NJ5 on 22 October 2008
| llewdebkram said: Same reason as we are still paying £4.67 / $7.50 a gallon in UK!!! GREED!! although they have lowered it by about 30p / 50C a gallon recently...whoopy shit!! |
Actually the main reason for higher fuel costs in Europe is fuel taxes (used by many countries to develop public transportation and/or maintain the roads usable).
Contrast this with the US where public transportation almost doesn't exist and the highway fund ran out of money, having to resort to taxpayer money anyway:
http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080912/NEWS01/809120355/1007/NEWS01
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