Petrol increase

marksward

It does nothing but take more money from the poor. Suppose it will leave more room on the road for the rich gas guzzlers. THe government has been waiting in the wings to use the green stuff to get more money from us. The real issues are not dealt with and public transport is an absolute joke.

Crabman

Completely agree, I find my car is the cheapest way to get around (I have a 1.0 VVTi engine) by far. If they were serious then maybe a respectable amount out of the humongous £40billion collected from motorists each year would be spent on transport/road building instead of just taking our money :mad:

anewman

Have to agree with all the points here. Maybe we should all buy diesels and fill up with cheap veg oil, and not pay tax in protest?!

tomstickland

Petrol has been cheap for the last few months though. Down to 85p from 99p a while back.

piggeh

is it on petrol, or diesel as well?

*hopes it's just petrol, but isnt getting his hopes up*

philhuff

tomstickland wrote:

Petrol has been cheap for the last few months though. Down to 85p from 99p a while back.

Cheap!?

Alright, it's been available at a lower cost than it was a few months ago, but I don't think it could ever be labelled as 'cheap'.

oldwiring

Perhaps the truth is that we want what are our needs not to cost anything. That being so fuel would be dear at any price. I think the French ave it right. They say bon marché (good business) or moins cher (less dear). I think the fench carries the reality of what I said above.

I seem to recall hints that other taxes would change to compensate for the greening of our taxation, but am not inclined to hold ny breath until the chanfe comes. Are you!?

Woby_Tide

piggeh wrote:

is it on petrol, or diesel as well?

*hopes it's just petrol, but isnt getting his hopes up*

*dashes hopes*

iceman_2

does anyone think petrol will actually go up by 1.25p though.

84.9+1.25=86.15.

i've never seen petrol sold at anything other than a .9 at the end so it'll probably go up to 86.9

derrick

iceman wrote:

does anyone think petrol will actually go up by 1.25p though.

84.9+1.25=86.15.

i've never seen petrol sold at anything other than a .9 at the end so it'll probably go up to 86.9

Had it round here with .8 .6 .4 .3 at the end.