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Old 28-05-2008
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Originally Posted by Alfonzo View Post
Possibly the worst idea I've heard since somebody suggested using Marmite as Diff lubricant..

The vast majority of the price of petrol is TAX. That is the governments depmartment, not the oil companies. So the government is where efforts would have to be focused, perhaps banning Futures Trading on petroleum.

But rest assured, if they drop the tax on fuel they will raise it elsewhere as the government is practically bankrupt.

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Yeah the tax is really OTT but the profits that most of the Oil companies is still through the roof and breaking records every year so something is obviously still not right.....
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