Bloomberg, April 10

-- (retard@but.happy), April 10, 2000

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Link??

-- I Need A (link@please?.com), April 10, 2000.

Now if only the same thing could be said about gasoline...

-- It's gasoline prices that (have@people.talking), April 10, 2000.

Glad to hear it. Now, let's see some proof. Independent truckers are going out of business every day due to high diesel prices.

-- Flash (flash@flash.hq), April 10, 2000.

Source for "No Shortage...:" Common sense. If there were any shortages, it would be frontpage news.

Source for "Largest Drop..." in oil: CNBC, about 7am today.

Goto www.bloomberg.com/energy/index.html

-- (retard@but.happy), April 10, 2000.

Gas prices fall more than 2 cents per gallon

http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/04/10/gas.prices/index.html

-- Buddy (buddydc@go.com), April 10, 2000.

Now if only the same thing could be said about gasoline...

quit your whining already.

-- gasoline is incredibly cheap in the US (so@stop.whining), April 10, 2000.

gasoline is incredibly cheap in the US said: "quit your whining already"

Ahhhhh....another *under* educated opionionist I see. Please read below from this previous thread (or click on the link): Shortages at the Gas Pump This Summer?

E.H. Porter said:

"Sometimes I don't thing we realize how cheap energy prices are here in the US. I was in France last week; $4/gallon is considered cheap there."

Apples & Oranges I'm afraid. The continued education of those who would compare U.S. price per gallon vs Canada, U.K., *France*, et. al still amazes me after all this time.

One more time, here goes:

The reason Canada, U.K., *France* pay so much per gallon is that they are taxed enormously on a per gallon basis by their own governments to support all the socialistic welfare programs they choose to run.

-- Ain't Gonna Happen (Not Here Not@ever.com), April 07, 2000.

-- Ain't Gonna Happen (Not Here Not@ever.com), April 10, 2000.

Ain't Gonna -- Well, heavens, I just got quoted! Is this my 15 minutes of fame? Now the question -- how much are fuel taxes in France? You say "The reason Canada, U.K., *France* pay so much per gallon is that they are taxed enormously on a per gallon basis by their own governments to support all the socialistic welfare programs they choose to run."

Now, I'm always willing to be corrected. And, what you say seems a little improbable, but not impossible. So, correct me if I'm wrong. How big is the tax in France? I'd have to be a lot to make up for the about $2.50 - $3.00/gal difference in prices between the US and Europe. But, on the other hand, I suspect that you are correct in stating that taxes are higher in Europe. But, how much higher?

Facts, please.

-- E.H. Porter (Just Wondering@About.it), April 10, 2000.

I only can quote from a time about 4 years ago.

Of the DM 1.65 / liter gasoline DM 1.09 where taxes.

At that time the exchange course was about 1.5:1.

there are about 3.75 liters to a gallon.

So, 1.65x3.75= DM 6.19 per gallon = $4.13 per gallon.

Out of this there are 1.09x3.75= DM4.09 on taxes.

That is in US $ 4.09/1.5= $2.73 per gallon!

Shortly after they raised the taxes on gas again and just in the last few month they did it again.

So yes it IS cheap in the US.

-- RickJohn (rickjohn1@yahoo.com), April 11, 2000.

Ain't: What a revelation - "Taxes on gas are higher in Europe." What insight.

Adjusted for inflation, today's US price is about 20 cents. That's about what it was in the 1950s.

-- (retard@but.happy), April 11, 2000.