The Price of Gas
May. 29th, 2008 08:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jackofallgeeksSo, gas around my house is about $3.90 a gallon. This
article parrots what I've been hearing from Europeans for the last 18
months, that they wish they had it so good: the article says that gas prices
in the Uk are about $11.50 per American gallon! But what's even more
stunning is that it casually remarks that taxes and fees make up about 70%
of the price of fuel in the UK and France. What that means is that if not
for the taxes fuel in the UK would cost $3.45 per American gallon!.
That is NOT a small difference. Add on a small margin for more-reasonable
taxes and fees and the Brits would be paying about what we are. If their
prices are so bad, they have only their government to blame.
article parrots what I've been hearing from Europeans for the last 18
months, that they wish they had it so good: the article says that gas prices
in the Uk are about $11.50 per American gallon! But what's even more
stunning is that it casually remarks that taxes and fees make up about 70%
of the price of fuel in the UK and France. What that means is that if not
for the taxes fuel in the UK would cost $3.45 per American gallon!.
That is NOT a small difference. Add on a small margin for more-reasonable
taxes and fees and the Brits would be paying about what we are. If their
prices are so bad, they have only their government to blame.
