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Sorry Tony What was I thinking.

Nearly! Diesel used to be much cheaper than petrol. Diesel was the fuel to choose. We both got diesel cars. We were doing our bit for a greener planet. We saved on fuel costs. We did loads more MPG. The government kept setting tighter emissions targets. The car makers managed to reach the targets. The government checked how car makers could reach these impossible targets. GOTCHA! The government cried FOUL! Now all diesel users are devil worshipers and must be made to pay ! An extra 10p per litre on top of the already massive fuel tax! How many litres of diesel get used every day? How many 10ps are going into the taxman,s pockets? Ah well we can all sleep well knowing it's being used wisely! ! Did somebody " get me started " ?

The price difference between diesel and petrol increases every winter and reduces every summer. There is more demand for diesel in the cold weather for heating and the law of supply and demand applies. What gets my goat is the prices charged by Motorway services, a complete and utter rip off. I plan my journey to avoid using them.

Why have I become so cynical in my old age .I wasn't like this in my youth? Probably because when you were young you were more interested in booze and fast women !! [emoji6] Or was that just me .....?[emoji848] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I don`t think your boat would go through a tunnel

Seems to be a practical solution at first sight ...however ...with todays construction environment I guarantee it would end up as a high maintenance operation with plenty of closures. It would not be wide enough to take maintenace or emergency vehicles ,the ventilation and lighting systems would be unreliable or innadequate, and it would probably have a toll to cover maintenance costs(or budget overruns). Oh yeah ..it would probably LEAK. Why have I become so cynical in my old age .I wasn't like this in my youth?

Look Charlie, it is no good talking sense , no one will ever listen.

i was shooting with a chap from the USA he was one of the top top men in the oil trade and i said to him whilst having dinner when are you going to send us some of your cheap oil , his answer was we all ready do you have a very greedy Government i think he's right

It’s more expensive because more people use diesel vehicles. If we all switched over to petrol, then petrol would be more expensive. It’s nothing to do with being green or anything else. It’s all to do with maximum tax revenue !! If your car ran on farts you we would all end up with a gas meter attached to our undercrackers !!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The initial scheme for harbour included the extension of the A31-the existing Dorset way , as it is known- across open country at Canford heath to Wimborne bypass. It would effectively become the Poole bridge link. This was all going on into 1997 when Labour got in. The new Parliamentary Under - Secretary of State for Environment ,Transport and the Regions (Ms Glenda Jackson) Ex film Star. The rest is History.