Research Paper on:
Petroleum Duties to be Paid

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is well-respected and thought of as one of the most intelligent of the UKs governmental leaders. Therefore, if he is to make a decision such as raising the duties payable  on petrol, it is more than likely that the concept has been carefully analyzed, reviewed, and logically drafted. Therefore, it offers an interesting perspective into the particular concerns of the  various markets that will feel the impact of such an increase. Fuel duties serve as an example of one means that the government has to both influence the use of  cars and make s supposed statement about environmental responsibility but to also and obviously increase government revenues. Nearly a decade ago, Vielvoye (1992) made note of the fact that  the growing importance of environmental issues has been behind the efforts of the petroleum industry in the UK to make the environment its most pressing priority. He also makes the  point that since 1945, industrial progress has been supported by a remarkable 500 percent increase in energy supply, which in turn has put a large amount of stress on the  environment. "The solution lies largely in industrys hands through transformation of economic activity to incorporate much greater resource efficiency offered by advancing technology" (pp. 39). The Exchequer and Petrol  According to the popular news and business magazine, The Economist (3/3/01) Brown likes to "present himself as the model of stern budgetary rectitude" (pp. 5). The Economist also  reported a few months earlier that Brown (11/11/00) and the government had "reneged on its vow not to cave in to pressure to cut fuel duties. Mr. Brown insisted that  he was confining duty cuts to ultra low sulphur petrol and diesel -- but then added that he expected these fuels to account for 100 percent of the market next