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Old 05-31-2011, 01:06 PM   #375 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by JunkBonds View Post
The government is more at fault for high gas prices than any oil company.
In america, at least, much of this is due to highway use and road taxes. The tax on diesel fuel levels the price by something like 30%, iirc.

There is a process by which off road fuel can be "cleaned" of the dye that identifies it, but the distillation process is expensive, and from what I hear, is really only profitable in a moral sense to those who don't agree with fuel use taxing.
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