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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-01-08 09:30 PM Original message |
U.S. gas: So cheap it hurts |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-01-08 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. Discussed this morning here |
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rdenney (432 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-01-08 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. Most of that extra cost for fuel in Europe goes into taxes, including single payer health-care. |
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Eric Condon (761 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-01-08 09:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Not to mention the fact that their cars get like 60+ miles/gallon. |
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enid602 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-01-08 09:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. yest |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-01-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Ya think they are trying to rob us? |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-01-08 09:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. We might get a few roads of the tax on ours in IL |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-01-08 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. We just spent a week in North Carolina... |
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merwin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-01-08 09:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Around vancouver a month ago it was 1.80/litre |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-01-08 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. Most European cities |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-01-08 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. In Europe other costs are included in their gas price |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 09:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Carter wasn't lying. He was telling the truth if we followed his energy proposals. |
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nebula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-01-08 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
9. In Europe, its easy to get around without a car |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-01-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Yes and the Bush oil barons like it that way. |
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KSinTX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-01-08 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
12. Why "gas tax vacation" won't work |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-01-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. We pay more than anyone in the world when you factor in |
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KSinTX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-01-08 10:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Oh, but wasn't the war dividend lower oil prices? |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-01-08 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
14. and it should be 1.25....that's the sad part. |
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luckyleftyme2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-01-08 10:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. looks like |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. kick |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
19. America's gas tax is low because it has no mass transit. In Europe, they do. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
21. But in Europe, many people never get around to owning a car because they don't need to.... |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
22. We pay |
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