Looks like some fairly heafty green taxes will hit us sooner or later.

 

I wonder what they'll be and if it'll increase the cost of Zed ownership much?

Too much CO2? Plant more trees! Trees take in CO2 and give out O2 - problem solved!

I've got a couple of tree's in the garden - perhaps they'll drop me a house tax band if I plant a few more? :rolleyes:

 

As for saving the environment - the zed's off the road, failed it's MOT on rusty brake lines and leaky sump (managed to puncture it something in the road after going over a speedbump!) - doh!

This new report will simply be used as an excuse to further stealth tax the motorist!

As well as my Z I also run a well known German make diesel which would run very well on vegetable oil! (I pay road Tax on both whichever i drive!) However, despite this renewable energy being a proven environmentally favourable fuel and reduced carbon output as production causes none, and it also being a hugely viable renewable energy with our own UK Farmers able to grow enough to supply us, it is taxed to the same rate as UK diesel, thus discouraging its use – Why?...Because it would reduce tax income for the government!

 

Since driving from the age of 17 only 6 billion of the 18 billion in road tax revenue has been spent on the roads. Had any of the growing 12 billion per year road tax revenue been injected into positive public transport in the last 14 years of my driving history, then I would use the bus and train more. yet 14 years later, it is still more economical for me to drive to and from London AND pay congestion charges rather than use the train at short notice?

I had to go with the Mrs to London for 3 days last week from Cardiff at short notice. How can it be cheaper for me to drive there and back, pay £34 parking, Pay £8 congestion charge to leave, a further £4.90 to come back across the bridge and it was still cheaper than going on the train at short notice?!! Until Tax revenue is spent wisely we're all in the Shit!

 

Only when simple economics overrides cost, the working UK public cannot justify and fully utilise public transport, use teh car less and cut emissions! Attempting this via taxation is not only impractical, its farcical ....Under present policy the car will always be king and will thus be stealth taxed while we cannot economically do without it. Such taxation policy will therefore never cut emissions! Taxing large cars and so called Chelsea tractors more is another poor example, do we not already pay more through taxation on increased fuel usage?!!

 

Since I was 17 car use has grown steadily and investment in public transport and the roads themselves has fallen. Safe in the knowledge that we are all aware that 'Road tax' is a stealth tax, we might ask where has all the money gone? In 1991, I the the UK road tax revenue was around 18 billion, with only 6 billion spent back on the roads (my estimate?). According to the latest figures, there were more than 29million cars on the UK's roads at the end of 2003* and now the UK roads have almost 33 million vehicles in 2006*. If there are 32,897,000 vehicles registered for use on UK roads including cars, vans, taxis, buses and trucks*, and for arguments sake the average cost is £100, and we can assume this is a hugely conservative average as i know that some trucks must pay £1k plus!..that’s over 32billion in revenue in 2006! If only 10% were re-invested in public transport we’d be making some headway. When I was a kid living with my folks live in West Wales the nearest main town was 16 miles away. There used to be one private bus which was subsidised by the local authority, running once a week to the nearest large town! That finished a long time ago and old folks are usually driven nowadays for shopping and Saturday outings! Make it known that road tax is a stealth tax. I know that we have to pay taxes but when money is merely wasted, i get upset.

 

Finally, shouldn’t there be some kind of local voting on which roads should be prioritized for our tax spending? Now that would be something! It is our money after all! Either that or give local councils improved funding for actually saving money rather than claiming they need more when are our £millions in road tax funds are spent relaying perfectly good roads or adding speed bumps to use up the rest of the councils government funding. When are our funds ever going to be spent on tarmac where it’s needed?!!

 

I also learned from a civil servant yesterday that failed Asylum seekers who are returned by plane to their native countries, must have 2 seating rows in-front and two seating rows behind clear, paid for by the government for security reasons? More 'road tax' accounted for!

 

Lobby your MP! I think I definitely will be after today’s announcement! Or applying for residency in Aus!

 

Rant over! :smash: :smash: :duffer:

 

*http://www.whatcar.com/news-article.aspx?NA=219239

 

An interesting website and suggested use of the rail network space!;

 

http://www.transwatch.co.uk/transport-fact-sheet-13.htm

What really bothers me is how they are making the individual feel guilty for things like leaving the TV on standby.

 

1. There is nothing wrong with wasting electricity as long as the electriciy has been produced in an environmentally friendly way. - Why haven't the government ploughed loads of money into wind farms? this would not only help the environment, it would help secure the economy in the future instead of relying on the import of gas.

 

Not been to Great Yarmouth lately then.

 

Windmills everywhere. Not sure they look good or do any good. Have noticed that B&Q have started to sell them though. Would probably have to get planning permission and a huge amount of tax on anything they produce though.

 

Bring on the snow and the sunshine. Could do with some decent weather. Specially if we are going to have a SW meet near St Albans.

 

We might manage to get some photos without getting wet.

these w******s keep costing me my job :(

 

flying doesnt harm the ozone... honest :x: