From: david gudmunsen (kroctec@btopenworld.com)
Date: Thu Apr 07 2005 - 13:23:36 PDT
Average price of unleaded non premium gas in the UK is currently $7 per UK
gallon which equals $7.85 per US gallon. WE pay a very high level of tax
here in the UK and fuel cost excluding tax is pretty much the same world
wide. The only thig to be said for high taxation of fuel is that it sure
increases demand for fuel efficient engines whatever their use and in view
of the fact that demand has been increasing substantially as more and more
countries become industrialised it means that hydrocarbon prices are going
to continue to climb. I think the only real criticism that can reasonably be
directed against the US is that its oil consumption per capita is so vastly
greater than any other country in the world and the US appears unwilling to
help with conservation.
Regarding pollution US on the basis of its high oil consumption per capita
is also directly or indirectly responsible for a higher level of pollution
than many other countries. Though in defence of the US emmisions controls
are stronger than most of the lesser developed nations.
Best regards from David Gudmunsen
on 4/7/05 18:24, Mil-Veh Co. at milveh@sbcglobal.net wrote:
> A friend of mine was reading a popular Swedish
> newspaper and a lead story on the high cost of fuel
> blamed only one country (the USA of course) for
> Swedens $6 a gallon fuel cost.
>
> I was wondering if anyone on our list knew how much
> [tax] was including in Sweden's fuel cost, also UK's
> tax, just for comparison? I think the UK is paying
> almost $6 a gallon too.
>
> Seems to me that USA does impact the supply demand
> ratio and that does impact the price, guilty there,
> but then WE DO pay the same [spot price] for crude
> that everyone else pays, so is it [totally] our fault
> that Sweden pays $6 at the pump or is more it their
> government for adding on the high taxes?
>
> Kinda tired of the U.S.A. being the world's whipping
> boy when things go wrong.
>
> Thanks in advance for the info.
>
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