Yes, Mike, and a lot of heartache it causes those who depend on road vehicles
for their transport. I use a diesel car and I pay the equivalent of about
$8.20 per US gallon of diesel. Petrol is about $7.75/US gallon. Each mile
costs me about 0.28USD in diesel. But I accept these costs because the world
is over-dependent of fossil fuels (that's the world, not merely Europe of
course). There will come a time when I have to switch to a more sustainable way
of getting about; it will be much less fun, but more realistic.
Even so, road traffic is not priced realistically here compared with mass
transport like rail. And air travel is ridiculously cheap, using untaxed fuel.
Chris
On 28 Jun 14, at 16:24, Mike Lazzari <watershed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> It's everyone's business whether one of the largest economies pays a
>> realistic price for its energy.
> Qualified agreement. I think that a bigger problem is the size of the cars
> sold here. We need more fuel efficient cars and a tax on guzzlers. No
> politician has the cajones though. Am I correct in thinking that the European
> fuel price premium includes a lot of tax?
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