Posted by Paul Taylor on 09/13/05 18:01

"Andy F Batter" <uknewsgroups@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Gunther Gloop" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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>> eg. they were getting 17% of 80p. Now they're getting 17% of �1.
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> 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. :-)

Which is why they want to charge you by the mile instead!
Electric cars may happen very soon, even before the GOV tries to force
GPS trackers to be fitted to every car :-) ...
Toshiba are developing a Li-Ion battery that can be recharged 80% in 1
minute,
and only loses something like 1% of capacity after 1000 charge/discharge
cycles...
www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/2005_03/pr2901.htm

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