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Originally Posted by Chrislong
For you clowns who are brainwashed enough to argue that we are not being screwed, well, I am baffled. If oil was really a problem, then cars consume a fraction of what planes & ships do, and beyond that, the UK consumes far less than other developed countries who are not being screwed as much; USA, Australia and New Zealand for example.
I posted a link, not for a debate, but for those who wish to, to sign. Those who don't, don't. [full stop]
For the clowns who don't, go post your garbage elsewhere, its wasted here.
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Which would be fine sentiments, to which you are entitled, were they only true!
Cars consume twice as much fuel as ships and planes put together. Oil is probably not the problem, but speculators might be - Governments can do nothing about that.
In the same time our petrol has gone from 80-ish p per litre to 115p, US petrol has gone from $2 to almost $4 - equivalent to us paying 160p per litre, and they pay almost zero tax on their petrol - so how does that make them screwed less than we are?
Whether you choose to see the facts or not, the North Sea oil revenues, that Thatcher gave you back in lower income tax, have halved in the last 15 years, and that has to be made up somehow. Choose which way you want to pay your tax by all means, but you'll pay it one way or another.