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Old 20-10-2013, 18:56   #125
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re: [MERGED] Utility companies - price rises

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Originally Posted by Sirius View Post
We now have the issue in this country that any major project is held up for years and years in red tape and protests whilst we fight the following group

Greens
Tree huggers
Toad protectors
Green belt protectors
We will complain about any major project group
NIMBY's amalgamated
The Liberal Democrats
Any group who does not like anything they dont understand

So any new power stations might be built at the end of the next century
Whatever gets built in the future must be built quickly or else the spectre of power cuts will loom large as we need far more capacity and quickly.

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy View Post
You do realise that over 60% of the cost of transport fuel is down to El Govs taxes and duty?

And who was it that invented the fuel duty escalator and the beer tax escalator?
Can't we keep politics out of this discussion as it always seems to descend into a Tory/Labour blame game and that's not going to help us now.
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