Re: US gasoline: ridiculously cheap

On May 26, 10:29 am, xnich...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On 26 May, 13:22, William Mook <william.m...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Do you think the size of the US relative to these other European
countries might have something to do with the amount of fuel consumeed
in those countries?

"Something" to do with it, but it can't be the full explanation.
Just because you live in a large country doesn't necessarily mean you
drive all over it.
Like I don't drive all over the EC even though I could do.

The reason that gas is cheaper in the US,
is the same reason that the Eiffel Tower is in Paris,
the Pope is in Rome, and the US Constistution is in Philadelphia
rather than New York City.
It's because the US invented Space Shuttles
and Supercomputers, and Europeans
are Royal morons.




Russia's pretty big, but gasoline prices are half those of the US, so
I guess being a primary oil producer has something to do with it.
But Britain produces more oil in relation to domestic demand than the
US, so I guess that the taxation of petroleum fuel has something to do
with it too.

Either way, in relation to per capita income, the price of Gasoline in
the US is undoubtedly too low
It's low price encourages the status quo: fuel-inefficient vehicles,
overuse of cars etc...

Do you think the amount of fuel consumed per
person might have something to to with the tax rates each nation must
charge to pay for the roadways and such? "

You mean that if you have to do higher mileages you should be charged
less?

Alternatively, make vehicles that consume less petroleum and make
public transport in cities free.

It's inescapable: Any future US government that wants to avert an
international environmental disaster will have to increase gasoline
prices and tax the superprofits of the oil companies to pay for the
60% reduction in US CO2 emissions required. Clearly, that's not a
course that the present one is prepared to take.


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