Posted by Andy F Batter on 09/13/05 13:26

"Gunther Gloop" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message

> eg. they were getting 17% of 80p. Now they're getting 17% of �1.

Ok, but of that extra 20p, the government is making just 2.97p per litre
over and above what it was. It can afford to cut tax by 3p a litre, no
more.

Really, I don't think cutting fuel from 105p per litre to 102p is going to
make much difference for most folk. Basically though, with dwindling
reserves, and other countries' rate of use rising to match ours, the high
cost of fuel is here to stay. 15years from now we'll all be plugging
electric cars into mini-wind-turbines for charging, and hoping for a bit of
wind overnight. :-)

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