Posted on 04/21/2010 11:52:39 AM PDT by george76
Through the power of Facebook, up to a half a million drivers in the UK are expected to boycott gas next month shortly before the nation heads to the polls for a general election in which Prime Minister (PM) Gordon Brown is fighting stiff competition for the win.
Many Brits are upset with recent gas tax increases that were supported and passed by PM Brown. Protesters hope that the mass demonstration will be the nail in the coffin for his chances of winning. Gas prices have soared in Britain, reaching U.S. $1.87 a liter (about $7.06 a gallon) last week. The numbers are a significant increase from a year ago when gas was only $5.55 a gallon.
Further upsetting residents, the government pockets a whopping $4.42 from each gallon sold, yet still insists that more taxes are needed. Another government-mandated tax increase is scheduled for this fall followed by one more next winter and, frankly, many people are fed up.
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Coming to a circle k near you soon.
Coming soon to Obama’s socialist America.
Bought gas this morning for $2.68/gallon — I still think it is outrageously expensive considering we have a sea of crude in the Gulf if one drills deep enough.
Will the UK finally crack?
Get on the buses and trains you peasants! How dare you operate independently as a free spirit or do your work with the convenience of an automobile
Squash down the peasants!
Sounds like the Brits need a TEA Party. Oh, wait, they have one http://www.tfa.net/tea/ !!!
So glad I bought a 4-cyl. car. After mods, it’ll beat my old Plymouth with a v8. And still get 30+ mpg on the highway.
Mods:
K&N Air filter approx. +1mpg
Mobil 1 Synth oil ~+1mpg
Insulated air intake
Low restriction muffler ~+1mpg and sounds wicked cool
High pressure performance tires (50psi)
Manual trans. (10% more efficient/powerful than auto)
And it’s a blast to drive. It can smoke the tires.
What a BARGAIN! That's on top of the 205 GBP (approx $315) annual registration fee, or 'road tax', just for the privelege of having the car on the road.
When Americans were paying over $4/gal, Brits were paying over $10/gal.
Eleven more months.
Ah, they will shut up and vote Marxist again.
A boycott will only work against one station at a time. If it’s a general boycott, they know it’ll end about the time someone needs to go visit Aunt Gertie in Herefordshire.
About $3.45 here in LA
FWIW — $4.10/U.S. gallon here in BC (and Canada is far and away the largest exporter of oil to the U.S.).
and
Low restriction muffler ~+1mpg and sounds wicked cool
does not compute on a 4-banger. More like grandma fartin' in a can.
According to local news here(central GA) daily average is right around $2.73. I was thinking LA was an oil-producing state, so why that much higher there than here-is it the taxes?
Taxes, plain and simple.
Its still tremendous value.
“Road tax” varies depending on the size of the vehicle. Together with the cost of gas, that’s why Euro cars are smaller and more fuel efficient than US ones.
The UK is an island. So you take a big ship over to Venezuela or Saudi Arabia...you fill it up with $0.50 per gallon gasoline...you sail the ship under a Chinese flag into a UK harbour...and you let Brits drive on-board to gas up for $5 per gallon.
They save $2 per gallon and you make millions.
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