World Wide Petrol Price Comparison

[lazs2]

so what do all those countries do with all that tax money?

lazs

[straffo]

Originally posted by lazs2
so what do all those countries do with all that tax money?

lazs

We are all trying to figure ...

[lazs2]

my guess is that you wouldn't notice any difference if you took it away from em.

lazs

[NUKE]

So Gshlotz was right!  If America ever decides to tax the watermelon out of gas, then we will be paying what the rest of the world pays for gas!

[Nilsen]

Originally posted by NUKE
So Gshlotz was right!  If America ever decides to tax the watermelon out of gas, then we will be paying what the rest of the world pays for gas!

Yes indeed.

And if crude oil prices goes through the roof "we" would still pay about the same for our gas at the pumps cause taxes will be cut to compensate for the increase in crude price.

[beet1e]

Originally posted by Nilsen
Yes indeed.

And if crude oil prices goes through the roof "we" would still pay about the same for our gas at the pumps cause taxes will be cut to compensate for the increase in crude price.

...and the yanks will pay the same per mile as everyone else because of their 10mpg gas guzzlers.

[Chortle]

Hey, they polute per head marginally less than a geriatric cow farting in shifts in India! Leave off, anything less is sheer Communism!! (Yer Bastard)

[Gh0stFT]

Originally posted by lazs2
so what do all those countries do with all that tax money?

lazs

umh lasz, i can only speak for germany, but one LARGE part of the money goes for
the highways to ensure they high quality standard.
We have the best quality highways worldwide.
Since we are the only country with no speed limit on highways
(partial),
when i drive my car on highways (and i like to drive the sporting way)
the last thing i want is roads in a bad shape.
Ive traveled accross Europe alot, compared to our standard, theyr
higways are deadtraps :/


R
Gh0stFT

[Nilsen]

The german highways are the best ive ever seen... pure perfection

Alot of the tax money from gas goes to roads in norway too. Because of how country is shaped it is very expensive to build and amintain roads here and the population is so spread out that its a nightmare.

[Vulcan]

Originally posted by mora
How do they know how much you drive, do they check it at vehicle inspection? If that would be the case, then at least in here everyone would just disconnect their odometer cables. We have a similar tax, but it goes by the pound, and it's considerably lower for utility vehicles.

You get a tag with the mileage you're paid up til. If a cop pulls you over for any reason they check it. Some people get their odometers disconnected, but its risky and the fines for it are huge.

[Thrawn]

Originally posted by lazs2
so what do all those countries do with all that tax money?

lazs

Buy hundreds of billions of US dollars every year to support your standard of living.  



PS:  Yet more evidence that Canada = TEH BESTEST!!!  

[-tronski-]

Originally posted by Vulcan
You get a tag with the mileage you're paid up til. If a cop pulls you over for any reason they check it. Some people get their odometers disconnected, but its risky and the fines for it are huge.

You still have TV licenses in NZ?

 Tronsky

[NUKE]

Originally posted by GScholz
The tax on petrol and diesel in Norway is an environmental tax. A way for the state to make us use less of it ... just like they do on alcahol and tobacco.

hahahhaha!

That's a good one!

[Nilsen]

Originally posted by GScholz
Actually Nilsen, "we" do not produce the oil. Statoil does, and Shell and the other oil companies. The state taxes this production, and that is where we get all the $$$ from. We have to buy the oil from the oil companies just like everybody else ... it's just that we also get a percentage of everything they sell to us ... and everybody else. Which is quite a lot considering we're the third largest oil exporter in the world.

The tax on petrol and diesel in Norway is an environmental tax. A way for the state to make us use less of it ... just like they do on alcahol and tobacco.

of course... did I say that the nation produces the oil?

[Nilsen]

Originally posted by NUKE
hahahhaha!

That's a good one!

and the fun part about that is?