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| Author(s): | G. Lyins and K. Chatterjee (Eds) |
| Publisher: | Ashgate Publishing Ltd |
| ISBN: | 0754618447 |
| Format: | hardback |
| 338pp | |
| Price: | £45.00 |
| Review Date: | 03 July 2002 |
| Review: | In autumn 2000 the UK and other several European countries experienced widespread protests against the high price of petrol and diesel fuel. Commercial businesses that were dependent on fuel felt that their profits were squeezed and the public faced a high price for motoring. The fuel crisis led to panic buying at the pumps and almost brought the UK to a stand-still. This book looks at the nature, consequences and implications of the fuel crisis. It is divided into three parts. The first discusses the underlying issues that led to the crisis: fuel tax and the trade-off between the environment and the economy. The next part examines the impacts of the fuel shortage: on the motorway network; the behaviour of car users both during the crisis and afterwards; and the fuel management of road transport fleets. The last part looks at what can be learned from the crisis, both in terms of road transport and in terms of human behaviour. |