Re: Yikes! Diesel $4.50/gallon



On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:31:36 -0400, jdoe <jdoe@xxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:33:09 +0100, Bruce <no@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



In the UK, we pay GBP 1.18 per litre, which is approximately:

(wait for it!)

US $8.82 per US gallon ...

Unleaded gasoline costs about 8% to 10% less.
I don't care to hear any moaning about fuel prices from you UK people,
as long as your government uses fuel taxes to fund their socialist
polices

The US, in contrast, doesn't tax enough (or spends too much) Bush
having run a budget deficit for years to "finance" his imperialistic
military policy.
.



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