That would be the UK Government then :-(

Something like 77% of the price we pay at the pump goes straight into their
pockets as fuel tax.

It now costs me 60GBP ($114) to pay for the petrol to take my partner and
child the 540 mile return journey to visit her parents. This is in an
average sized family car driving carefully.

Its actually cheaper for me to get on a plane to Amsterdam return journey
than it is to drive down to the coast.

The Government are trying to encourage us to use "public transport" so I
punched the figures into the national rail website and came back with this
for the standard fare (6 hour journey with 3 stops):

Adult Fare: 356.00 GBP (2 adults @ 178.00 GBP )
Child Fare: 89.00 GBP (1 child @ 89.00 GBP )
TOTAL PRICE 445.00 GBP

Now 445.00GBP ($849.95) for a 540 mile return journey for 2 adults and a
child is pretty rediculous. How do the government expect us to use "public"
transport at these prices.

Anyway - gripe over I'm sure things will get worse before they get better.

Dom


----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Clewer" <brianclewer@MISTRAL.CO.UK>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 12:11 PM
Subject: Re: [OT] Fuel price (was: Static and petrol vapours)


> Howard wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 23:56:28 +1300, Russell McMahon wrote:
> >
> > >...<
> > >I may also have been annoyed by the fact that petrol cost more
> > than twice as much as it does in NZ.
> >
>
>
> Well I have just returned from Ghana and their fuel is 4 times less than
> what we pay in the UK.  Someone somewhere is making a buck or two.
>
> Brian.
>
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