i think is insane how much money is made out of fuel costs. How do they justify putting the tax up and increasing fuel prices. i found this website (http://www.abd.org.uk/fuel_tax_calculator.htm) which works out the tax on the fuel you use and its unbelievable. If we want an effective method of getting out protest noticed we should do a lap of the m25 with a big turn out of bikers. if theres a demo/protest near me in nottingham count me in!!

So I guess I really am the only person here who thinks that fuel prices are inevitably going to keep on rising and protesting isn't going to make squat all difference. I can't say I'm a regular reader of The Economist, FT or Greenpeace newsletter but unless someone here can educate me with some REAL facts about global warming and increasing oil prices, then this problem is not going away. (Jeremy Clarkson's autobiography does not count) We will be paying more and more for our petrol in the future. So as someone who loves his bike and doesn't want to be priced out of using it then a bit of lateral thinking is what is needed here. How about getting the government to let any 100mpg capable bike use the road Tax Free, let them use bus lanes and free secure NCP parking. I was very much inspired by the MSL article about crossing America without using Petrol. It can be done, we can have fun on our bikes and save the planet. Agent Z (not really a helicopter pilot)