Well,
just to put my tuppence worth in the pot, I filled up with 93 octane
yesterday and paid the princly sum of $.98 per for the stuff.
One thing to remember, the actual cost of gasoline is pretty much the
same world wide. The disparity is price is more of function of taxes, and
taxes, and more taxes.
The more levels of government, the greater the taxes on gasoline, and the
amount of each level of tax is inversely proportional to the degree of
citizen input into the taxing structure, and directly proportional to the
input of the anti-car contingent.
Rant mode off
Rick Morrison
72 MGBGT
74 Midget
On Tue, 28 Jul 1998 05:48:41 -0500 "Harlan Jillson"
<hjillson@argolink.net> writes:
>Neil,
> Most of us in the States don't have it quite as good as John does
>in Georgia. Currently regular unleaded is running $1.02 to $1.10 in
>the Houston Tx. area, with some discount stations around $0.98. In
>California the prices are quite a bit higher. There are fairly
>significant
>differences from State to State, depending on local SMOG rules and
>distances to refineries etc. Some States are still selling leaded
>regular while others are strickly unleaded only. Then there is the
>fuel/road tax added in, which in Texas amounts to about $0.39 per
>gallon, of course you probably don't know anything about taxes in
>the UK ;-) ( tounge firmly planted).
>
>Harlan
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: neil.cairns@virgin.net <neil.cairns@virgin.net>
>To: Jethogger@aol.com <Jethogger@aol.com>
>Cc: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
>Date: Tuesday, July 28, 1998 1:15 AM
>Subject: Re: Smog Woes (part one)
>
>
>Jethogger@aol.com wrote:
>>
>> Hello Pat. And regular gas is only
>> $.79 a gallon.
>> John Flintstone, ga.
>
>WHAT!!!! Petrol at only 49p a gallon!!!! ( £1 = $1.60) No wonder the
>States can run such huge cars!! In the UK we pay the equivalent of £3
>a
>gallon, ( unleaded,) which equates to $4.80........though here in
>Blighty we are cursed by the EEC, and leadfree petrol is sold at 69p a
>litre. ( US gallon is a bit smaller than a UK one.)
>
>Now you know why my wife & I run a '89 MG Metro, ( at 50mpg on a run.)
>
>Neil
>
>
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