Tim Worstall: Should We Have a Petrol Boycott?

YES BOYCOTT NOW!

Living in a rural area we do not have the option of public transport, we have no choice we have to put petrol in our car to live our day to day lives. The cost of fuel is now having a real effect on our quaility of life having to think every journey is it really nesasary.

I've received an email about boycotting the leading suppliers, I think that idea has great potential, without suffering ourselves and not having fuel. I forwarded this email to everybody in my address book. The hard bit is getting them all to carry it out.
If the nation agreed with this boycott and knew that the rest of the country was willing to carry it out, then maybe they would see it through.

I've received an email about boycotting the leading suppliers, I think that idea has great potential, without suffering ourselves and not having fuel. I forwarded this email to everybody in my address book. The hard bit is getting them all to carry it out.
If the nation agreed with this boycott and knew that the rest of the country was willing to carry it out, then maybe they would see it through.

something needs to be done NOW.living in the country we have to plan every journey.we are also farming and fuel prices are making our life harder and harder.there is no need for high fuel prices(we can grow fuel )

i am a carer to my partner we dont get increases in our allowences and are finding it harder to keep our transport filled with petrol we are now putting a tenner a time? just over 2 gallons scandalous! bring on the blockades ill,be there.

Again the government dismiss the issue and suggest any change in fuel duty would not effect the consumer. Once again proving just how out of touch they really are. I'm well up for another boycott/protest, it's just a shame this didn't happen prior to the last election.

Hi I run a joinery and builing contractors with v

ans and lorry it is get hard to keep go with fuel go up let go to the roads

i think this country goes from bad to worse... petrol has reached a rediculous price and it has now gone out of control... the government wont do anything about it (they didnt last time).. but action needs to be taken... Boycott, boycott, boycott!!! My sympathy is stronger for the companys who have freight to run ...

I was always led to believe that diesel was a by-product and was cheaper to produce - So how come it is 4p to 5p per ltr dearer. Mr. Brown should slice 25-30 p per ltr off fuel and cap the oil companies....

I don't believe a boycott of petrol stations is the answer. This isn't about prices set by fuel companies - but by the government and high taxes.

The only way to go I believe is a repeat of 2000 with blockades at refineries to stop the flow of fuel. A national fuel crisis like 2000 is the only way to let them know we won't accept economical blackmail by high taxation any longer!

I think a combination of the two blockade the refineries and boycott the petrol stations. It would take just one week for the Goverment to lower the tax on fuel if everybody in the country would stick together and not purchase fuel for just one week, surely we could manage not to buy fuel for a week!! The Goverment did do something about it last time, it frightened them to death, but we (the public) caved in to early, we did have the Goverment worried.Yes Diesel is a bi product but good old Gordon knows there is a lot more diesel cars on the road than there has been previously. Our local garage has just hit £1.00 per litre for diesel and petrol, the owner has said that approx 75/80 pence of the £1.00 is pure tax revenue that goes to the Goverment.

Voting with your feet does work we only have to look at France, Spain, Italy, they wouldnt stand for this, so why are we.....

Of course there's more Diesels on the road now - remember a few years ago Diesel was quite a bit cheaper than unleaded - of course, as soon as loads of people bought Diesel cars, the Government stung them by reversing the situation.

We need big, public protests, the Government doesn't listen to the people - they will regret it.

Yes to blockade, Its time that this goverment was
show that british businesses are not going to be walked over, not just fuel prices but
large increases in business rates.We are in suffolk and would like details of where & when

how on earth are we to pay for all the immigration if we dont hammer the motorist? everything people buy in this country,from a box of matches to cars are carried by wagon, it is absolutely scandalous to have fuel prices so high. another thing is,how many of us get mileage allowance for travelling to work? mp,s make sure they get their generous bit.BLOCKADE AND LET THIS GOVERNMENT KNOW THE LEVEL OF YOUR FEELINGS.GOOD LUCK

how on earth are we to pay for all the immigration if we dont hammer the motorist? everything people buy in this country,from a box of matches to cars are carried by wagon, it is absolutely scandalous to have fuel prices so high. another thing is,how many of us get mileage allowance for travelling to work? mp,s make sure they get their generous bit.BLOCKADE AND LET THIS GOVERNMENT KNOW THE LEVEL OF YOUR FEELINGS.GOOD LUCK

i think not only should we block the refineries,we should block our ports as well and stop continental vehicles runnig around the uk on cheap fuel and no road taxing charges for them. could you imagine what they would do if we went over there countries running on cheaper fuel than them and toll free and undercutting them on there rates.they would burn our lorries and the police would do nothing to stop them

When are this government going to listen to the people. Whilst his Tonyness is out there strutting the world stage (currently China & India) he is totally disregarding home issues. How is it that no other government slaps 80 something % on fuel? Where is the money going?
Hurricane Katrina happened 12 days ago, fuel hikes have been going on for months. The Iraq war is over. So all the bullshit that they keep feeding us is lies. Let's all get out there next Wednesday and bring the government to it's knees.
Remember it is supposed to be them answerable to us.

Just to show my support further to blockades, I/ve given all my staff time off work to join the blockades. If they can't get fuel to come to work, they have all volunteered to sit at a blockade instead of sitting at home.I'll be there too, well prepared.
When the police use there intimidating tactics to move us on, remember, this is not a communist country (not yet, anyway), we legally have the right to protest in what is left of this democracy.
Food for thought :-
I visit my elderly mother once a week. A round trip used to cost about £40 in fuel.
It now sets me back £85. I just haven't got £85/week to spend on fuel(tax). Sorry Mum.

The government are not stupid, if they did reduce the amount of tax on fuel they would only increase taxes elsewhere to make up for the money they have lost. The only thing a protest will do is to harm ordinary people who rely on their car to get to work. Not all employers are willing to pay staff who dont turn up whether its their fault or not.

The government and the oil barons must think that people are simple minded. How many people think that the petrol in Britain comes from the USA. Oil is procuded all over the states including Alasca and the temporary hickup in Alabama makes no difference to the over output. The price of petrol in America is approx 32p per litre, we in Britain are paying the dearest in the EU, that is because the more the petrol prices increase the more the government takes

I commute 33000 miles a year at my own cost and I have seen fuel prices double since I have been commuting Mr Brown does not care about the general public and ther running costs it seems that the tresurey are just lining there purse.Wages do not rise in line with inflation. The only way to get action is to protest and support the hauliers who must be suffering, blockades are required as soon as possible do not delay or it will get worse.