Gosport MP pledges support for fair fuel debate
THE MP for Gosport has backed calls for a Parliamentary debate on fuel prices.
Following an e-petition which attracted more than 105,000 signatures, Caroline Dinenage has pledged her support for a motion on fair fuel.
It will call on the government to address the pressure motorists are under due to escalating fuel prices.
The debate, subject to official Parliamentary confirmation, is now scheduled to be held on Tuesday, November 15.
With the average price of petrol in Gosport hitting 134.8p a litre, Ms Dinenage wants the government to take action.
She said: ‘Tens of thousands of people across my constituency have been hit by extortionate fuel prices. From hardworking families to struggling local businesses, everyone is feeling the pinch. It is time to take real action on this issue to alleviate the burden my constituents face.’
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Yocal
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at 04:35 PMRQM you are incorrect. Even with the current grid mix of generation (Gas, Coal, Nuclear, Oil, Renewables) which is mainly gas and coal, electric vehicles produce about the same or less emissions than a typical internal combustion engined car. Basically the emissions at point of charging are around 500 to 600 gCO2kwh (pure coal would be about 900gCO2kwh). The reason electric vehicles do well is because of the high efficiency. All the energy goes into driving the wheels, which is why they can accelerate faster as well. They improve dramatically as electricity generation is moved over to low carbon sources. For more information about this, I suggest reading 'Without Hot Air' which is a book available free online by David Mackay (Chief scientific advisor to DECC). But it is also quite easy to calculate emissions using yearly government electricity stats.
griffon
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at 03:05 PMMs Dineage is becoming a focal point for the 'not anytime soon' brigade' mostly, one suspects, for publicity purposes than any expectation of change. The real debate is about the costs of all energy and the cartel running the industry. But Dave has already said with the Libservative Huhne that we must shop around so that's it.
RQM
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at 01:12 PMYocal, Where do you think your electricity for cars comes from? A lot of CO2 up a power station chimney. Believe it or not the total through life CO2 cost of an electric car is higher than a simple diesel burning fuel directly.
Yocal
Monday, November 7, 2011 at 09:02 PMGraham@5 a typical new gas central heating system is about 90% efficient today. I agree that heating homes is a big emission source, but some things are a necessity others aren't. Road vehicle emissions account for some 25% of total UK emissions and I did point out that the money should be spent in helping the change towards electric vehicles and other alternatives. Another obvious point is that almost all fossil fuels are now imported, combine that with demand from developing nations then prices are going to go up.
Graham Wheatley
Monday, November 7, 2011 at 06:30 PMYocal, do you have the figures to-hand for the effluent from domestic heating systems? It's not just down to your Nemesis - the private motor car - you know!
liverpoolboy
Monday, November 7, 2011 at 02:48 PM@Yocal,I agree she is just politicking . However prices are sky high and are already hitting,those people who need to their car are being ripped off. MPs get mileage allowance anyway.
rickey
Monday, November 7, 2011 at 02:39 PMActual cost of a litre of petrol = 52.8p. Fuel duty plus VAT = 80.1p. Total cost = 132.9p. So its all down to the Government, however they will not be willing to reduce their taxes while their number one priority is to reduce the deficit. Therefore a nice debate will take place and fuel costs will continue to rise.
Yocal
Monday, November 7, 2011 at 12:37 PMIf you do the damage to the environment then you should pay for it. So high fuel prices are a good thing. It would be useful if the money collected via car use were spent on renewables, subsidising electric vehicles, installing car charging points and preparations for climate changes that are in the system as a result CO2 already emitted. Instead of firefighting the current economic situation, it should be preparing for the damage done by climate change and the general degradation of the environment, all of which puts prices up today and more so in the future. Dineage seems to be paying lip service to environmental issues she needs to change the emphasis and stop thinking about the next election.
Gosportonian
Monday, November 7, 2011 at 10:15 AMWhat a pity that George Osborne won't listen to Ms. Dinenage. Most of the money spent on petrol goes to the Government in fuel duties and VAT. The Conservative Chancellor could easily cut the cost of motoring if he wanted to but as he doesn't want to I'm afraid petrol prices will stay sky-high.
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