fuel protest

[5cooby]

ahhh just what we're needing clicky

i think ill join in

do you agree/disagree to the protests i think it worked well last time

[jcscoob]

agree !!

[jamie_wood]

IMHO I dont think they will help one bit.

[2559B]

the least we could hope for is to put a bit of pressure on oil companies, (who make billions of pounds every year & the w**kers in westminster who make even more from fuel tax) go get off their ar$es & do something about the disgraceful price of UK fuel !!!!!

i know all the arguements about oil being a commodity & hurricane katrina slowing production , but petrol/diesel prices have been increasing way above the rate of inflation for years ......... ENOUGH IS ENOUGH !!!

I will definetly support the fuel protest !!!!!!!!!!!!!! 06:00 on WEDNESDAY 14th SEPTEMBER .................... BRING IT ON !!!!!!!

Ally.

p.s. --- at least i can phone my work & say, " can't make it in boss ..... no opti-juice for the scoob !!!! "

[ScoobyAndy]

<< ahhh just what we're needing >>

here here.

i'll be backing the hauliers and my fellow farmers on this 1 again. lets see how long it takes the fuel companies and the government to react this year. not long me thinks.

All i want to know is how they can justify making profits as big as they do... F*****G Greedy B******S!!!!!!!

[Ninja Scoob]

No comment, im too p**sed off with it, what gets my goat is the fact that the tanks at the station still had the fuel in them but rather than let it run out before they raised the prices they just went ahead and done it! AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGHH!

[oobster]

Although i agree something must be done (like we all emigrate), i don't really think the blockade is an answer. It didn't may any difference last time, and I don't think the government will sit back like they did before.

Ok, we may see petrol going back down a few pence, but it's unlikely to make any difference in the long-run. They'll just go back up again.

I feel for the hauliers etc who might go out of business because of this though.

[terminator]

Never noticed your thread mate,Good link.

[Gumball]

Since i left university i learned a thing or two.

OK, so reading the link, the government claims that cutting fuel tax will not help reduce the price of crude oil??

I dont think anyone really cares TBH how much they pay, as long as we get a cheaper price. If you went to "dirty Barrys" at the corner shop and he said " sorry mate cant buy my buckfast cheap anmore so im going to charge you £10 a bottle" would you still shop there???

NO I THINK NOT.

What in effect the government/Legal Mafia are doing is holding us to rensom and commiting extorsion. WHY?? cos they dont care about anything other than lining their pockets, adding to the secret stash account and saving their money to help the yanks fight wars.

and so it goes on. We help the yanks to batter people, they claim the wealth/oil from the land, add it to thier account then charge us more for fuel.

Old skool crooks in london used to drive old jaguars. the only difference between them and the MP's is they never robbed/harmed the innocent

[andy]

I'm with Gumball on this one - just Google for "failure" and see the top result.

In the US earlier this year they were whinging it had gone over $2 a gallon.

Yes, they're not the same, but:

US Gallon = 3.785 litres

UK Gallon = 4.545 litres

Not a huge difference. 800ml. Big wows.

At $2 a gallon that means they're paying roughly £1.09 at current exchange rates for almost 4 litres of fuel.

For our gallon of fuel (4.545 litres so a bit bigger) assuming £1.00 a litre, we're paying £4.55.

Rip-off Britain? Too bloody true.

[st3ph3n]

OPEC are the real barstewards. As far as I am aware fuel tax is largely based on X pence per litre, and not x% of the cost of oil. So the tax on fuel hasn't really increased recently, but the fuel base cost itself has increased

I do agree with protests and blockades being largely useless. All they'll achieve is disgruntled punters and a crippled country. Although I'd maybe get to work from home or get a company diesel for the week. Which might be nice.

[steve_nairn_sti]

Copied the following from a mail I received a couple of weeks ago.

This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy petrol on a certain day"

campaign that was going around last April or May! The oil>companies just

laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to hurt ourselves by

refusing to buy petrol. It was more of an inconvenience to us than it was a

problem for them.

BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can really

work. Please read it and join in! Now that the oil companies and the OPEC

nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a litre is CHEAP, we

need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the

marketplace not sellers. With the price of petrol going up more each day,

we consumers need to take action.

The only way we are going to see the price of petrol come down isif we hit

someone in the pocket by not purchasing their Petrol!

And we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves. Here's the idea:

For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY petrol from the two biggest

oil companies (which now are one), ESSO and BP. If they are not selling any

petrol, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their

prices,the other companies will have to follow suit

[Gumball]

are we still waiting for the fuel protesters to decide whether they are going ahead with this?

i witnessed a thousand lunatics all waiting for petrol at tescos this morning. imagine what these people would do if bird flu came here???

even getting the price of a litre down below £1 again would be good.