Posted by Clem Dye on 09/19/87 11:25

dinZ wrote:
> At what price would you consider curtailing the use of your vehicle and
> consider greater use of public transport or your own non fuel based method
> of transport. ie bike, skate board
>
> mentioning this as it looks as though unleaded may pass the £1.00 per litre
> mark at some point this year.
>
> DinZ
>
Well, one of the reasons petrol will be > £1/litre, as will diesel, is
because HMG takes so much of the price in tax. Good ol' Gordon Brown is
rubbing his hands all the way to the Treasury - the higher the price
goes, the more we pay in tax. At some point soon, the economy will start
to be hit adly bby this continued price rise - there's no end in sight,
but it would be a gambling man who likes very long odds to bet on HMG
reducing the amount of tax that it creams from us in this way.


Clem

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