Fuel Prices

[Jitazuki]

Originally Posted by why?

I've seen some of those crazy British and European taxes. I don't think I could bring myself to own a car if I lived over there, I'd have to live and work near a rail, or in a city with a good metro system.

Of course the Brits are starting to go in the right direction to, while we go in the opposite. You'd think our leaders would take a look at what they've been doing, and learn from their mistakes, but nope!

We aren't technically going in to the right direction. Everything is simply taxed heavily because the UK Government has a huge multi-billion pound deficit that they are trying to pay off.

Originally Posted by why?

All of Europe and most of the rest of the world gas is taxed to death. And then of course the fools try and tell you how horrible the product is and we shouldn't use it, like they are doing with cigarettes.

You think these people would know how to think, and realize that if no one is buying it no one would be paying the absurd taxes.

I completely agree. They sell us things and say "Oh you're buying this and this is very bad for you and the environment."

Why sell it us then? Taxing it heavily is supposed to make us use it less apparently. But it's just another moneymaker. However you see it, there are people that need to use their cars for everyday use, even treehuggers drive cars.

Originally Posted by KrazyDawg

But in return, you have universal health care and mass public transit. The cars in Europe also have higher MPG.

If you lived here you'd know the problems with the overcrowded and extremely poor public transport systems. I went to college for 2 years using the same bus service, which involves me changing the bus twice with the journey time of around 1 and a half hours. You wouldn't believe me if I'd tell you it was only 7 miles away.

With the new Conservative Government looking to privatize the current health care, it will not be as "universal" as you think it is.