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Article #338Re: Excess petrol prices petition
From: Lori and Daniel Bowen
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 00:00
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 00:00
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jeremiah@srm.blamac.com.au (Warwick Rendell) writes: >In article <4fpm7p$ema@preeda.internex.net.au>, maddison@connexus.apana.org.au >says... >>Regardless of this, by far the biggest predator on the consumer with >>regards to petrol prices is our beloved Government! >> >>Why doesn't anyone care that petrol prices at the pump are about 50% >>tax? (I don't have the _exact_ figures with me on hand. The data is >>available from the Australian Institute of Petroleum.) >> >>Aren't people aware of this fact, or what? So what's the problem? Lower fuel prices means more people drive, means more pollution. Subsidies for roads and their associated costs (policing, medical, pollution, etc etc) are far too low anyway. >About 33c per litre, plus 2-3c if you buy leaded fuel. Daniel
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 108659,ffeb5961d875e901 X-Google-Attributes: gid108659,public X-Google-Thread: 10e4c9,ffeb5961d875e901 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e4c9,public X-Google-Thread: f9008,ffeb5961d875e901 X-Google-Attributes: gidf9008,public X-Google-Thread: f8259,ffeb5961d875e901 X-Google-Attributes: gidf8259,public X-Google-Thread: 1153d9,ffeb5961d875e901 X-Google-Attributes: gid1153d9,public X-Google-Thread: 101ee4,ffeb5961d875e901 X-Google-Attributes: gid101ee4,public X-Google-Thread: 103407,ffeb5961d875e901 X-Google-Attributes: gid103407,public X-Google-Thread: 108c83,ffeb5961d875e901 X-Google-Attributes: gid108c83,public From: lbowen@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU (Lori and Daniel Bowen) Subject: Re: Excess petrol prices petition Date: 1996/02/13 Message-ID: <lbowen.824251174@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au> X-Deja-AN: 139262642 references: <4fmjus$1ss@canb.cin.gov.au> <4fpm7p$ema@preeda.internex.net.au> <4fqv4j$9ct@srm.blamac.com.au> organization: The University of Melbourne newsgroups: aus.archives,aus.aviation,aus.cars,aus.books,aus.computers,aus.culture.china,aus.education,aus.electronics,aus.enviroment.misc,aus.foodtech,aus.games.bridge,aus.gardens,aus.general,aus.invest,aus.legal,aus.motorcycles,aus.personals,aus.radio.broadcast,aus.rail,aus.sport,aus.sport.motor,aus.students,aus.tv