bigmountainscotland well done on setting up a petition but wondered whether there was any reason for not setting it up via the Government and Parliament Petitions website?
As we saw from the climate strike yesterday, this is a global issue; I've addressed the petition appropriately to reflect that...
When it comes to fuel tax, there’s already plenty at the pump for most of us…
Disagree strongly. Stopping the Fuel Price Escalator was (and is) the kind of short term populist nonsense that we need kids to call us voters and our politicians out for.
But by contrast, you're entirely happy with the fact that there is no tax on Aviation and Shipping Fuel?
As we saw from the climate strike yesterday, this is a global issue; I’ve addressed the petition appropriately to reflect that…
Thank you bigmountainscotland
But by contrast, you’re entirely happy with the fact that there is no tax on Aviation and Shipping Fuel?
No. Although there are more effective ways to tax flying to try and arrest the rate of increase in use.
Regarding protests if fuel tax is increased....
Why can’t the hauliers just increase their prices accordingly? This protects them from a short term shock.
In the long term will this not drive consumers to buy more local produce and have less stuff moving about?
I guess in the long term it will also shrink the haulage sector too but they will have more time to prepare accordingly.
A classified section on here would be good
There's a big disparity here... even if fuel prices were to increase in the UK, it wouldn't make that much difference in the bigger scheme of things; don't forget the price of fuel in North America for example is around 1/2 what it is here... hence the bigger engines (and bigger per capita emissions)
By contrast, Aviation and Maritime fuel is Tax Free all over the world; speaking of all over the world, it's basically subsidising transport of the majority of the consumer tat that chokes the oceans and ends up in landfill.
For the gammons out there, it also means industry is being outsourced... thanks to subsidised international transport, those dirty foreigners are taking our jobs overseas!!
Start taxing aviation and maritime fuel and there is a very easy way to get around that. The only people we would be hurting would be ourselves, meanwhile the rest of the world will continue to sell any old shit* as bunker fuel.
*I honestly mean that, heavy fuel needs to be kept above 90odd Celcius or it sets like tar, bloody awful stuff and full of the crap already pumped out of sludge tanks depending where you go. Oh and petrol is not petrol depending where you go, in the likes of Indonesia and the Philippines you would be lucky to see 50% refined fuel landed ashore never mind at the pump.
Ah, so essentially what you're saying is they use the filthiest left overs to fuel ships as it doesn't have to comply with clean air regulations...
Is it true that ships often switch fuels before coming in to dock, so as to bring their emmissions down to an acceptable level?
Was anyone else hoping she'd run over and punch him in the balls?