Question for Europeans

Scott en Aztlán wrote:
> Here in the US the top story recently has been the large upward spike
> in gasoline prices. Some have predicted that gasoline will top
> $5/gallon by next year, up from $2.50/gallon today. Since you folks in
> Europe have had $5/gallon gas for years (thanks to high taxes), what's
> happening to gas prices over there in Europe? Are they going to hit
> $10/gallon soon? Is the price of gas the top story on your local TV
> news?

Remember, they use Euros, and the Euro buys more dollars nowadays,
and that helps counteract the increase in US $ oil prices.

"Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message
...
> Here in the US the top story recently has been the large upward spike
> in gasoline prices. Some have predicted that gasoline will top
> $5/gallon by next year, up from $2.50/gallon today. Since you folks in
> Europe have had $5/gallon gas for years (thanks to high taxes), what's
> happening to gas prices over there in Europe? Are they going to hit
> $10/gallon soon? Is the price of gas the top story on your local TV
> news?

Current price in UK is around US$6.16 / US gallon

They are going up however have stopped going up quite recently. The general
thought is that they have stablised now. However the chancellor has hinted
further tax will be applied to petrol and diesel in the September budget.

Of the $6.16 per gallon, approx $4.26 is tax.

Mark Hewitt wrote:
> Current price in UK is around US$6.16 / US gallon
>
> They are going up however have stopped going up quite recently. The general
> thought is that they have stablised now. However the chancellor has hinted
> further tax will be applied to petrol and diesel in the September budget.
>
> Of the $6.16 per gallon, approx $4.26 is tax.

Considering the protests a few years ago when a petrol tax increase was
proposed -- and the French truckers blocking the freeways around the same
time -- I'm surprised any politician has the guts to propose an increase.

"John David Galt" > wrote in message
...
> Mark Hewitt wrote:
>> Current price in UK is around US$6.16 / US gallon
>>
>> They are going up however have stopped going up quite recently. The
>> general thought is that they have stablised now. However the chancellor
>> has hinted further tax will be applied to petrol and diesel in the
>> September budget.
>>
>> Of the $6.16 per gallon, approx $4.26 is tax.
>
> Considering the protests a few years ago when a petrol tax increase was
> proposed -- and the French truckers blocking the freeways around the same
> time -- I'm surprised any politician has the guts to propose an increase.

Well you would have thought so. But they've just won the election so they
think they are invincible. Also there are new laws in place to stop the type
of protests we saw last time. Gordon Brown doesn't care about the average
person, he would make an awful prime minister IMHO.

>> Considering the protests a few years ago when a petrol tax increase was
>> proposed -- and the French truckers blocking the freeways around the same
>> time -- I'm surprised any politician has the guts to propose an increase.

> Well you would have thought so. But they've just won the election so they
> think they are invincible. Also there are new laws in place to stop the type
> of protests we saw last time. Gordon Brown doesn't care about the average
> person, he would make an awful prime minister IMHO.

I'm glad they've at least had the guts to make it illegal to block the
roads just to make people listen to your protest. I wish our country
would do the same.

Mark Hewitt wrote:
> "Scott en Aztl=E1n" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Here in the US the top story recently has been the large upward
spike
> > in gasoline prices. Some have predicted that gasoline will top
> > $5/gallon by next year, up from $2.50/gallon today. Since you folks
in
> > Europe have had $5/gallon gas for years (thanks to high taxes),
what's
> > happening to gas prices over there in Europe? Are they going to hit
> > $10/gallon soon? Is the price of gas the top story on your local TV
> > news?
>
> Current price in UK is around US$6.16 / US gallon
>
> They are going up however have stopped going up quite recently. The
general
> thought is that they have stablised now. However the chancellor has
hinted
> further tax will be applied to petrol and diesel in the September
budget.
>
> Of the $6.16 per gallon, approx $4.26 is tax.

Yeah but it doesn't matter in england since there's no place to go
anyway.

"Scott en Aztlán" > wrote


Is the price of gas the top story on your local TV
> news?






The price of fuel is already causing social unrest, see
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politi...nd/4483881.stm



Vince

Truck Driving In Russia- www.coventon.co.uk

On Mon, 09 May 2005 06:46:08 -0700, Scott en Aztlán wrote:

> Here in the US the top story recently has been the large upward spike
> in gasoline prices. Some have predicted that gasoline will top
> $5/gallon by next year, up from $2.50/gallon today. Since you folks in
> Europe have had $5/gallon gas for years (thanks to high taxes), what's
> happening to gas prices over there in Europe? Are they going to hit
> $10/gallon soon? Is the price of gas the top story on your local TV
> news?



Sorry to get political, but it's great the return you get when you invade
a country for it's oil innit? No, sorry, not the oil. For the freedom of
the people, obviously. Ahem.

gazzafield wrote:


>
> Sorry to get political, but it's great the return you get when you invade
> a country for it's oil innit? No, sorry, not the oil. For the freedom of
> the people, obviously. Ahem.
>

No, it wasnt for oil, and not for the 'freedom' of the Iraqis.
You may want to familiarize yourself with the US Neoconservative
agenda.

This is a good overview:

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pa...?itemNo=280279

On Mon, 09 May 2005 14:45:54 +0000, 223rem wrote:

> gazzafield wrote:
>
>
>>
>> Sorry to get political, but it's great the return you get when you invade
>> a country for it's oil innit? No, sorry, not the oil. For the freedom of
>> the people, obviously. Ahem.
>>
>
> No, it wasnt for oil, and not for the 'freedom' of the Iraqis.
> You may want to familiarize yourself with the US Neoconservative
> agenda.
>
> This is a good overview:
>
> http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pa...?itemNo=280279



Yawn. So that was last updated on 5th April 2003 was it? Wonder if the
25 still think it's all peachy. And it was nothing but for America to
keep control of it's empire. They can tell you what ever propaganda they
like.