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11-26-2007, 07:28 PM
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UK fuel protests set to resume in the next few days Post #21 | | Newb
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Originally posted by ericcantona7:
<BLOCKQUOTE>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.
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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. </BLOCKQUOTE>
The argument was nothing to do with supply and demand though, just pointing out the relative costs of producing and retailing two products.
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11-26-2007, 07:29 PM
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UK fuel protests set to resume in the next few days Post #22 | | Newb
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fuel costing more is good, not bad.
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11-26-2007, 07:30 PM
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UK fuel protests set to resume in the next few days Post #23 | | Newb
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Originally posted by Andy Jordan:
fuel costing more is good, not bad.
| do you ever get large scale fuel protests like this in the usa?
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11-26-2007, 07:31 PM
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UK fuel protests set to resume in the next few days Post #24 | | Newb
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Originally posted by batch:
Think we've just gone over £1 around here - although a garage about a mile down the road are charging £1.08
| I paid 99.9 at the local Morrison's garage today.
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11-26-2007, 07:32 PM
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UK fuel protests set to resume in the next few days Post #25 | | Registered User
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cutting tax isn't going to solve the problem. It's done on percentages anyway. If the government cut the amount we were paying in terms of taxation, the fuel companies would just raise it again to similar levels because they know they'd get away with it.
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11-26-2007, 07:33 PM
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UK fuel protests set to resume in the next few days Post #26 | | Newb
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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.
| At the same time that we are facing a potential crisis with global warming?
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11-26-2007, 07:37 PM
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UK fuel protests set to resume in the next few days Post #27 | | Joe Blow
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Originally posted by Gregg Carter:
cutting tax isn't going to solve the problem. It's done on percentages anyway. If the government cut the amount we were paying in terms of taxation, the fuel companies would just raise it again to similar levels because they know they'd get away with it.
| yeah and the idiot proles would still blame the government
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11-26-2007, 07:55 PM
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UK fuel protests set to resume in the next few days Post #28 | | Newb
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Originally posted by Andy Jordan:
fuel costing more is good, not bad.
| I get your drift, but we are paying about $9 a gallon now.
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11-26-2007, 07:57 PM
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UK fuel protests set to resume in the next few days Post #29 | | Newb
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Quote:
Originally posted by Doog:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Gregg Carter:
cutting tax isn't going to solve the problem. It's done on percentages anyway. If the government cut the amount we were paying in terms of taxation, the fuel companies would just raise it again to similar levels because they know they'd get away with it.
| yeah and the idiot proles would still blame the government </BLOCKQUOTE>
Government should be saying OK you want the fuel duty dropped, for every 3p we drop it we put 1p on income tax*, how much cheaper do you want it to be?
*wild guess
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11-26-2007, 07:59 PM
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UK fuel protests set to resume in the next few days Post #30 | | Newb
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Quote:
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.
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that would be a brilliant argument if your average working man needed to buy 50 litres of mineral water a week. </BLOCKQUOTE>
maybe the average working man needs to find a job a bit closer to home or stfu?
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