So what you are saying is that by charging VAT on the final price of fuel it is in HMGs interest if the prices are kept high?
Quelle Surprise!
I wonder if duty is paid on the quantity of fuel sold, ie by the litre, or by a percentage of the wholesale price (and a very big percentage it would be).
Interestingly enough a friend in the States says that farmers and trucking companies over there are starting to complain about the cost of gas going over the $2 a gallon mark!!! Protests to follow maybe?!!