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Originally Posted by Dylan Actually, I don't think they've raised the taxes enough. Americans think with their pockets. If gas is too expensive, they'll stop buying it. The government didn't go far enough. It's the same idea as the high tax on cigarettes. The idea is to get people to stop smoking, not to increase government revenue. |
hear hear.
taxing to promote a behavior. http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lis...bal_gasprices/ Gas prices around the world
Think you pay a lot for gas? Perhaps you'd prefer to live in Venezuela.
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) – Gasoline prices in the United States, which have recently hit record highs, are actually much lower than in many countries. Drivers in some European cities, like Amsterdam and Oslo, are paying nearly 3 times more than those in the U.S.
The main factor in price disparities between countries is government policy, according to AirInc, a company that tracks the cost of living in various places around the world. Many European nations tax gasoline heavily, with taxes making up as much as 75 percent of the cost of a gallon of gasoline, said a spokesperson for AirInc.
In a few Latin America and Middle-East nations, such as Venezuela and Saudi Arabia, oil is produced by a government-owned company and local gasoline prices are kept low as a benefit to the nation's citizens, he said. All prices updated March, 2005.
<TABLE cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=3 width=580 border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=center><TD class=mergerhead align=middle> Nation</TD><TD class=mergerhead align=middle> City</TD><TD class=tease style="COLOR: #ffffff" align=middle bgColor=#cc0000> Price in USD Regular/Gallon</TD></TR><TR class=chartcolor1 vAlign=center><TD class=tease id=country>Netherlands</TD><TD class=tease id=city>Amsterdam</TD><TD class=tease id=price style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=middle num="6.48" x="#DEFAULT">$6.48</TD></TR><TR class=chartcolor2 vAlign=center><TD class=tease id=country>Norway</TD><TD class=tease id=city>Oslo</TD><TD class=tease id=price style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=middle num="6.27" x="#DEFAULT">$6.27</TD></TR><TR class=chartcolor1 vAlign=center><TD class=tease id=country>Italy</TD><TD class=tease id=city>Milan</TD><TD class=tease id=price style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=middle num="5.96" x="#DEFAULT">$5.96</TD></TR><TR class=chartcolor2 vAlign=center><TD class=tease id=country>Denmark</TD><TD class=tease id=city>Copenhagen</TD><TD class=tease id=price style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=middle num="5.93" x="#DEFAULT">$5.93</TD></TR><TR class=chartcolor1 vAlign=center><TD class=tease id=country>Belgium</TD><TD class=tease id=city>Brussels</TD><TD class=tease id=price style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=middle num="5.91" x="#DEFAULT">$5.91</TD></TR><TR class=chartcolor2 vAlign=center><TD class=tease id=country> Sweden</TD><TD class=tease id=city>Stockholm</TD><TD class=tease id=price style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=middle num="5.8" x="#DEFAULT">$5.80</TD></TR><TR class=chartcolor1 vAlign=center><TD class=tease id=country>United Kingdom</TD><TD class=tease id=city>London</TD><TD class=tease id=price style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=middle num="5.79" x="#DEFAULT">$5.79</TD></TR><TR class=chartcolor2 vAlign=center><TD class=tease id=country>Germany</TD><TD class=tease id=city>Frankfurt</TD><TD class=tease id=price style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=middle num="5.57" x="#DEFAULT">$5.57</TD></TR><TR class=chartcolor1 vAlign=center><TD class=tease id=country>France</TD><TD class=tease id=city>Paris</TD><TD class=tease id=price style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=middle num="5.54" x="#DEFAULT">$5.54</TD></TR><TR class=chartcolor2 vAlign=center><TD class=tease id=country>Portugal</TD><TD class=tease id=city>Lisbon</TD><TD class=tease id=price style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=middle num="5.35" x="#DEFAULT">$5.35</TD></TR><TR class=chartcolor1 vAlign=center><TD class=tease id=country>Hungary</TD><TD class=tease id=city>Budapest</TD><TD class=tease id=price style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=middle num="4.94" x="#DEFAULT">$4.94</TD></TR><TR class=chartcolor2 vAlign=center><TD class=tease id=country>Luxembourg</TD><TD class=tease id=city></TD><TD class=tease id=price style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=middle num="4.82" x="#DEFAULT">$4.82</TD></TR><TR class=chartcolor1 vAlign=center><TD class=tease id=country>Croatia</TD><TD class=tease id=city>Zagreb</TD><TD class=tease id=price style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=middle num="4.81" x="#DEFAULT">$4.81</TD></TR><TR class=chartcolor2 vAlign=center><TD class=tease id=country>Ireland</TD><TD class=tease id=city>Dublin</TD><TD class=tease id=price style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=middle num="4.78" x="#DEFAULT">$4.78</TD></TR><TR class=chartcolor1 vAlign=center><TD class=tease id=country>Switzerland</TD><TD class=tease id=city>Geneva</TD><TD class=tease id=price style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=middle num="4.74" x="#DEFAULT">$4.74</TD></TR><TR class=chartcolor2 vAlign=center><TD class=tease id=country>Spain</TD><TD class=tease id=city>Madrid</TD><TD class=tease id=price style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=middle num="4.55" x="#DEFAULT">$4.55</TD></TR><TR class=chartcolor1 vAlign=center><TD class=tease id=country>Japan</TD><TD class=tease id=city>Tokyo</TD><TD class=tease id=price style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=middle num="4.24" x="#DEFAULT">$4.24</TD></TR><TR class=chartcolor2 vAlign=center><TD class=tease id=country>Czech Republic</TD><TD class=tease id=city>Prague</TD><TD class=tease id=price style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=middle num="4.19" x="#DEFAULT">$4.19</TD></TR><TR class=chartcolor1 vAlign=center><TD class=tease id=country>Romania</TD><TD class=tease id=city>Bucharest</TD><TD class=tease id=price style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=middle num="4.09" x="#DEFAULT">$4.09</TD></TR><TR class=chartcolor2 vAlign=center><TD class=tease id=country>Andorra</TD><TD class=tease id=city></TD><TD class=tease id=price style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=middle num="4.08" x="#DEFAULT">$4.08</TD></TR><TR class=chartcolor1 vAlign=center><TD class=tease id=country>Estonia</TD><TD class=tease id=city>Tallinn</TD><TD class=tease id=price style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=middle num="3.62" x="#DEFAULT">$3.62</TD></TR><TR class=chartcolor2 vAlign=center><TD class=tease id=country>Bulgaria</TD><TD class=tease id=city>Sofia</TD><TD class=tease id=price style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=middle num="3.52" x="#DEFAULT">$3.52</TD></TR><TR class=chartcolor1 vAlign=center><TD class=tease id=country>Brazil</TD><TD class=tease id=city>Brasilia</TD><TD class=tease id=price style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=middle num="3.12" x="#DEFAULT">$3.12</TD></TR><TR class=chartcolor2 vAlign=center><TD class=tease id=country>Cuba</TD><TD class=tease id=city>Havana</TD><TD class=tease id=price style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=middle num="3.03" x="#DEFAULT">$3.03</TD></TR><TR class=chartcolor1 vAlign=center><TD class=tease id=country>Taiwan</TD><TD class=tease id=city>Taipei</TD><TD class=tease id=price style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=middle num="2.84" x="#DEFAULT">$2.84</TD></TR><TR class=chartcolor2 vAlign=center><TD class=tease id=country>Lebanon</TD><TD class=tease id=city>Beirut</TD><TD class=tease id=price style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=middle num="2.63" x="#DEFAULT">$2.63</TD></TR><TR class=chartcolor1 vAlign=center><TD class=tease id=country>South Africa</TD><TD class=tease id=city>Johannesburg</TD><TD class=tease id=price style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=middle num="2.62" x="#DEFAULT">$2.62</TD></TR><TR class=chartcolor2 vAlign=center><TD class=tease id=country>Nicaragua</TD><TD class=tease id=city>Managua</TD><TD class=tease id=price style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=middle num="2.61" x="#DEFAULT">$2.61</TD></TR><TR class=chartcolor1 vAlign=center><TD class=tease id=country>Panama</TD><TD class=tease id=city>Panama City</TD><TD class=tease id=price style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=middle num="2.19" x="#DEFAULT">$2.19</TD></TR><TR class=chartcolor2 vAlign=center><TD class=tease id=country>Russia</TD><TD class=tease id=city>Moscow</TD><TD class=tease id=price style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=middle num="2.1" x="#DEFAULT">$2.10</TD></TR><TR class=chartcolor1 vAlign=center><TD class=tease id=country>Puerto Rico</TD><TD class=tease id=city>San Juan</TD><TD class=tease id=price style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=middle num="1.74" x="#DEFAULT">$1.74</TD></TR><TR class=chartcolor2 vAlign=center><TD class=tease id=country>Saudi Arabia</TD><TD class=tease id=city>Riyadh</TD><TD class=tease id=price style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=middle num="00.91" x="#DEFAULT">$0.91</TD></TR><TR class=chartcolor1 vAlign=center><TD class=tease id=country>Kuwait</TD><TD class=tease id=city>Kuwait City</TD><TD class=tease id=price style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=middle num="00.78" x="#DEFAULT">$0.78</TD></TR><TR class=chartcolor2 vAlign=center><TD class=tease id=country>Egypt</TD><TD class=tease id=city>Cairo</TD><TD class=tease id=price style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=middle num="00.65" x="#DEFAULT">$0.65</TD></TR><TR class=chartcolor1 vAlign=center><TD class=tease id=country>Nigeria</TD><TD class=tease id=city>Lagos</TD><TD class=tease id=price style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=middle num="00.38" x="#DEFAULT">$0.38</TD></TR><TR class=chartcolor2 vAlign=center><TD class=tease id=country>Venezuela</TD><TD class=tease id=city>Caracas</TD><TD class=tease id=price style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=middle num="00.14" x="#DEFAULT">$0.12</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> --- help me Instant Runoff Voting, you're my only hope --- There is little doubt that the world in general is more liberal than it was 50 years ago and beyond. Conservatives are simply roadblocks on the path to an ever more progressive and liberal world. What a sad existence.
Last edited by hevusa; 05-27-2006 at 05:44 PM.
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