UK FUEL

Dear Friends,

I have set up a petition about the ever rising fuel prices in the UK. Please add your name(s) and then send the link onto as many people as you can.

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Kind Regards.

Tim.

Reply to
The Master
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I'm sure the US treasury and the government of China will pay the utmost attention to your petition.

Reply to
Andrew Robert Breen

and the greedy bastards on the Chicago commodities exchange that's actually causing the problems

Reply to
Alan Smith

I'm sure they'll be delighted to fall in line once they see the petition.

Reply to
Andrew Robert Breen

The date being 26 May 2008, "The Master" decided to write:

Well actually I think you're a bit off-target. Fuel prices are beginning to byte, which might encourage people to use smaller and more efficient vehicles and reduce journeys. However the VED proposals are completely illogical. By all means have a duty on new cars because of the emissions caused by manufacturing them, but the government is just using global warming as an excuse to increase taxation, whilst at the same time pressing ahead with airport expansion.

Increasing the VED on the cars people already own is daft for two reasons. If it encourages people to recycle old cars and buy new ones that will only increase carbon emissions. Secondly, once they have paid the VED it is no longer a disincentive to use the car. They might as well make the most of it.

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Richard Porter

And why have a policy which actually encourages certain sectors to use highly uneconomical vehicles?? A new Dodge Ram (the dirty big model) comes with a Chrysler 5.7 Hemi V8 engine. A Chrysler 300c has the same engine. The Dodge Ram has permanent

4-wheel drive and the aerodynamics of a garage, the 300c is 2 wheel drive and has slightly better aerodynamics. Average mpg in the Dodge is about 13, the 300c returns an easy 19mpg. The Dodge owner pays £185 for 12 months tax, the 300c's owner pays £400!!!!!!!! Why? Because the Dodge Ram is so bloody heavy it's taxed as a commercial vehicle, that's why! It falls into the same class as a 3500-7500kg truck. Where is the logic? I despair, I really do. Badger.
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Badger

"Badger" gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Or a slightly different loophole.

An Alpina 5-series is £185 tax, because it's a low production/sales model which doesn't have an official CO2 figure...

Reply to
Adrian

Stretch limos pay £185 a year because of a lack of CO2 figure. That amuses me.

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Pete M

Reply to
Charles Hamilton

Have you bothered to look at the performance, fuel consumption, emissions specs for each vehicle and not just the outward appearance of the engine?...

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:Jerry:

"Charles Hamilton" gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Simple. The 307 is post-01, so CO2 taxed, hence about £120. 2001 Xant HDis are taxed at about £150 - the CO2 emissions are slightly higher than those for the 307 HDi, at least in part because it's a nominally larger car - the 406 is closer to the Xant, and 407 with the C5, whilst the 307 shares a lot with the C4.

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Adrian

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