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at long last! hope it works, im fed up with the daily rise in petrol prices

Glad at last we are not just accepting rising fuel costs without protest.
If this were France(and I have expeienced it) they would leave their cars by the roadside to cause maximum disruption. We are much too polite in our protests. Brown and co., must be made to rethink taxation to bring down the cost of fuel - no action, no re-election. I will support any legal lawful protest.

Jack Bolling

Its terrible that we in the Uk should be paying more for our fuel than the mny of the large economies of the World eg Australia, USA, Canada etc. The government should have reduces the tax on fuel. I wrote to Gordon Brown and about a year ago, befor he became Prime Minister and to this date he still has not replied to my letter, the Government is not for the people!!!!

i am all for encouraging the use of public transport but if you live outside the major towns/cities it doice but to findoesn't always work for you. I am a nurse and work 12 hour shifts starting at 0700hrs public transport can't get me to work in time (I travel a 20 mile round trip), my husband does a 50 mile round trip working permanent nights, again public transport is no good. My son is a bus driver and even he cannot get to work/ home depending on his shift using public transport, as a family at present we spend £80 -£100 a week on fuel and have no choice but to find the extra as and when the increases occur. Come on give us all a break

ABOUT TIME , THIS ACTION IS WELL OVERDUE . IT SHOULD HAVE STARTED LONG AGO. WHERE I LIVE DIESEL , LAST WEEK , AT TWO WELL KNOWN GARAGES WAS £1.11 A LITRE . ABSOLUTELY DISGRACEFUL .
HOW DO THESE PEOPLE SLEEP AT NIGHT...

Yes i think there should be a protest but to block the fuel stations is stupid because it only gets the motorists backs up and i am self employed as a driver and if it goes on for any length of time i will be out of a job and i certainly dont want that as i have bills and mortgage to pay and a child to keep so i say no to blockades.

These people have no idea how to run the country - run it down yes. We bend over backwards to enforce european policies, policies that other member countries disregard. We allow all and sundry into the country and have no idea where they are - legally or otherwise. They are given our jobs, housing and no end of benefits; benefits that the likes of you and I would be unable to claim. Fuel prices will continue to soar whilst the government bangs the global warming drum. What about public transport - useless. Never runs to time - often cancelled, mostly dirty and badly maintained. How are we expected to rely on in for getting us to work on time?? The motorist is being conned - where does the ROAD TAX go?? Not all on roads. Where does all the fuel tax go?? Not to improve the public transport infrastructure. Yes it is about time we the honest hardworking members of this country stood up for ourselves. No need to blockade fuel depots - just dont go to work for two or three days - bring the place to a halt and maybe the government will take their head out of the clouds and listen to the people who put them there and pay their salaries.

100% - Whole-heartedly behind any protest that lowers fuel prices. Can I, however, make a plea to motorists? If the protest takes off to the scale of the 2000 situation would everyone remember that the people who work in the petrol stations have no say in the prices or rationing of fuel and we also rely on fuel to go about our daily lives.
Please don't abuse the poor attendants who are only doing their jobs - its the Big Bosses of the Franchises and Supermarkets that dictate any rationing or closures.
Up The Blockades!!!!!!!!!

The economics of this situation to my mind seem complex enough to warrant far more informed comments than are given here.

I am a young person earning little money and am staggered at how, at least relative to other nations, we arrive at an economic circumstance which results in charging a vast amount of tax on an item (fuel) which is a functional means to an end. It is hardly a luxury, although at its current price (102.9p/litre) and given the breakdown of actual fuel cost(44p/litre - 68.9p/litre tax it seems that this level of direct tax is frankly exorbitant.

Everybody should accept that our fuel is a commodity which is running out, and in a free market economy, it would seem that unless people decide to stop running their cars, it won't be possible to offset the current costs. The government are not idiots - they simply take (gross) advantage of the inelasticity of demand of fuel.

Truth be known, cars have improved significantly in terms of fuel economy. This does not, in every case, negate the price rise, say over the last 10 years, but the new Blue Motion VW Polo, achieving 74.3mpg, for example, has got to be one option for reducing the 'hit' to us as consumers. I drive a small 1.1 litre peugoet 205 and can squeeze 40mpg out of it with a real concerted effort, (official figure is 36mpg) yet for most students, it is still easy to perceive this as 'expensive' to run. The point is that although fuel has increased by 22% in the last 17 years, equally in the last 17 years car technology has developed to the point at which similarly small engines are able to produce double the fuel economy.

However, as standards of living have increased exponentially in the last decade-point-five and given the current situation and social climate which deems it acceptable to borrow double figures times their annual salary, it doesnt really surprise me that there are all these large-engined, larger cars about - (I live in Essex/nr Cambridgeshire). One question I would pose to people complaining about the cost of fuel is to double-check that they bought the most efficient car they could. At a time when it seems every tom, di*k and harry drives a ranger rover or executive audi just exactly why people complain about the price of fuel actually staggers me.

Excepting people who drive for a living, most of us could ultiamtely accept that health permitting, we could cycle to work. I used to do only 2 hours of cycling every other week for several years before i could drive and it was a perfectly viable form of transport. Granted, carrying around people and luggage, a car proves invaulable, but the broader point i'm making is that driving to work is a lifestyle CHOICE. It is not beyond the capacity of the average human to cycle 20 miles to work and back every day without physical exhaustion. it would be a 2 hour return journey for a fit cyclist, but compared with sitting in traffic for the most part of your morning and afternoon commute, achieving precisely zero mpg while cyclists can avoid traffic altogether, it seems, at least intellectually speaking, acceptable to consider cycling a perfectly viable alternative to driving. You'd be fitter, healthier, and have more money spend in your spare time. As they say - 'go figure'...

I too wrote to you recently about your misleading mailshots regarding the price of fuel in my area. It seems to me that since the very effective days of 2000 this dog has lost it's teeth and been muzzled. My local business failed after the last fuel protest because through that effective protest the public began to think about how much their fuel was costing and how efficiently they should be using it, so they deserted my shopping area with negligible parking and went to out of town stores with free car parks. Nevertheless I believe the cost of fuel to be unjust in this Country and we should start to take action to redress the balance and stop the Government viewing it as simply a revenue source rather than a necessary comodity that is as essential to our well being as any other fuel supplied by the utilities. Imagine this level of duty and taxation on gas or electricity, it wouldn't happen. An hour's flight of a single aircraft would fuel my car for 10 years but we are told air travel is essential to our National interest, yeah and the motor car isn't?
God Luck and Protest all you want. Lets show this Government we have had enough and we all know that if the issue is sensitive and supported enough they will act. Fubra Ltd you should be leading this and reacted sooner, you face the loss of support of all those looking for action.

this government is sticking its two fingers up to the motorist and the rest of the uk population because they believe that we will keep a stiff upper lip and take the price increase on the chin and carry on regardless

what they don't realise they are slowly strangling the goose that lays the golden egg, and this goose is going to fight back

we need to let the government know they serve us, not the other way around

i understand that the government is wasting our tax pound on war, imigration, and financing their own egos

it's not their money so they don't care,

if they are short of money next year they will squeeze the goose a bit more

let us break the grip the government has on us and stand up and fight back,

if we dont do it now the horse will be the transport of the future

I notice that the prices of crude are now starting to drop, I wonder how long it will be before the benefits of this are passed on. The prices go up quickly enough when crude prices rise, lets see if they fall as fast.

i drive to university to study, and drive between 600 and 700 miles per week. I drive a distance to uni and then drive relative amounts for work purposes throughout the weekend. The rise in fuel prices has really hit me hard. I will be willing to protest anywhere!! Can we do the same as 2000??

I entirely agree with every word in favour of fuel duty cuts.

I lsos agree with any legal action taken to make this government take notice

Firstly, I agree with what others have said about the effect of the increased prices in Petrol & Diesel for people living in rural areas and disabled.

Secondly, with oil prices based on the US Dollar and the strength of the Pound-oil prices should be coming down-instead of going up!!

Thirdly, with the oil prices (wholesale) now going down, the pump prices should reflect this.

Lastly, with the UK being voted the most taxed country in the 'industrialised' world, by the International Community, the government should feel guilty about this and remedy the situation by reducing same and enhance the prosperity of the country before we go into meltdown and nobody can afford to do anything or go anywhere-with wholesale redundancies & the like!!

Since breaking through the £1 barrier the price has gone through the roof. Even my local tesco is now charging £1.08 for Diesel!

In the USA they are moaning that fuel has just hit 2$ a gallon!!!!!!!

That 8 extra pence would be a rise for them of about 48 cents. The greed of this government knows no bounds and its time tio give them something to think about. Brown wasn't even elected, it's his fault we are in this mess and he'll pay for it by not getting elected when he finally goes to the people.

about time i support this action 100% lets stick it to em with a united stance ..!!!!! everyone i speak to says its daylight robbery that just cannot carry on , can you imagine what we are going to pay five-ten years from now ....mad aint it ...we need to find a better source of fuel but hey guess what they will only tax the hell out of us with what ever we use

so come on guys and gals power to the people ....!!!!!!!

Fed up of this s*it being ripped off daily.

If there was a general election tomorrow, gordon brown would be a paper boy and david cameron would end the non sense of labour once and for all!!! I don't know why the regular supporters of labour vote so in their drones when they are crippling the UK economy. get the labour boys out!!!!

If there was a general election tomorrow, gordon brown would be a paper boy and david cameron would end the non sense of labour once and for all!!! I don't know why the regular supporters of labour vote so in their drones when they are crippling the UK economy. get the labour boys out!!!!

If there was a general election tomorrow, gordon brown would be a paper boy and david cameron would end the non sense of labour once and for all!!! I don't know why the regular supporters of labour vote so in their drones when they are crippling the UK economy. get the labour boys out!!!!

It is about time someone gave a lead against an impossibly ludicrous situation. One thing is for sure there is not a single Continental country whose citizens would have permitted these prices to have got this far without a murmur. It is beyond belief and I wonder what has happened to the U.K. Road Hauliers who took a firm line once before. How can they compete against the Continental? Have they collapsed after the last time? Were they bought off by the Government somehow? Or perhaps they have finally moved their businesses abroad as so many are in the process of doing. At £1.10 for a Litre of Diesel does anyone realise that this is almost £5 per Gallon. It is mostly going in Tax to give to the Private "Initiative" to build Hospitals, etc., so that they can be promptly closed down. This Stalinist system is slowly taking over - so slowly - think about and we are being strangled not by prudence but by out-dated prejudices. PM

this so called government,(well dictator cos he wasnt voted in by the public) will drain your pockets until theres nothing left..its about time there was a fuel demo. fuel has been going up in price for the last 13 weeks or so or even longer.if we dont bring the country to a standstill then this so called goverment(dictator) will continue to create more problems for the motorist. im all for this demo,but lets not just have one,lets have a few to show these greedy greedy hippocrites that we wont be bullied into being forced out of a spiecal way of life. lets face it,if it wasnt for the car/van/wagon we wouldnt be able to make a living a lot easier. we have paid enough for our lessons/driving licence/insurance/tax. lets not be made fools off. when is the european law courts going to intervene..fuel is a lot cheaper abroad.

I'm really wary of any 'orderly action' which plays in this or any other governments hands. Decades of planning and Min of Transport policy has made us all car dependent, so the Treasury can screw the tax out of us. It's not as if most of us have a choice any more, public transport has been privatised, wrecked or both and if you want to walk/cycle to the local shop/post office/hospital/school, they've all been moved to out of town sites which need a car to get to. The treasury has secret rules which say that if a new tram or rail system is planned, the cost of the lost fuel duty and vat have to be added to the annual capital repayment cost: so nothing gets built!. BUT, if they want a new road or airport, they calculate the demand growth based on oil at $35 a barrel!!! So lets have a campaign that forces the government, whoever they are, to invest a large chunk of that fuel duty in providing us with an efficient, clean, safe, frequent, convenient, and affordable integrated public transport system, so we actually HAVE a choice, because without it we are being ripped off; TWICE!!

Cheers SDCHAMP

Please please its about time the British public did something constructive about every increasing demands from government on our wage packet. The tractor and lorry drivers of France would have shown some action by now. As someone who relies on travel for work I can imagine the £1.20 litre my the spring - just wonderful

i think its a good idea, as i am a delivery driver for a world wide pizza company, and if the worst happens and no one could get fuel, then just maybe the government would think twice. im struggling as it is. thankfully the lowest petrol round here is still 99.9 but soon it will go in line with over a pound a litre. hope they do a good job with this. good luck.

what baffles me is that the pound is so much stronger than the dollar was in 2000 so there should not have been an increase in cost, if anything it should have come down for us. for the basics of the maths, if fuel was $10 per barrel last year it would have cost us around £7.50 whereas $12 or even $13 dollars which is a 20 and 30% rise now we should still be at the same number as before since we are more than $2 to the £1 yet the price we are paying has shot up. everyones making money except the public. it doesnt make sense. the government needs to do something.

i am with this as i was before i have 4 children three with disabilties and need to get them to and from school and other appointments its drain me in money when the price of fuel went up in the state's there was roits
and they only pay about £1.00 £1.50 a gallon to our 1 liter i will be supporting this

I wish I had something bigger to block the entrance to Asda fuel pumps

High fuel prices? What high fuel prices? I saw this coming, and over a year ago adapted my car to run on vegetable oil. I run it on used vegetable oil, which I get for free from my local chippy. I also use rapeseed oil (70p per liter), corn oil (50p per liter), sunflower oil (80p per liter) from supermarkets, makros etc. or I can use biodiesel, for 84p per liter. If I make my own biodiesel from used oil, it costs about 30p per liter.

After a year of running on veg, I honestly think that this is a much better fuel, in terms of economy, performance and emissions - and price! Diesel is a second rate fuel which I have absolutely no intention of ever going back to.

Have fun with your little protest/blockade, it won't affect me directly at all, as I have plenty of oil stocked up out back :)

It has been four years since I arrived in this country, I respect and abide to the law of this country in every capacity.
The price of a litre of unleaded petrol was around the 73 pence mark back in 2003 when I arrived here and now its over a pound. This is a mammoth 36% rise in the price of petrol in only 4 years which I think is just criminal!

The worldwide price of petrol for cars is discussed over almost every dinner party in the USA, the point being that "in some parts of Europe, the price is in excess of $8 per gallon". (That's US dollars per US gallon of course, but it refers to the UK as much or more than anywhere else in Europe).

What's interesting is that in most parts of the UK (excepting this website and its supporters), the $8/gall price is by no means a limitation on the price of petrol.

In fact, it's hard to see what the cap on petrol prices would be... If the price was say, $25/gall (ie 3x where it is now), I bet we would still keep our cars, even if we did reduce the amount of miles we drove.

The reality is that as oil becomes more scarce, and while other economies can and will pay more for petrol while not linearly taxing the consumer (eg China), the worldwide price is set to rise independently of whether the current or any future UK Government raises additional taxes on petrol.

Bottom line -- I suggest that you get used to rising petrol prices. Consider how you will re-order your lives to take this into account. If that means moving to Indonesia (cheaper, lower taxes, but very high polluters of course); changing your fuel systems from fossil to hydrogen (Germany taking the lead here but it ain't cheap); moving house so as to take advantage of public transport; etc, then so be it.

Quit complaining and figure out how to survive in the real world. Nothing you can do on this site will make a blind bit of difference in the long run.

.....And in the short run, it will only affect your blood pressure ...

hi, great news if it goes ahead.
LPG IS GOING UP WEEKLY!!!!!!!!!
WHY ? I DONT KNOW.
STARTED BUYING AT 47.9PENCE IN OCTOBER NOW IS 54.9 DECEMBER!!!!

Agree with Andrew, the ONLY way this would Ever work again, is if EVERYONE got off their backsides and came out to support.

Never mind winge-ing " where are the fuel protestors "

Because don't forget, you've got another increase on DUTY on it's way too.

Hi to everyone from 2000

MxXx

I think it's about time something was done, it is getting rediculus and unafordable to drive. Driving is not a luxury, it is a necessity. I think I remember reading something about a fuel protest in New Zealand it was somewhere on www.nzmoneytalk.co.nz but can't remember the outcome.

Good luck with it anyway I hope it is a success. It might be worth moving to America for $3 a gallon

It's dreadful the way these b*st**ds tax the motorist.
Why is it necessary? Road tax - MOT tax - service tax - speed cameras - congestion tax - parking charges.
There must be better ways of improving the GDP.
I like labour but I don't like what they are doing presently.
I can't use public transport effectively.

AS SAID ABOVE, FOR THIS TO WORK, IF THERE IS A REPEAT OF 2000, EVERYONE, AND THAT MEANS EVERYONE, MUST STICK THIS OUT, NOT BACK DOWN, WHEN THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF FUEL, IF U WANT THE GOVERNMENT TO LISTEN, THEN WE MUST ALL ACT. N O W.