The retailer gets just 5p of this. With a further 45p going to the fuel company for finding, extracting, refining and distribution.

The rest of the 80p or around 61% of the price you pay at the pump goes to the HMRC in the form of Fuel Duty and VAT.

So a typical £65 fill up means

• £ 2.50 - Retailer / Garage
• £22.50 - Oil Company
• £40.00 - Tax 

Do not be mistaken, the Government needs YOU pay for the black hole in the economy caused by overspending, bailing out the banks and of course that tiny matter of starting an unjustified war. What are YOU going to do about it? If you think the UK motorist is being over taxed, please sign our e-Petition.

• Think about what your mobility means to you, for your standard of living and that of your family.
• Think about having no alternative to your car - forced to have a car and forced to pay through the nose to run it.
• Think what would happen if you lost your licence for exceeding any of the ever lower and ever more inappropriate speed limits.
• Think about what you will have to cut back on in order to pay £6+ for a gallon of petrol.
• Think about paying tolls to use the roads on your way to work or to enter the centre of your own town.
• Think about paying again to park your car when you get to work.