by Twilight » Mon 26 May 2008, 19:21:18
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dukey', 'd')iesel is now $9.88 per gallon here (uk)
no demand destruction yet
Though it has just entered political debate.
It turns out demand destruction takes place at the margins. Who would have thought it?

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BBC', '[')b]Poorer drivers 'hit hard' by tax
The Labour MPs say poorer motorists will suffer most from plans to increase road taxes on more polluting cars.
Rob Marris, MP for Wolverhampton South West, said: "Millions of people will be affected. Medium-sized family cars, depending on what sort of engine they have and what sort of emissions they have, could be hit very hard."
Labour MP Ronnie Campbell, who framed the MPs' motion, told the BBC: "The increase is unfair to people who bought their cars a year ago, not knowing that the government was going to put that road tax on."
Someone will have to use less. We are all market participants and through our collective behaviour we ration supplies according to means. You can be sure if a bureaucrat promises a more equitable way of doing it, they will pocket a fee at everyone else's expense.
Besides, cutting back on non-essential motoring puts money in poor people's pockets. This is the UK, not the US, no-one has to drive 50 miles to mop a floor.