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Originally Posted by honestabe
Taxes Neddy. You Canadians pay a lot more for fuel than us Americans. Although the Europeans get taxed all to hell compared to you and I. In March those in the UK were paying about $6.55/gallon while us Americans were paying only $3.05/gallon while Ontario, Canadians were paying about $3.69/gallon. Taxes is what kills the cost of gasoline and diesel, not the cost of oil per barrel.
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Current UK price for Diesel is 1.21GBP a litre, petrol is a couple of pence less - almost 75% is tax. The up sides of this are :
- Free health care (but not dentists ironically
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- More economical cars
- Insulation from the usd/barrell prices rises