woodster
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| posted on 3/10/07 at 09:22 AM |
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well for all those who aren't happy about the cost of fuel it looks like its nearly time to vote
http://icsouthlondon.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200southlondonheadlines/tm_headline=general-election-decision-expected&method=full&objectid=198
83581&siteid=50100-name_page.html
but will either party listen or is it time for the french way of doing things ... direct action ..... or are we all just door mats
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Gixer Indy
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| posted on 3/10/07 at 10:19 AM |
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this country's had it! i spent 18yrs in the transport industry, we collected milk from farms here in somerset,when i started we had about 600
farms a day to collect.As fuel prices go up the smaller farms get told to put bigger tanks in so that their milk can be collected every other day,as
its not viable to collect daily,(so much for fresh milk on your cornflakes!!!)eventually they get pushed out altogether as they dont produce enough
milk,and bigger tankers have to be used to cut transport costs,a tanker costs about 70k,and is knackered after about 5 years,as they are run day and
night.Then you have the bigger farms that are told they can only produce x amount of litres of milk a year,so when they reach that amount what
happens? they have to throw the milk away! (usally gets sprayed on the fields) then we import milk from abroad,and people wonder why farmers and truck
drivers are pissed off.
No one likes trucks it seems,but how else is the stuff supposed to get into the shops??? yeah you can use smaller vehicles,but you would use
more,which costs more!and cloggs up the roads. Drivers work crap hours for crap money,sometimes living away from home all week,and they just seem to
get all the flack for being on the road.And when they've had enough and make a stand,they get moaned at,They cant win.
someone help me off my soap box please
Flat out til you see God, then BRAKE!
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Gixer Indy
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| posted on 3/10/07 at 10:27 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Simon
Dairy farmers don't make much. Hmmm, no, but I just asked the wife how much the milk costs - about 90p for 2 pints, so very roughly 3.60 gallon.
Blame the supermarkets.
Simon
And the farmer gets about a £1 a gallon !!!!
Flat out til you see God, then BRAKE!
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woodster
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| posted on 3/10/07 at 12:15 PM |
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it seems a sad case of goverment being totally out of touch with the man and women in the street ........ there must be a huge amount of public money
being wasted at the moment
[Edited on 3/10/07 by woodster]
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bartonp
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| posted on 3/10/07 at 12:27 PM |
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http://www.peakoil.org/
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woodster
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| posted on 3/10/07 at 02:14 PM |
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THIS HELPS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_oil
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woodster
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| posted on 4/10/07 at 09:19 AM |
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http://www.fuelprotest.com/index.php
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