[UK-CONTEST] FW: STEALTH ROAD TAX

[col]

Fair point Tom but the average american uses 6 x more energy there Chinese 
counterpart!

My real point is to work / activate as many of these islands /dxcc countries 
as possible in the next 10 years or so as they wont be there much longer !

73 Colin GM0RLZ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Wylie" <t.wylie at ntlworld.com>
To: "col" <col at v21mail.co.uk>; <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 11:07 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] FW: STEALTH ROAD TAX


My wife is always going on about global warming etc. but I figure that if I
save all my emmisions (carbon) for the next 20 years - then any good it will
do will be wiped out by the growth in the Indian and Chinese economies in
about 1 hour.

I think any contribution I will make will be insignificant in the greater
scheme of things.   Even if everybody in Britain plants a tree etc, it will
all be offset in about 1 year.

The only way to save the planet is to curb the emissions from the Indian and
Chinese economies.    Fat chance.......

Tom
GM4FDM
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "col" <col at v21mail.co.uk>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 8:32 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] FW: STEALTH ROAD TAX


totally off topic!

David instead of a petition how about some ideas on tackling climate change
after all your crossing your fingers that the Thames barrier is going to
hold out in the next 20 - 30years!

 But it raises an interesting point. Are all future expeditions going to
publish their carbon footprint and how they plan on offsetting their carbon
emissions?

global warming may soon have an effect on the number of DXCC entities!
Tuvalu, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Maldives, Marshall islands, Kiribati,
Micronesia, in fact the majority of the Indian ocean and Pacific islands are
at risk of being submerged. A great example is St Brandon Island which is
currently in grave danger of being covered up by rising sea levels! You
never know this year might be the last chance to bag 3B7!!!!

73 Colin GM0RLZ




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Ferrington" <M0XDF at Alphadene.co.uk>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 5:15 PM
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] FW: STEALTH ROAD TAX


Please forgive this off-topic post, it's not my habit to fwd such mails, but
I think this one needs publicity
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This has been in circulation for a while. Pls ignore, if you¹ve already seen
it.
If not, it¹s worth spending a few seconds reading and then a few more
signing up.



If you drive a car, please read -

Sarah Kennedy was talking about this proposed car tax scheme on Radio 2.
Apparently there is only one month left to register your objection to the
'Pay As You Go' road tax.

The petition is on the 10 Downing St website but they didn't tell anybody
about it. Therefore at the time of Sarah's comments only 250,000 people had
signed it  and 750,000 signatures are required for the government to at
least take any notice.

Once you've given your details (you don't have to give your full address,
just house number and postcode will do), they will send you an email with a
link in it. Once you click on that link, you'll have signed the petition.

The government's proposal to introduce road pricing will mean you having to
purchase a tracking device for your car and paying a monthly bill to use it.
The tracking device will cost about £200 and in a recent study by the BBC,
the lowest monthly bill was £28 for a rural florist and £194 for a delivery
driver. A non working mother who used the car to take the kids to school
paid £86 in one month.

On top of this massive increase in tax, you will be tracked. Somebody will
know where you are at all times. They will also know how fast you have been
going, so even if you accidentally creep over a speed limit in time you can
probably expect a Notice of Intended Prosecution with your monthly bill.

If you are concerned about this Orwellian plan and want to stop the constant
bashing of the car driver, please sign the petition on No 10's new website
(link below) and pass this on to as many people as possible.  Sign up if you
value your freedom and democratic rights -

<http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax <http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax>
>

Pass it on!




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