<max@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>I have several iniitial thoughts,
>
> 1) The Government takes the biggest slice of the price of a litre of
fuel,
> therefore any boycott would result in a short-fall in income, the
solution
> would be to increase other taxes or borrow more money, increasing taxes
in
> the future.
>
The thing is, the tax take has risen dramatically on the back of recent
petrol and diesel price rises.
The government, however, are *still* talking about putting another 2p a
litre on, in addition to increasing car tax for vehicles that use more
petrol and hence pay increased tax in any case. There must be about 80p a
litre now instead of 60p going in duty and VAT, so a 2p rise is only a 10%
rise on the recent rise if that makes sense.
The only solution is to lobby for more viable alternatives and don't vote
Labour or Liberal as they both believe it is ok. to tax a necessity on the
grounds of "the environment".
> 2) The Oil companies make the vast majority of their profits from
> refining,
> not retail sales, it would probably hurt Esso more to stop buying
> sandwiches
> at garages.
>
> 3) Fuel is priced "locally", it seems to depend on local competition.
>
> 4) Do you boycott Tesco who I think sell Esso petrol under their own
> brand?
>
> It sounds like a good idea to the naive, but frankly the idea lacks any
> serious thought.
>
> MH.
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