Posted by Ben @ October 30th, 2009 1:41 am. Filed under: Can't someone else pay the tax?,My Other Car Is Another Car,Unworkable Ideas — Tags: Mr. Richard Lawrence —
by Mr. Richard LawrenceWe request that petrol prices be examined under a new scheme where petrol prices fluctuating due to profiteering and oil barrel hoarding by bankers, will be made impossible. Petrol prices should be capped at a maximum allowable level, so as to insure Petrol does not outstrip inflation, and does not cause misery to millions by rising by another 5 pence in the coming year. £1.10.9 per litre is already unacceptable.
It’s an interesting and certainly very appealing idea, but there’s a huge flaw: What if the price of an oil canister rises to the point where it’s not cost-effective to sell petrol at £1.15 per litre? We reach a situation there when the petrol stations are losing money and it’s just not worth their efforts selling their petrol in the UK. Tell me, Mr Lawrence, how will you fuel your car then?