Petrol Protests Wednesday!

[janaage]

http://www.petrolprices.com/blog/petrol-price-protests-planned-for-this-wednesday-86.html


Let's hope the public stay 100% behind these protests, unlike the lorry driver protests of a few years ago, where the government's pathetic attempt to undermine them actually managed to win over some of the public (oh the nurses can't get to work crap).

Stick together and we might get some reasonably priced fuel for our motors.

[Chubbs]

best get some bfroe wed, coz im running on fumes

[Danjackson10]

http://www.petrolprices.com/blog/petrol-price-protests-planned-for-this-wednesday-86.html


Let's hope the public stay 100% behind these protests, unlike the lorry driver protests of a few years ago, where the government's pathetic attempt to undermine them actually managed to win over some of the public (oh the nurses can't get to work crap).

Stick together and we might get some reasonably priced fuel for our motors.

I couldnt get to work! But im still up for some form of protest!

[Batch]

I'm going up north Thursday. If I get stuck up there I'll be annoyed.

They haven't said they will barricade the depots yet.

[janaage]

I'm going up north Thursday. If I get stuck up there I'll be annoyed.

They haven't said they will barricade the depots yet.

Fair enough that'd be "annoying" but is it as annoying as having to pay nearly 110p per litre for fuel?  

The British public seem to accept being ripped off by the Government, if the french had such a duty imposed they'd have done something about it months/years ago!

[Batch]

Fair enough that'd be "annoying" but is it as annoying as having to pay nearly 110p per litre for fuel?  

Yes it is.

After Christmas - no problem at all, but this is the special time of year for visiting family and friends. T

[janaage]

Well I'm prepared to suffer a little inconvenience for the cause!!

Stick together brothers (and sisters).

[STFCBird]

oh dear, guess I'll be queuing for hours tonight then to panic buy  :-))(

[sonic youth]

i remember the panic buying in 2000 when i was at school. one day the coaches didn't turn up cos of it.

ace fun!

[RobertT]

I dunno, we moan about the petrol prices going up to quickly and we moan that house prices might stop rising.  Personally, the flipping energy bills are the bigger problem.

At the end of the day, it will all run out soon anyway, so it will continue to rise regardless of what any Govt does.  Even the Yanks are feeling the pinch at the pump now.

I don't see why I should be inconvenienced because someone else doesn't like the price of a commodity.

[STFCere]

do you seriously think the govt will cut fuel duty? no amount of protesting would help, its worth too much money and they cant be seen to be encouraging driving. with the china and india boom prices now will seem like a god send in 5-10 years time

[Luci]

Ill buy petrol as and when I need it.  Its panic buying that causes more problems than the prices IMO.

[jayohaitchenn]

if you don't like paying ridiculous prices to drive then don't drive. I got fed up with the unleaded prices hit 90p a litre, coupled with my unreliable car, and outrageous insurance bills. So i found a job that i could walk to from home and gave up driving.

Currently saving myself at least £150 a month.

[Colin Todd]

I doubt it will lead to any reduction in the piss-take levels of fuel duty

But it might make people feel a bit better, its a joke of a tax when the alternatives to driving are either non existant, more expensive, take longer or in some cases all 3.

Its also worth considereing that as most of what the average Joe buys is transported by road, the price of fuel is having an inflationary effect on just about everything

[Cookie]

If the cost of petrol discourages people to use cars and cuts environmental impact then I'm all for higher prices. If we are to meet the CO2 reduction targets it will get a lot more inconvenient than having to use public transport a bit more.