Letter: Sign petition over sky-high fuel prices
Monday 21st March 2011, 5:57AM GMT.
Letter: The price of fuel and the cost of a barrel of oil are in the news a lot these days.
There must be millions of people who, when they hear the words “barrel price” switch off – and who can blame them? Many of them don’t drive a car so they think it applies to them even less. They couldn’t be more wrong.
Virtually everything that you buy involves transport, so the price you pay in the shops will rise. Home deliveries and tradesmen will all have to increase their prices.
Healthcare workers will have to plan their home visits based on distance instead of urgency.
On top of all these problems is the fact that all the money that is being spent on fuel cannot be spent elsewhere. People will not go out for the weekend, spending in hotels, shops and restaurants. In other words, the recovery that we are all desperate to see will stall.
Fuel prices have been rising for months but the current unrest we are seeing in the Middle East will mean that in the next few weeks, or even days, we are going to see pump prices soar.
What can you do? In the short term we must ensure that the plan to increase fuel duty on April 1 does not go ahead. In the long term we must ensure a system is put in place to help stabilise fuel prices.
By signing the petition at www.FairFuelUK.com you can make a difference.
Geoff Dunning
Chief Executive
Road Haulage
Association
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Exactly the point necessary to be made to all those who think us car drivers are just whining!
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