Plans to raise fuel duty due in a couple of weeks
http://www.petrolprices.com/blog/duty-rise-set-to-bring-fuel-tax-to-in-weeks-110.html
http://www.petrolprices.com/blog/duty-rise-set-to-bring-fuel-tax-to-in-weeks-110.html
personally the sooner fuel hits £30 a gallon the better as far as I am concerned. I think our grandkids will be simply incredulous at what we did with the oil.
.....the only way to make people use less is to make it more expensive by taxing it.
An observation:
If we make more fuelefficient cars the "Jevons Paradox" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox says that we will only drive more.
In which case Jevons IMHO is an ****. Doesnt matter how much fuel costs I do the same journeys that I always have done.
As much as I hate the fact that as fuel gets more expensive it effects poor people more than rich, the only way to make people use less is to make it more expensive by taxing it.
Rationing it would be an option but much harder to do and no less unfair.
It´s disturbing and unfair but it is a logical conclusion.
To all climate change deniers,,,,,get with the program dudes. 99.9% of scientists with any credibility know this is reality.
Best just to get out and enjoy the woods while we can ehh,,,,,could get a lot more crowded out there soon
personally the sooner fuel hits £30 a gallon the better as far as I am concerned. I think our grandkids will be simply incredulous at what we did with the oil.
>>A common misconception.
Well, it's common, but not misconceived. That's the reason we don't all drive Land Rovers, or buy holiday homes in the Gower Peninsula; because we don't have enough money. Adam Smiths' invisible hand. Whether fuel gets more expensive through scarcity or taxation doesn't influence the fact that you'll get less for however much you can afford to spend on it.
This is absolutely true and that is why we NEED either alternative fuel or an alternatively organised society before, or at the latest when, oil becomes scarce.We need our cars to get to work / pick up the kids / get the shopping / get to appointments / visit friend or relatives / get somewhere quick in an emergency etc, etc, etc. Sure, you could do without a car but aside for food, shelter and water there is little else you couldn't get by without, doesn't mean it's a luxury or an indulgence.
The thing is, fuel (petrol, I guess is what we're talking about)) is already priced so that it is only available to the elite. We _are_ the elite, or haven't you noticed that 80% of the worlds population don't own a car and never will. It is a luxury. We've enjoyed artificially cheap fuel for several generations and we've tailored our lifstyles accordingly. Weekly commute of 500 miles? Who was doing that 100 years ago?. If fuel had been even cheaper (and aviation laws more relaxed) then we'd all have private helicopters, and now we'd complain that we can't afford to run the Bell any more and we're having to downsize to terrestrial transport. Better to tax fossil fuels to give us a taste of the future and encourage people to readjust.