Oil prices set to rise again - feeling the pinch?

[ding76uk]

The majority of people do live in cities and towns. How much of a sacrifice should they make to support rural economies? If locally produced food is too expensive then the global marketplace now offers the choice to go elsewhere even though that might not be strategically the most sensible option.

I'd be happy if fuel tax was dropped tomorrow but it is highly like oil prices will rise to silly levels anyway. So then what do you do when the base commodity is unaffordable?

The food for this country comes from the countryside. Should we charge you city dwellers more to have it than the country folk? Love to see the reaction to that.

You logic on international market place availablity is flawed in the extreme! How do you think food from global marketplace comes via? You use fuel to get it here, which although not at the same level, the price is rising in the GLOBAL market place. Therefore the price problem, not to mention the environmental issue which you seem to be backing.



Your ideas and logic are flawed and ideological!

 

[Uneducated_Rick]

I'd be happy if fuel tax was dropped tomorrow but it is highly like oil prices will rise to silly levels anyway. So then what do you do when the base commodity is unaffordable?

Thanks to OPEX the base commodity will not be unaffordable for many years to come when you consider roughly 65% of the cost of petrol is duty and VAT - why on Earth they are allowed to add tax to the tax I've never understood