Oops - realised this is the wrong place, can anyone move it to the lounge please ? Apologies to those who stay out of the lounge.
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Originally Posted by redpoint5
Perhaps the old method of collecting road related taxes needs to be revamped for modern times?
The gov't could try to make up for the lost revenue by increasing fuel taxes, but that would further reduce the amount of fuel consumption (and further decrease revenue). This would have the effect of promoting fuel efficient vehicles, or even electrics.
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You are so last decade compared to uk.gov
We are due another duty (tax) increase next January. Its worth noting those figures - a drop of 1.7bn litres results in £1bn less in tax take. Now if the gov.us.com did that ? Hmmm.
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Originally Posted by redpoint5
They could also stop taxing fuel and instead charge a fee based on the distance driven by each vehicle. I imagine this would encourage a lot of cheating in the way of modifying odometer readings.
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uk.gov (the old one) promoted the idea of road pricing - pay per mile, and more in congestion periods. But they also had the idea of e-petitions allowing the public to express an opinion on any idea.
Guess what ?
It was not universally popular. A uk.gov minister suggested that the guy who came up with the e-petitions idea was
"a pratt", which of course also expresses how much in touch with the people the government of the UK is.
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Originally Posted by redpoint5
Does this latest figure point to a near-future peak oil for the UK?
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In terms of production, the UK is already past peak - unless we go deeper and deeper into the North Sea. But we don't just use oil from here, we import it too - just like the rest of the EU and the US, so we are also subject to world prices, but less affected by changes.