E-petition Displaying fuel duty (tax) on receipts

BoGoF

Good one.........so your ultimate goal is to have the duty reduced?

As much as I agree we pay too much in this country I am of the opinion these petitions are a waste of time but good luck.

Lumacor

BoGoF wrote: »

Good one.........so your ultimate goal is to have the duty reduced?

As much as I agree we pay too much in this country I am of the opinion these petitions are a waste of time but good luck.

That would be a very nice side effect wouldn't it?

I have thought that about the petitions in the past too, but considered it might be worth a shot, rather than doing nothing. I appreciate your comments. Thank you.

AirlieBird

Lumacor wrote: »

I would be interested to know how many people on this forum, without looking it up, know the exact % in fuel duty they pay and what it costs them every time every they go to the pump.

You do know that the proportion of tax taken from fuel is at historically low levels? In fact, it hasn't been this low for over 20 years. And that's despite a 2.5 ppt increase in VAT.

Lumacor

I did not know that. I'm sure I can't be the only one to not know the figures. It would be nice to have something like that proportional clarity simply stated when you buy the fuel though.

John_Pierpoint

What I do know is that the tax take in this country in the 1960's was something near to 25% of GDP and it is now nearly 50% of a much larger GBP.
What is the extra being used for ?
Buying votes?

Lumacor

Apparently, this government is all about clarity and transparency nowadays...

CLAPTON

I'ld like to see the figures on the receipt
nice to see what the government takes in tax
nice to see that when the price of petrol goes up then the government get more tax too (what ever happened to the fuel price regulator?)

like to see the cost of the biofuel directive separately listed too; so we can see how much of our money to going to help destroy the rain forests, raise the price of food and add to the total C02 in the atmoshere.

zygurat789

CLAPTON wrote: »

I'ld like to see the figures on the receipt
nice to see what the government takes in tax
nice to see that when the price of petrol goes up then the government get more tax too (what ever happened to the fuel price regulator?)

like to see the cost of the biofuel directive separately listed too; so we can see how much of our money to going to help destroy the rain forests, raise the price of food and add to the total C02 in the atmoshere.

I not sure that's correct

CLAPTON

zygurat789 wrote: »

I not sure that's correct

the point is indeed debateable but I believe the scientific consensus is that combination of burning the forests to provide the land and the transportation and refining produces more C02 than straightforward oil production (it might be more sustainable in the long run but that's a different story)

the legislation was introduced into the EU after a very brief period of headline news about how biofuels will save the world;

so politicians rather than scientists rushed to judgement and produced some more dreadful legislation.

zygurat789

CLAPTON wrote: »

the point is indeed debateable but I believe the scientific consensus is that combination of burning the forests to provide the land and the transportation and refining produces more C02 than straightforward oil production (it might be more sustainable in the long run but that's a different story)

the legislation was introduced into the EU after a very brief period of headline news about how biofuels will save the world;

so politicians rather than scientists rushed to judgement and produced some more dreadful legislation.

So the sustainability argument is that the CO2 you put into the atmosphere will soon be taken up by the plants for biofuel in a quick 1 year cycle whereas the burning of fossil fuel is a millions of years cycle.
I suppose it depends on how long it takes for any CO2 produced from the clearing to be taken up by the biofuel plants. But if you use land already cleared (for food) then it must be positive for reducing CO2
So do we save the one and only planet or cull the ubiqitous human race?