"Helmut" wrote in message ...
To give you a lough for the day, and maybe you fell better about your fuel
prices:

Gernerally, fuel prices over here in EU are around 1,00 Euro PER LITER
(quarter gallon), so don't complain about high prices.

Your high prices are because of punitive taxation by your elected
governments.

Though almost 50%
driving diesel (abt 0,80 euros /liter) powered vehicles (exluding commercial
trucks), we also have this price differences within short range.
Szenario: Driving from Venice/IT to Prague/Tschechnia (400 miles) fill up in
venice for 1.09, next stop near Vienna/Austria you pay only 0.65 and in
prague you can get hte liter of diesel for slightly over 50 cents.
They (Oil Companies) use the same excuse for the different prices as they do
over there at your side. BTW, ESSO and MOBILE also are the most expensive
brands over here.

In central Ohio, the price of gas fluctuates +/- .25 every week. My
dad goes to Florida each winter, the price of gas fluctuates there +/-
0.

Thats why Volkswagen, BMW, Mercedes and all the other non-US Car
manufacturers sell their "premium edition" multi cylinder high consumption
vehicles to the States. They never could sell lots of them over here.

They only dump the showboats on the USA because Bill Clinton/Algore
forgot to renew the EPA Fleet Miles Per Gallon requirements. They
were [expletive deleted] idiots. So much for "Earth in the Balance!"

Modern Diesel engines have a mileage per gallon of 60 or 70. And their
performance is not less the gas engines.

So, now you can rest back at your next refueling stop, let the gas go into
your tank, and when at the cashier, just SMILE.
You know, you are filling up CHEAP.

We pay for our fuel in different ways. I don't see too many EU
soldiers trying to keep the flow of oil moving out of the mideast.

Greetings from Austria

73 de OE8SOQ
Helmut

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