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Protester mod høje oliepriser i London
27-05-2008 17:14


I vrede over stadig stigende priser på brændstof kørte op mod 1000 vognmænd og lastbilchauffører i
dag ind i London centrum, hvor trafikken til tider stod stille.

Protesten sætter premierminister Gordon Brown under pres for at opgive planlagte afgiftsstigninger i
transportsektoren.

Det er især de store stigninger på diesel, der har fået vognmændene op på barrikaderne. Prisen er
den højeste i Europa, og vognmændene vil havde den statslige afgift sænket.

Halvdelen af prisen er afgifter, hvilket er næsten det dobbelte af gennemsnittet i Europa.

Også almindelige trafikanter er vrede over de stigende priser. Den britiske sammenslutning af
bilister har beregnet, at en gennemsnitsfamilie kan komme til at betale op mod 2000 kroner mere om
året, hvis de tiltænkte afgiftsstigninger bliver gennemført.

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Tag lige en tudekiks, showet er slet ikke begyndt i nu.

God ide med alle de nye terror love der er blevet indført, så alle
benzin hungrende ballademagerne kan blive smidt i fængsel uden for meget vrøvl,
når peak oil begynder at slå igennem for alvor.

Jan Rasmussen

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http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/28/europe/protest.php
Brown warns of oil shock as protests grow in Europe
By Alan Cowell Published: May 28, 2008

PARIS: As protests against the soaring cost of fuel threatened to widen in Europe,
Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain warned on Wednesday that the world
confronted a global shock caused by skyrocketing oil prices.

"The global economy is facing the third great oil shock of recent decades,"
Brown said in an article published in The Guardian newspaper and on his website (www.pm.gov.uk).

The challenge, he wrote, demanded "global solutions" that should top the agenda
of the forthcoming G-8 summit of industrialized nations in Japan.

"There is no easy answer to the global oil problem without a comprehensive
international strategy," Brown said. "As continuing high oil prices present us
all with an immense challenge, the way we confront these issues will define our era."

His warning was published a day after truck drivers protesting increases in the price
of diesel fuel paralyzed parts of London by driving slowly in convoys and halting their
rigs on a busy highway leading into the west of the capital. Other truckers took similar
action in Wales. Representatives said they were demanding a reduction of more than
$2 a gallon in the price of diesel.

Jan Rasmussen