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governments can have their tax revenues at at the expense of the consumers.
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Eh? Why is having a weed off electorate who are now going to vote for the other lot in droves in the government's interest? I think you overestimate how much power government actually has these days.
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look for alternative methods of tranportation that use less or no oil.
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DfT policy for railways was until not too long ago decided on the basis of an oil price of $25 a barrel. They don't actually want to consider what happens when oil is too expensive for transportation.
Interestingly, my mate mentioned above voted Green for the London Mayor. He said it was to offset what he does for a living...