Comments on: Worldwide Gasoline prices

By: neil

neil — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:27:21 +0000

This is extremely out of date now. At the moment in the UK we’ve hit $9.45 a gallon

By: Morten

Morten — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:52:47 +0000

I just don’t get it !!!
If you as so concerned about the price of gasoline, why don’t you buy a car with better mileage ??? Seems to me that American is willing to spend billions on wars all over the place to keep the oil prices down, but you don’t (as a population at least) seem to care about the simple solution: Spend less gasoline/oil … In fact it’s the opposite: your SUV’s are using more and more gas

I live in Denmark, which is probably the most heavily taxed country on the planet. I pay a little more than 60% income tax and there’s a 25% VAT on everything I buy (milk, food, labor, electronics, and so on (except cars which are taxes about 180% !!!)

Weird thing is, I rarely hear anyone complain about the oil price here in Denmark. Most people don’t even complain about the taxes either …

Don’t you see: It’s no use looking at how much you have to pay, but rather what you get. I pay a lot in taxes, but this money is not disappearing into thin air (well, at least not all of it It’s being used to pay for a lot of the common good, which I can then use for free: Schools and universities are free (and our students even get paid to attend university), health-care is free, and so on …

… and the little money I have left after paying taxes ??? Well,I guess it’s not so different from what you have left after paying taxes, insurance, school and all the other stuff that I get as part of my taxes

So please … don’t waste time comparing stuff that can’t be compared. It’s not that simple … nothing is

Relax and enjoy life … and when you find something worth changing, work on changing it … don’t bitch and wine like a baby …

By: tango!

tango! — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 05:57:01 +0000

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By: Mario

Mario — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:56:09 +0000

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By: TSD

TSD — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:30:02 +0000

iÂ´ts pretty out of date, that it is
Here in Santiago Chile, premium Fuel (97 octanes) costs
1.29 dollars per litre, if a gallon has 5 litres? itÂ´s about 6.48 dollars per gallon, and itÂ´s not premium, 95 octane itÂ´s about 1.23 dollars per litre. Worst of all itÂ´s that 50% of it are TAXES!. You should be celebrating in te USA. IÂ´ll have a beer for you, cheers

By: goma

goma — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 11:19:52 +0000

dollar is a bit devaluated, since most of international money transactions are made in euro, so the firmas goes on in irak must sell oil more expensive to pay the bill…….

By: Zoe

Zoe — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:17:36 +0000

Joe is right, we put a plan into action to move as close to work as possible. Over the last 10 years we have gone from an hour and a half commute to 10 minutes. I still have my large car but my gas use is minimal.

By: Joe Laberge

Joe Laberge — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 11:55:52 +0000

The solution to the gas price problem is right at our fingertips. The average American moves every 5 years. When you do move, move closer to where you work by 50%. In the next 5 years, if everyone follows through, our collective gas useage will plummet, even if we still drive our gas hogs.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:59:47 +0000

Truth is in the bottom line for the state and federal government…
10cents at the pump is almost 3 million state and federal dollars-why force a drop in the income stream?

By: tango!

tango! — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 04:17:42 +0000

richard, thanks for the info…I’ll look into your book and dig aroudn yoru site.
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