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Nationwide petrol protest now taking place on Saturday

by Parm Mann on 12 December 2007, 18:38

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Petrol protest rescheduled

We advised earlier in the week of the forthcoming petrol protest which was originally scheduled to take place today. Organisers TransAction 2007 however have rescheduled the protest to Saturday 15th stating the change in date "is to enable the motorist and public to better prepare themselves for the coming action".

Taken from the official release:

"A date of Saturday 15th December 2007 at 10:00am has been decided for protest action. This date was decided by members as the best possible to enable those who would normally be working during the week to attend. This action will be initiated at a refinery or storage depot somewhere near you. Anyone wishing to support action is requested to make your way there at the allotted time. Transaction again wish to emphasise the importance of legal protesting."

Locations and meeting places for the protest are said to be announced tomorrow, in the meantime, join the discussion on the nationwide protest in the HEXUS forums.

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Posted by schmunk - Mon 10 Dec 2007 09:53
*yawn*
Posted by Andrzej - Mon 10 Dec 2007 10:04
Can't get away from the fact that, as we develop alternative fuels etc, prices will carry on rising

I was discussing another impact of this kind of pricing with a motorcycle cop on Friday as we filled up (our vehicles!)…

…and that is “The UK police force is a huge user of fuel. When prices increase 10% over 1 year with little/no warning, then it massively impacts the country's budget for policing and security”

Wonder what the (exact) relationship is between higher petrol prices and a reduced police presence (whether that is actual full-time bobbies or just a reduction in overtime etc) ?
Posted by Nick - Mon 10 Dec 2007 10:22
At the risk of being flamed off the forums:

This makes me laugh, in an sad, ironic and wearily cynical way.

Here we are with fuel prices always increasing as soon as a barrel of oil goes up a few cents yet we never see the prices drop as quickly when oil prices drop…

And yet we all happily drive around in gas guzzlers and 4x4s with 2 litre engines just to take ourselves to work…

Take a look at the roads in the morning, the VAST majority or cars all have one person in them and you can be sure that with people living within a reasonable drive of work that they pass close to other colleagues yet no-one lift-shares.

Rather than protest over fuel prices (where's the money the Government needs going to come from instead?) how about we protest over the lack of car-pool lanes? Allow cars with two or more passengers to use the bus lanes… it'll ease congestion and reduce pollution AND the occupants can share the fuel costs, making it cheaper for them.

But no, we're a bunch of apathetic consumers who can't be bothered to get off our arses and come up with workable solutions other than have the occasional protest over fuel prices rather than come up with sensible and cheap to implement solutions.

Yes, protesting does sometimes make a change but did it do anything last time? No, not really… all it did was inconvenience millions of people, perhaps even damaging the cause.

Higher road taxes aren't the asnwer either… If I can afford a BMW soft-roader, a £100 hike on my yearly tax isn't going to bother me, is it?

No, if the Government wants to keep it's coffers full it needs to come up with sensible solutions for the motorist that don't hit the less affluent, and more numerous, driver in the wallet.

How about plugging all those bloody holes in corporate tax that sees us haemorrhaging tax bucks every year?

How about tightening up on benefit fraud?

To be honest, the more I dwell on this the more I realise what a bloody shambles this country is in… AND we're supposed to be hosting the Olympics in just over 4 years time… where the money coming from for that?

But what really riles me is that the NHS has been in decline for years, state pensions are pretty much screwed and yet all anyone can think of is that the price of fuel is preventing them from filling up and buying a Mars bar and a can of coke out of their change.

I can't wait to see what wonderful scheme we're gonna come up with in 30 years when the pension drawing populace outnumbers the working populace by 2 to 1… a mass zimmer frame shuffle on Parliament Square?

Then again, given the NHS is falling apart through lack of funds and piss-poor management, perhaps that's the plan… that we all die sooner through lack of decent healthcare.

Come on people, fuel prices are secondary to the really big picture and can be easy to fix with initiatives that think outside the box… there are far bigger issues looming in OUR LIFETIMES that we WILL have to deal with.
Posted by Rishi - Mon 10 Dec 2007 10:30
Nick
How about tightening up on benefit fraud?

I cannot agree anymore with this comment, people who literally rape our hard earned tax is a bigger issue for me then the price of petrol.

What would happen if regular working employees “didnt feel like working” :sleep: for a day? The country would be a in a mess thats what.

Some of these “fakers” actually get given huge cars to transport their kids to school in:angst:! Petrol is an issue but there are things of higher importance that need tackling and need sorting NOW.
Posted by DR - Mon 10 Dec 2007 10:45
I guess I will fill it up today :)

… I don't use my car as much as most - but it does suck gas - I know Nick hates me for it too.

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