Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 00:28:21 GMT From: devil <devilnopsamlobal.net> Subject: Re: New diesel engine
robwnopsammaster.co.uk wrote: > > In article <3A003D36.C301C24Enopsamlobal.net>, > devil <devilnopsamlobal.net> wrote: > > robwnopsammaster.co.uk wrote: > > > > > And in most of Europe, diesel is vastly cheaper than petrol. > > > > Not true either. It's just less taxed, mostly because of a past that > > you can't get away from. But in all likelihood, more expensive before > > tax. And even if it's not, it should probably be (but there are so > many > > artificialisms involved in internal pricings). > > You mean you can buy it without paying tax???? Did I say that? I don't think so. > It's irrelevent what the proportions of tax are: a tank full of diesel > at 5F95 a litre is always going to be cheaper that a tank full of > petrol at 7F95 a litre. But it's quite absurd to have significantly lower taxes on diesel. (If diesel fuel were taxed at the same rate as gas, diesel engine powered cars would not be anywhere near as attractive as they are. This is just a loophole around the environmental justification for high fuel tax.)
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