This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Increase all fossil fuel price by 2% every month until 2050.
The UK Government must collect an increasingly higher duty on all types of fossil fuel used for all private and business uses. These extra funds must be aimed at fast-tracking sustainable and affordable green energy and support a generational transition to sustainable business practices.
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Climate change requires a drastic change in everyone's lifestyle. Fossil fuel is the main cause of it, and we need to stop using it now. Churchill famously said 'I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat', and without a rapid change of course we will soon face food and water scarcity and a breakdown of society as we know it. Collecting more duty from all fossil fuels will force consumers and businesses to change habits and fund a fundamental shift across the entire nation.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
Petitions must call for a specific action that the UK Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.
The Government is responsible for setting duties on fuel and other fossil fuel products, but decisions about prices for these products are a matter for manufacturers and retailers, not the Government or Parliament.
As a result it is not possible for the Government or Parliament to take the action you have requested.
We could accept a petition calling for changes to duties on fuel and other fossil fuel products, if that's what you want to happen.
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.