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- People living in places like rural Wales
are going to suffer most from high petrol prices, Welsh Conservative AM
Brynle Williams said today.
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- He was comenting on news that petrol
prices have reached a record high in the UK. According to the AA Motoring
Trust, the average price of a litre of unleaded petrol went up from yesterday's
record of 96.13p to a new high of 96.26p. A litre of diesel is also now
at a record high - 98.9p a litre.
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- "People are going to have to get
used to the fact that high fuel prices are here to stay," said Brynie
Williams.
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- "In the long term I cannot see unleaded
petrol falling below 97p per litre. Regrettably it is people living in
places like rural Wales who are going to suffer most.
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- "Locally, I have already seen both
petrol and diesel prices at more than £1 a litre.
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- "It is all too convenient for Gordon
Brown to blame the rest of the world for these high prices when the Treasury
continues to benefit from the tax take on fuel.
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- "He has failed to take a lead on
this issue or pursue alternatives such as 'oil from the soil' bio-diesel
fuels.
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- "What I want to see from the Chancellor
is him actively looking at tax incentives for people to use bio-fuels.
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- "I don't see why Britain should
have to shoulder responsibility for carbon emissions and fuel prices when
the rest of Europe and the United States are lagging so far behind."
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- http://www.newswales.co.uk/?section=Politics&F=1&id=8875
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