Gas Prices
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Originally Posted by riceball777' timestamp='1399102475' post='23142101
91 octane is like$4.60 a gallon. No matter what gas cost we here in the USA have it good compared to almost any other country. Most countries in Asia/ Australia and Europe it's well over $6 or $7 a gallon. That's why that have all these tiny cars there.
If they're democratically run countries then I don't take any pity on them. They have a problem with the high prices then do something about it through legislature. Nevermind that most of those astronomical fuel taxes subsidize all sorts of things, like rail transportation, etc. Anyway, you reap what you sow.
Markets for gasoline are different in most places around the globe - for all kinds of reasons. It's not the politician's job to meddle with the market price of gasoline. Just because the prices are high doesn't mean some politician is doing a bad job and just because they are lot doesn't mean they are doing a good job.
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Originally Posted by WolfpackS2k' timestamp='1399308559' post='23144728
[quote name='riceball777' timestamp='1399102475' post='23142101']
91 octane is like$4.60 a gallon. No matter what gas cost we here in the USA have it good compared to almost any other country. Most countries in Asia/ Australia and Europe it's well over $6 or $7 a gallon. That's why that have all these tiny cars there.
91 octane is like$4.60 a gallon. No matter what gas cost we here in the USA have it good compared to almost any other country. Most countries in Asia/ Australia and Europe it's well over $6 or $7 a gallon. That's why that have all these tiny cars there.
If they're democratically run countries then I don't take any pity on them. They have a problem with the high prices then do something about it through legislature. Nevermind that most of those astronomical fuel taxes subsidize all sorts of things, like rail transportation, etc. Anyway, you reap what you sow.
Markets for gasoline are different in most places around the globe - for all kinds of reasons. It's not the politician's job to meddle with the market price of gasoline. Just because the prices are high doesn't mean some politician is doing a bad job and just because they are lot doesn't mean they are doing a good job.
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Many of the expensive countries have a 20%+ tax built into the price of fuel. While here state side it's a fix cent amount.
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Originally Posted by marthafokker' timestamp='[url="tel:1399316945"
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As much as most of us want to think it does not matter what the gas prices are.... well, it does as an economy. Someone has to pay for the fuel prices to bring you everything. We all know that those truckers are not going to eat the fuel cost spikes, nor the distributors. We will all pay for it. With less money power in our wallet, someone's job will have to pay for less purchasing power also.
As much as most of us want to think it does not matter what the gas prices are.... well, it does as an economy. Someone has to pay for the fuel prices to bring you everything. We all know that those truckers are not going to eat the fuel cost spikes, nor the distributors. We will all pay for it. With less money power in our wallet, someone's job will have to pay for less purchasing power also.
Some local delivery trucks are going BEV all together. And those with older trucks are putting in alternative diesel motors just to cool/warm the cabin instead of running the big rig engine.
Things are being done to help, but unfortunately, not fast enough for these ever increasing gas prices.
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