Re: [MV] Cost of petrol tax in Sweden, anyone?

From: MV (MV@dc9.tzo.com)
Date: Thu Apr 07 2005 - 22:04:28 PDT


That's a good point, but I still could not see filling up my Excursion
with it's 45 gallon tank, or my M51 with it's 100 gallon tanks at $7 or
$8 /gallon. That could amount to an easy $650 to fill up my dump truck.
   How can that work, even in Europe? I mean how much does it cost to
have a 20 ton load of driveway rock hauled 30 miles? For instance. It
must be ridiculous, unless the tax is waived for commercial trucks? Is it?

And if gas costs that much due to tax, what about electricity? Is that
50 cents per KWHR??

Dave

Larry Tighe wrote:
> Dave wrote:
>
> I don't know how the Europeans can live with $7 and $8/gallon fuel
> prices. The US economy undergo some drastic changes with those kinds of
> prices.
>
> Dave
> ----------------------------------
> Maybe they don't need the "disposable" cash that we do considering how
> many "free" things other gov'ts "hand out" that are paid for by those
> gas taxes. It seems the more socialist the country, the higher the
> taxes...gas and others.
>
> There is no free lunch, it only appears free,
>
> Lar
> www.antiquetelephone.com
>
>
>



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