The announcement today by Royal Dutch Shell of £14 Billion in profits makes one think they are profiting at the expense of the motorist. However one must look at the government's role in fuel prices; 70% of retail fuel costs is down to tax. The current cost of diesel is in the region of £1.10 a litre; therefore the government gets £0.77 of that. It would be nice, if unrealistic, to expect the government to spend more of this tax revenue directly on roads and road building programmes. Unfortunately it just gets swallowed up in that 'black hole' called the treasury; to be used on government general spending.
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