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 Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 4:23 am |
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Joined: Mar 03, 2011
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Location: Isle of Wight
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 4:24 am |
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Location: Salisbury / New Forest
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 4:28 am |
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If thats the case I will just park my car up once again and jump on the bike for everywhere I go.
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 4:37 am |
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Joined: Mar 06, 2011
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Location: BRISBANE, QLD, AUSTRALIA
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2 pounds a litre??????? sheeeeet! thats roughly $3.20c here in aus, and we are cracking it over 98ron (our premium over 95 n 91)being $1.60 odd
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 4:53 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Bridgnorth, Nr Wolverhampton
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id take a pop that thats been fed to the media to distract people from the rise thats coming next month and soften the blow a bit.
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 4:54 am |
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Joined: Apr 26, 2010
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dont have FB can anyone post info on here?
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 4:57 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: UK
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protesting most likely wont make them change. At the end of the day, the people will still pay the stupid prices to drive
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 5:02 am |
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Joined: Jan 29, 2011
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Location: Westhoughton, Lancashire
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I was member of a fuel protest group on Facebook, but no one could understand that by spending money buying fuel to drive to a fuel protest was just putting even more money into the governments pockets. The government would loose more if no one used their cars. There were suggestions that don't buy fuel on certain days. You are still going to use the same amount of fuel so you will be buying the same amount on a different day. It is supply and demand. We need the fuel so the government tax us huge amounts on it. The alternative is not to use the fuel. There is no competition between oil companies as the petrol stations only make about 2p per litre profit. High fuel has a knock on effect for everybody. Higher costs to get food to supermarkets, so supermarkets charge more. Our wages don't go up to cover that. The only way to get noticed is to lobby your MP, go to their monthly surgey, email them, fax them, ring them. They are employed by you, so make them work for you. If they don't report them for not representing the electorate and have them removed from their job. Tax on fuel is unfair, but while you buy it, the government have you over an expensive oil barrel.
OK rant over
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 5:04 am |
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Oh and for the record people, we are in a RECESSION. money has got to be made somewhere, and in my opinion, knocking the cost of a litre up by a few pence is a fantastic way to make the money back,
A couple of quid more cost to us at the pump but millions of pounds more money to the government to help out the economical situation..
And if you dont like it, do what Uz said, jump on a bike.
You cant expect us to get out of a recession without getting prices raised somewhere, and on something thats a luxury that can be substituted or cut down on if you really cant afford it then it really is a no brainer..
You can moan about how they spend the money, moan about the cuts to other areas and job losses etc but really, increasing petrol prices would be done by any government party. i didnt vote conservative but i see this as a pretty obvious way to help the situation.
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 5:07 am |
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Location: Birmingham
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completely agreed macca. unfortunately we all need our cars for convenience. working in fast food i can hardly cycle to work and turn up unhygienic, right? this is the sort of dilemma we all face. Tough £2 a litre. I cant see that happening. Like said above, I think it's a red herring.
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 5:09 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Moscow
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As good as it is to get out of the recession and pay back debts, it should be done slowly.. Not overnight.
Raising the prices of something people are struggling to afford.. Yes because thats clever. If people stop filling up and start using their bikes/legs, then what are they gonna push up then when they don't make enough money on fuel tax?
Edit: kersh - A couple of pence.. It has rose nearly 35p in a matter of months.. thats an extra 33% rise. It was 99.9p back in October/Nov.
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 5:16 am |
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Location: Bridgnorth, Nr Wolverhampton
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| tomd0801754 wrote: |
As good as it is to get out of the recession and pay back debts, it should be done slowly.. Not overnight.
Raising the prices of something people are struggling to afford.. Yes because thats clever. If people stop filling up and start using their bikes/legs, then what are they gonna push up then when they don't make enough money on fuel tax?
Edit: kersh - A couple of pence.. It has rose nearly 35p in a matter of months.. thats an extra 33% rise. It was 99.9p back in October/Nov. |
there isnt time to do it slowly, there's a lot of debt, if they were trying to do it quickly then it would be far worse by now,
lift shares, cycling, walking, public transport, smaller engines, diesel cars, electric cars, all these are possible solutions for people that cant afford it,
if you really cant afford something you find alternatives, you dont moan about it and keep doing it.
if it didnt happen at the pumps, itd be in some other area of your life.
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 5:44 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Essex
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The price rise is to do with the supply problem in certain oil producing countries, not our government using a 'red herring' for the intended 1p price rise next month. In fact the chancellor is hinting at not implementing the rise, & even reducing the tax in some (mainly Scotish) areas. As for protesting doing anything to reduce petrol prices not a chance, this country is not France, not enough of the public here have the balls to confront authority & risk breaking the law. As for not using our cars to lose the oil companys & government money, a waste of time, all that would happen is the price would go up so those still able to buy would pick up the short fall, & if that's just transport companys we all pay the extra on the goods they deliver. Unfourtunetly £2 a litre, here we come.
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Last edited by E5GDM on Mon Mar 07, 2011 5:47 am; edited 2 times in total
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 5:46 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Bridgnorth, Nr Wolverhampton
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| E5GDM wrote: |
| Unfourtunetly £2 a gallon, here we come. |
id take £2 a gallon 
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 5:48 am |
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| Kersh wrote: |
| E5GDM wrote: |
| Unfourtunetly £2 a gallon, here we come. |
id take £2 a gallon |
Well spotted, I've edited my post.
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