Oh, it's just that in another message you sent a few minutes ago in reply to "Depresion" you said "Now that I see where the figures came from I don't have a problem with them". Make your mind up !
Presumably since the site in question is one that is concerned with UK fuel prices, it buttumed, not unreasonably, that the readership would be only too aware of the price of a litre of diesel or petrol in their own country.
is this more government wasteWith the risding price of fuel, and the consequent reduction in car use, will this be needed? M1 to be widened to eight lanes The M1 is to...
considerate driverWasn't this guy considerate? Having realised that he's fouled up big time and is going to end up in court he...
I saw an Arial AtomYes there are. If your vehicle requires 200bhp to drive confortably because it is quite heavy (200bhp isn't the big magic figure it once...
Full Of IdiotsThe roads are full of idiots! The traffic was terrible today, but I can see where a lot of it comes from. Every few moments I had to slow...
Increased fuel duty means increased costs for British businesses, take the haulage companies they have to fill their lorries up at this increased rate, that increase is then pbutted on to the consumer in the way of price increases. Haulage companies who deliver throughout Europe are facing disaster, the differential in price from the EU market to the British market is making them uncompebreastive and will soon send them out of business. This means that inflation will rise and so will the cost of living, the government say that if they drop the level of tax on fuel then spending on the NHS will have to suffer, this is just not true.
Public transport is not an option. Buses and coaches become more expensive again because of the underlying cost of running them. The privatised rail and bus companies continue to slash services and close branch routes because running them is not "cost effective." i.e. the shareholders aren't getting their dividends. And the government are doing nothing about it. Rail companies have been underperforming and missing targets ever since privatisation. Yet they're all still in business. And again, your council tax should be paying for public transport. The petrol tax goes straight to the government instead of to local councils where it could be used to make some difference. The driver is in a lose-lose situation. It costs a fortune to run a car, and it costs a fortune to use public transport. For convenience, the car will win every time
I don't drive it doesn't affect me does it?
We have seen this question many, many times before and the simple answer is that fuel prices affect EVERYONE. When you go shopping ask yourself how that item got on the shelf? Part of it's journey to the shelves would have been by truck. Your morning paper would have been delivered to your newsagent by van. These transportation costs increase when fuel prices increase and these costs are pbutted on to you, the consumer. So you see, almost everything you buy has been transported at least partly by road, and high transportation costs are pbutted on to you by consumer price increases.
Two pints of milk would cost £2.14
A loaf of bread would cost £1.58
A first clbutt stamp would cost £1.13
A no frills evening out with dinner for two would cost £175.58
