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Ian Smith wrote: "-=jd=-" wrote in message . 20... On Sat 30 Jul 2005 07:39:29a, dxAce wrote in message : -=jd=- wrote: On Fri 29 Jul 2005 09:16:04p, "Ian Smith" wrote in message : {Snipped} All you guys have to do, over there in the USA, is make your vehicles more fuel-efficient. Then you don't have to rely on middle-eastern dictatorships/colonies to supply the oil. Over here in Scotland, it's not perfect by a long way, but at least we have cars which do decent miles-per-gallon (40+). A necessity, with gasoline over $5/gallon. regards, Ian, Clydebank, Scotland. Out of curiosity, I wonder how much of your per-gallon price is the actual cost of product and how much is taxes or fees? Most of it would be taxes or fees. The world price of crude is pretty much just that, the world price of crude. The UK is paying pretty much the same price for crude as we are. dxAce I heard someone half-seriously/half-humorously saying that the U.S. would be much worse off with more efficient or hybrid fuel vehicles. Maintaining the infrastructure relies heavily on all the tax revenue streaming in from fuel sales. He added something along the lines of, "If California outlawed Petro-Chem, they would be back to dirt roads within a decade!" -=jd=- -- My Current Disposable Email: (Remove YOUR HAT to reply directly) What dxAce says is right about the basic cost of producing gasoline in the UK. It's just that the tax is around 80% of the pump price, making it possibly the most expensive in the world. As for loss of fuel tax revenue; money saved by those using fuel-efficient vehicles will be spent in other ways, presumably increasing revenue elsewhere, such as with sales tax etc. The problem will be how to overcome any shortfall when this happens. Higher taxation is not often a vote winner. :-) Here in the USA it seems as though some are looking at a tax per mile driven rather than the at the pump tax. This will overcome the loss in revenue for the higher MPG vehicles. If I recall, California was looking at such a scheme. dxAce Michigan USA |
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