I strongly support the government's tax policy on fuel. While many seem to be getting carried away with the campaign against price increases, there appears no opportunity to stand firm with the government.

If prime minister Tony Blair cuts fuel tax to stabilise the price at the pumps, what is to stop OPEC and the commodity dealers pushing the prices up still further as demand outstrips the supplies?

Suppressing the price will ultimately lead to an increase in consumption of oil. History proves this. Leave the prices to increase so we all use less fuel and the price will fall again.

There is plenty of room for improvement by all road users, including road hauliers, who must drive thousands of miles with empty or with only part-loads. We all need to be more efficient and reduce wastage.

Instead of fighting to reduce the cost of fuel in the UK, we should be campaigning to get the price of fuel in the US up to our levels so they use this precious resource more sparingly. An increase in price in the US would reduce global demand and force prices down.

If a campaign is needed then it should be to resolve all the issues, not just for short-term patches to hide our greed and inefficiencies. Mr Blair will have received the message the people are not happy about the current situation, but let's now give him time to find workable solutions.

One is to convert petrol vehicles to cleaner LPG, but the take up for LPG has not been good.

However, as a country we should be proud we have done so well in reducing our CO2 emissions, beating the Americans by miles. Let us use our influence to encourage them to follow our leadership and get them to put their prices up level with ours.

-Simon Hanmore, Hailsham