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As Neil said in the start of this thread European prices are much higher than the US and we survive.
Current cost in UK is about $9 USG but most of that is tax which pays mostly for things like the NHS etc. It means I would spend a lot on fuel if I drove as much as you guys in the colonies do but I don't have to pay for health insurance or treatments unless I choose to go private - Swings and roundabouts.
We get smaller, more fuel efficient cars for other reasons too - partly to do with tax which is based on CO2. Whether that is a good measure instead of FE or efficiency by some other grading I'm not convinced.
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