Living in a Fantasy World

[Paul J]

Who lives in a fantasy World?

Prompted by the Numties that think that fuel increases are justified and anyone who uses a car etc is route of all evil.

Thread here

 

[mcshroom]

You didn't actually read that thread, did you?

 

[TheDoctor]

Spelling and grammar, dear boy.
It's the difference between knowing your shoot and knowing you're shoot.

As fuel becomes scarcer, the cost goes up. That's simple economics. You can complain all you like about it being 'wrong', but that's how it works. If we were running short of broccoli, the price of that would go up. Same logic applies with oil.

 

[mcshroom]

To follow your analogy Doctor there is a shortage of wheat at the moment. That's why there's been a 50% rise in pasta prices in the last year.

 

[TheDoctor]

And bread. Supply and demand, that's all..

 

[Paul J]

As fuel becomes scarcer, the cost goes up. That's simple economics.

Fuel increases are due to an increase of tax and duty not due to it being scarcer. IF it was due to a shortage of fuel that would be fine. Your reasoning for the increased rise in the cost of fuel is incorrect. It is our government wanting to have a larger share by increasing DUTY & TAXES hence why we have the dearest fuel in Europe I believe

 

[mcshroom]

We have cheaper petrol than Denmark, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden and are within 1 euro cent of France. We have cheaper diesel than Italy and Norway. Source

Tax take has fallen as a percentage of fuel from around 80% at 91p/l to around 60% at 140p/l and did not go up in the budget.

Who's living in the fantasy world?

 

[Flying Dodo]

Although the vast majority of the cost of a litre of fuel is tax & duty, I must have missed the Government hiking those up massively in recent months.

The recent increases in fuel costs are due to the price of oil going up due to concerns about supply, bearing in mind the situation with Iran.

If you want to have a rant, rant about the speculators and the Iranian Government.

 

[mcshroom]

Vast majority is probably stating it to highly. According to the ABD, at 139.9p/l the tax made up 58% of the fuel price. Source

 

[Scilly Suffolk]

Excuse me: exactly what research is being conducted here?

I do not subscribe to certain of CycleChat's forums because I am not interested in this sort of petty rant.

You have ample opportunity to make your arguments elsewhere.

 

[growingvegetables]

I voted for "I live in a Fantasy World" as an infantile protest against the ridiculous logic of the "survey".

 

[snorri]

I voted for "I live in a Fantasy World" as an infantile protest against the ridiculous logic of the "survey".

Me too

 

[Andy_R]

As this is a quiz, is the correct answer the M25?

No, thats the destination. The root is the A19 and the route is the A19,M62,M18,M1,M25

 

[Wobblers]

Fuel increases are due to an increase of tax and duty not due to it being scarcer. IF it was due to a shortage of fuel that would be fine. Your reasoning for the increased rise in the cost of fuel is incorrect. It is our government wanting to have a larger share by increasing DUTY & TAXES hence why we have the dearest fuel in Europe I believe

Oil production is falling at the same time that demand from India and China, in particular, is rising. Tax has not increased on fuel, in fact the proportion of tax has fallen.

So what was it about you were saying about living "in the real world"?

 

[Paul J]

Oil production is falling at the same time that demand from India and China, in particular, is rising. Tax has not increased on fuel, in fact the proportion of tax has fallen.

So what was it about you were saying about living "in the real world"?

Duty has increased at a greater rate than inflation and vat increased to 20%. Must be a dream world you live in