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Re: [APD] Solar energy



On 2/9/06, Robert H <robertph3 at comcast_net> wrote:
>
> >>I believe you understand incorrectly.  The last time I checked the cost
> of
> gasoline in the US -- before taxes -- was actually a few cents per gallon
> higher than in every European country before taxes.  I believe that data
> was
> from 2003.<<
>
> Liz, what the heck are you talking about! No offense, I am chuckling,  but
> Europe pays several times more for gas than we do, and it has always been
> like that.


That price at the pump is the price of gasoline plus taxes.  Subtract out
the tax in the US and subtract out the tax in all those countries.  We
actually pay a few cents more on a pre-tax basis.

Liz
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