving depending on how far they have to drive to the rural station and I suspect few would bother adding distance travelled simply to save a pound or two a tank.

retired_nini59 · 11-26-2007, 07:23 PM

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Originally posted by Big Geordie:
Thing is - I can't understand why many farmer's are kicking off, when they are able to use red diesel (unless I'm mistaken) ? Also - the amount of tax that goes on fuel once it comes into the country (from the government) is perhaps as much of the problem as anything.

because farmers always want the best of both worlds. I'll happily drop fuel tax if we can get rid of their subsidies.