Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 19:48:50 GMT From: Paul Halliday <pjghnopsamyonder.co.uk> Subject: Re: check engine
in article 3E25B51C.5030002nopsamnline.net, tom reingold at trn244nopsamnline.net wrote on 15/01/2003 19:23: > On 1/15/2003 8:33 AM:Bob wrote > >> On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 10:48:28 -0000, SkodaPilot >> <carl.robsonnopsamcing-czechs.com> wrote: >>> BTW that large price range due to the gas prices changing almost daily, >>> and my guestimate that the USD is approx two third of the GBP. >> >> As a UK/European perhaps you can answer this... are the higher prices >> you pay due to taxes, or due to the oil companies just ripping >> you off ? >> >> Some folks claim that we pay lower prices in the USA since we have >> some oil here, but I find it really hard to believe that it makes >> *that much* difference since barrel prices are for the most part >> set internationally. >> >> Bob > > Sorry for answering, being that I'm American. It's the taxes. And many > Europeans voted those taxes in, because they feel that a disincentive to > driving is a good thing for society. (Consider the impact on the > economy, ecology and reserves of fossil fuels!) They have alternatives > there, so I respect that choice a lot. Hell yeah Tom, I think we have the best public transport service in the world ... and I've used it a lot as a schoolboy, college student and during my early working life. Our trains are crap, but that's getting better and I will always maintain that our local bus services are second to none. The bus on my road runs every 10 minutes during the day between Halifax and Bradford (two major centres). Many of our cities also have restored tram services and we even get canal "buses" in the summer. Our road and fuel tax does contribute greatly to the economy, since the Tories destroyed practically every national industry we had. Mind you under the Labour government before them, the industries practically destroyed themselves. I don't really mind the fuel tax, but I do have a grievance with tobacco and alcohol taxes :) Paul 1985 900i 16V 1989 900 Turbo S http://pjgh.go.dyndns.org/saab/index.html
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