Thread: Feel better about the US petrol/gas prices

UK petrol/gas prices have reached £5 per gallon now.. thats $9.80 per gallon USD... The vast majority of that is tax, whats more they tax the tax too. In the UK we pay for fuel and duty, then the fuel and duty combined is taxed (VAT).

But its ok, at least there'll be more room on the roads when all the poor people are priced off it and have to travel in cattle wagons to work

Personally I think in cities, governments should make gas prices very high. That would very quickly help us turn to alternative energy.

wow and i thought 3.25 a gallon was bad.


don't you guys pay by liter anyways?

yeah we pay per litre, its about £1.10 per litre I believe.
As far as upping the price in cities there would need to be changes made, discounts to the disabled for example, its not exactly fair to price someone who can't walk off the road and assume they'll have no problems with public transport.

Well like I always say, the easiest way to solve a problem in this miserable island is by adding tax! Meh hopefully I can emigrate someday.

*prays*

Someday...

The main problem with high oil prices is not in developed countries, but in developing countries where gasoline is, unfortunately, too expensive for many to use, which makes it extremely difficult for people to raise their standard of living. No fuel means fewer of the devices that we Westerners use to increase our productivity, namely vehicles: fewer vehicles to transport food, water, supplies, medicine, or fuel.