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We are getting scammed out of about 60-70 cents per gallon in average, here in the US. I was in Europe/Frankfurt and saw about $ 7.50/US Gal. (=Euro 1.29/liter) for regular at the pump (diesel is cheaper there, here they tell us it's expensive because of world-wide demand, yada yada). A sticker at the gas station said gas in Europe contains 75% taxes including the 19% sales tax. This means, the gallon regular without tax costs about $ 2.50 there, am I right.
Now, in the US I pay about $ 3.50/Gal., but it contains only 15% taxes, which is $ 0.35, right? This leaves about $ 3.15. cost for our shitty regular and means that the gas at the pump in the US is about $ $ 0.65 higher than in Europe. If you live in CA the scam is even more significant, there you pay about a buck more.
Considered the A Class Mercedes diesel rental got about 58 mpg at highway speeds of 100 mph, and considered that driving distances in tiny Europe are often short, I came to the conclusion that Americans are getting fucked royally by somebody.
I am not sure where this $ 0.60- 1 buck goes, I just hope it's not the "tree huggers" again, filling their dirty pockets with our money.
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Jenny Seemore
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