Fuel Protests?
09-13-2005, 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by CiderBoy,Sep 12 2005, 10:24 PM
I would argue that you have chosen to live in the sticks.
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09-14-2005, 02:15 AM
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Originally Posted by baptistsan,Sep 13 2005, 07:50 PM
FFS, its NOT just about us.
And your attitude of tough you live in the sticks again smacks of a real narrow mindness where other people are concerned.
And your attitude of tough you live in the sticks again smacks of a real narrow mindness where other people are concerned.
But I still fail to see the problem with the amount of tax on petrol.
The tax has not been put up.
There may be other issues causing Petrol to go up at the moment, but I don't think we should insist that the goverment reduce petrol duty to accomodate this - unless things got so bad that it would danger the economy.
I never put forward the "in the sticks" thing, but I would be surprised to hear if many of these people have to change there lives just because petrol has gone up by a few pence.
I am not saying I diagree with other points regarding planes etc, but just that I 100% agree with tax on petrol which controls both congestion and pollution, the former being related to the later.
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09-14-2005, 02:18 AM
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Originally Posted by baptistsan,Sep 13 2005, 07:57 PM
1) No I'm sure you wouldn't.
2) What a sheltered world you must live in. Please tell me you are not serious?
3) Agreed. One of the biggest contributors to carbon dioxide levels = cement manufacturing for example. So lets tax the **** out of cement instead.
2) What a sheltered world you must live in. Please tell me you are not serious?
3) Agreed. One of the biggest contributors to carbon dioxide levels = cement manufacturing for example. So lets tax the **** out of cement instead.
2) Why not? The poorest people in this country don't have cars. Those that do are not likely to travel far.
3) If the cement thing is true, then why not?
09-14-2005, 03:21 AM
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Originally Posted by CiderBoy,Sep 14 2005, 10:18 AM
1) So am I
2) Why not? The poorest people in this country don't have cars. Those that do are not likely to travel far.
3) If the cement thing is true, then why not?
2) Why not? The poorest people in this country don't have cars. Those that do are not likely to travel far.
3) If the cement thing is true, then why not?
High CO2 producers (fossil power stations, heavy industry etc) have to buya 'bond' to allow them to pollute so many millions of tonnes of CO2 to atmosphere, if they realize they will pollute more than their target (lets say 1000 tonnes /annum) they have to go to the energy market and buy more bonds. Now these bonds aren't fixed, they are supply and demand driven, so they might have paid
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