Re: Voluntary Mandatory Taxes

[Tom Vogt]

Tim May wrote:
> The quote said nothing to the contrary. Crude results in some
> fraction of gasoline/petrol, and taxes are applied. His point was
> that the taxes are about 4-5 times the cost of the underlying petrol,
> which is about what it is in the U.K. (Last I heard, gas in the U.K.
> is about the equivalent of about $4-5 a gallon for unleaded regular.)

germany: ca. 2 marks per litre, which means $4 per gallon. give or take
a little due to currency fluctuations and whatever.