Signing up to ask the Prime Minister to reduce the tax on petrol and diesel by 20p uk

el guapo · Post by **el guapo** » Fri May 30, 2008 4:00 am

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Cut-fuel-pri ... njsLNA9xKg

The petition was created by Mark jacobs and reads:

'We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to reduce the

tax on petrol and diesel by 20p per litre.'

chrisb84uk · Post by **chrisb84uk** » Fri May 30, 2008 8:38 am

I like the idea, but do these kind of petitions every actually work, I mean I'm all for it, but I really can't see the PM doing this!

el guapo · Post by **el guapo** » Fri May 30, 2008 9:24 am

chrisb84uk;878039 wrote: I like the idea, but do these kind of petitions every actually work, I mean I'm all for it, but I really can't see the PM doing this!

to be honest i dont know

but if you do nothing you get nothing

Post by **spot** » Fri May 30, 2008 10:44 am

el guapo;878115 wrote: but if you do nothing you get nothingSo... if I want the Prime Minister to increase the tax on petrol and diesel by another gratuitous and unnecessary 20p per litre... I should start a petition about it?

el guapo · Post by **el guapo** » Fri May 30, 2008 1:16 pm

spot;878176 wrote: So... if I want the Prime Minister to increase the tax on petrol and diesel by another gratuitous and unnecessary 20p per litre... I should start a petition about it?

yes spot you go do that

Post by **spot** » Fri May 30, 2008 1:38 pm

el guapo;878260 wrote: yes spot you go do that

Please click on the link below to confirm that you wish the Number 10 website to display the petition at the bottom of this email in your name.

Your petition reads:

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to increase the

tax on petrol and diesel by 20p per litre.

Even with fuel now topping £1 a litre it is still, sadly, not

yet prohibitive for the man in the street to drive. With the

continued and increasing waste of fossil hydrocarbons, a

fundamental and irreplaceable raw material for manufacturing,

by treating it as mere fuel to be burned while it lasts, it is

imperative that the Government act now to bring fuel to a

reasonable price at which this waste stops. Adding a gratuitous

20p per litre to all hydrocarbon fuels will encourage industry

to find alternative energy sources for transport, heating and

power. We understand that this cost will decrease the personal

spending power which is so essential to a consumer-driven

economy, perhaps the additional proceeds could be added to the

annual state pension bill.

Thank you for submitting your petition.

[ This email has been automatically sent by the Number 10 petitions system ]

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Fri May 30, 2008 1:41 pm

May as well sign, let's face it he's doing so much back pedalling lately for fear of being ousted it may just work.

Chookie · Post by **Chookie** » Fri May 30, 2008 1:49 pm

You mean you would actually believe anything the bugger actually said????????????

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Fri May 30, 2008 2:23 pm

Its a nice idea, but I don't think its possible, we have a supply problem, but also a huge demand level, and subsidizing the fuel will only make the pain even harder later on. They will have to take oil of the commodities market and start sharing it out in quotas at some stage, as the price is just going to keep escalating over the medium- and long-term, whatever happens short term.

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Fri May 30, 2008 2:29 pm

That said the price of fuel in the UK is very high, much higher than in the Republic, and we think ours is high. But I have to reiterate, that if you think its bad now, its not going to get any better, in fact its only going one way, unless they find Saudi style reserves somewhere in the Atlantic that we haven't looked before (under Rockall perhaps?). I know that you might find spots point about fuel annoying, but in reality he is right, we won't be able to afford to use oil as a fuel for that much longer, we may already be hitting peak oil, and we should have been trying to develop a way to get out of our total dependence on oil a long time ago, that we did not is now going to come back to haunt us all unfortunately.

Post by **spot** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 1:28 pm

I got an email back from the Prime Minister.Hi,

I'm sorry to inform you that your petition has been rejected.

Your petition was classed as being in the following categories:

* Duplicate - this is similar to and/or overlaps with an

existing petition or petitions

Further information: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Upfuelduty/

If you wish to edit and resubmit your petition, please follow

the following link:

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/hydrocarbons/

You have four weeks in which to do this, after which your

petition will appear in the list of rejected petitions.

Your petition reads:

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to: 'increase

the tax on petrol and diesel by 20p per litre.'

Even with fuel now topping £1 a litre it is still, sadly, not

yet prohibitive for the man in the street to drive. With the

continued and increasing waste of fossil hydrocarbons, a

fundamental and irreplaceable raw material for manufacturing,

by treating it as mere fuel to be burned while it lasts, it is

imperative that the Government act now to bring fuel to a

reasonable price at which this waste stops. Adding a gratuitous

20p per litre to all hydrocarbon fuels will encourage industry

to find alternative energy sources for transport, heating and

power. We understand that this cost will decrease the personal

spending power which is so essential to a consumer-driven

economy, perhaps the additional proceeds could be added to the

annual state pension bill.

Don't you just hate it when people are so informal? Hi??

So, I can't have mine because there are others already saying what I said.

I'm delighted.

The other petition so far has 34 signatures, one of which reads "you sir are an idiot or communist or probably both" and another "For God's sake, will somebody please think of the children!". Both laudable sentiments, no doubt. Hurrah for democracy in action.