Well, anyone that knows me, will be aware that I hate putting things political online, but the last few days I have been watching the news, and listening to the details of the proposed truckers fuel protests, and I have to wonder why its only the truckers, why private individuals everywhere, all vehicle owners do not also do their bit, so that any result of the protests will not just be confined to commercial diesel, so that petrol price comes down as well.
The fact that today the prime minister is meeting with Oil representatives just amazes me, they want to try to get the oil companies to drop their price, totally missing the point that its the TAX that is too bloody high that’s making the price of petrol so high.
If the tax was halved and the oil companies get the same price as now for their oil, then everyone would be able to afford it, why the hell is petrol taxed as much as it is, and then, VAT is added, onto the already taxed price, so we pay 17.5% VAT TAX on the TAX.
If we were in France, there would be rioting on the streets at such high fuel prices, especially when 2/3rds of the cost is directly due to the Government controlled TAX.
I thought it was ridiculous when Petrol went above 85p per litre, now its 115p per litre, and the Americans I speak to online, are complaining to me that their petrol is too high, and its HALF our price.
OPEC should state an international TAX rate, and they should limit supply to any country that tries to cash in on their population by taxing more than a prescribed rate, then every country would have a fair and universal price for fuel.