>Isn't that why the US pays 3 dollars a gallon for gas while Europe pays 6
>dollars a gallon. We control the oil fields, because we have the superior
>weapons.
Not really. It's because European governments are taxing it to death. When you buy a liter of gasoline in France, 70% of what you're paying is taxes, and only 30% is for actual fuel that you put in your tank.
By contrast, the US taxes gasoline at 16%.
http://goeurope.about.com/od/transportat...prices.htm
>dollars a gallon. We control the oil fields, because we have the superior
>weapons.
Not really. It's because European governments are taxing it to death. When you buy a liter of gasoline in France, 70% of what you're paying is taxes, and only 30% is for actual fuel that you put in your tank.
By contrast, the US taxes gasoline at 16%.
http://goeurope.about.com/od/transportat...prices.htm
"Alpha children wear grey. They work much harder than we do, because they're so frightfully clever. I'm awfully glad I'm a Beta, because I don't work so hard. And then we are much better than the Gammas and Deltas. Gammas are stupid. They all wear green, and Delta children wear khaki. Oh no, I don't want to play with Delta children. And Epsilons are still worse. They're too stupid to be able to read or write. Besides they wear black, which is such a beastly color. I'm so glad I'm a Beta."
--Aldous Huxley, Brave New World