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huskyhauler · 07-27-2008, 07:09 AM

It's not the oil that is expensive. It's how much it is taxed.

Over here, I pay the equivalent of $2.70 a LITRE ( 3.5 litres to a US gallon) for diesel.

The UK government taxes the oil company as they produce the oil in the North Sea, they tax them when they land it to be refined, they tax us at the fuel pumps, they tax the profits the oil company makes at the year end, and THEN, they think they've not taxed them enough because the oil companies still made billions, so they invented an additional tax - an oil profit tax.

07-27-2008, 07:09 AM	eBay Motors #7 (permalink)
huskyhauler Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 20	It's not the oil that is expensive. It's how much it is taxed. Over here, I pay the equivalent of $2.70 a LITRE ( 3.5 litres to a US gallon) for diesel. The UK government taxes the oil company as they produce the oil in the North Sea, they tax them when they land it to be refined, they tax us at the fuel pumps, they tax the profits the oil company makes at the year end, and THEN, they think they've not taxed them enough because the oil companies still made billions, so they invented an additional tax - an oil profit tax. __________________ Looking for an 07 or 08 3500 crewcab 4x4, LTZ trim dually. Planned Mods - rip the bed box off it and install custom doghauler.