From: david gudmunsen (kroctec@btopenworld.com)
Date: Fri Apr 08 2005 - 07:10:43 PDT
>From the UK
The subject of tax policies and fuel costs is far too big and convoluted to
discuss in any depth here. Suffice it to say that it sure discourages the
preservation and running of old military vehicles.
On the news today it was announced that fuel here has reached an average
pump price of $8.19 per US gallon. Rebated fuel costs roughly $3.30 and is
available for agricultural and off highway use, also for plant and
generating useage, plus boats and airplanes (I think our trains use rebated
fuel too). Road trucks and buses use unrebated fuel. The repercussions are
extensive to say the least and most guys in the US have no idea how
economically hard pressed many of us are in the UK.
Our housing (not so much because of fuel cost) at an average price of
$312000 for small 3 bed semi and food costs are dramatically high as are any
other items needing to be moved around the country and most are.
Domestic electricity is about ¢10 per kWh and much of our generating is from
modern gas fired sets where the gas is from local (North Sea) sources.
Best regards from David Gudmunsen
PS you can imagine how most of us feel when we hear north Americans
complaining about prices.
on 4/8/05 05:04, MV at MV@dc9.tzo.com wrote:
> 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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