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When you forget that in the Latin alphabet, Jehovah begins with an "I". 
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Good thing already finished my coffee or I'd be passing it through my nose left and so hard at those.The only time a Father wishes his kid had a temporary case of rigor mortis...
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Taking that "Parting Shot" as you leave the court room...
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Come to think of it, have you ever seen them together?
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Who else like to watch snowflakes melt?
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Did someone say 2000 Mules?
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Since they can't come up with candidates that are worth a shit, I nominate for Prez...
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And for VP...
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When you don't whack the tube of biscuits hard enough on the edge of the counter...
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Multiply by 3.8 to convert to price per gallon.
Remember, in the US, you are paying a federal gas tax and a state gas tax, the combination of which is about 50 cents per gallon in most states.
So it cost about the same to get the crude and refine into gas in Europe as it does here. So the reason their gas cost so much more is their governments are taxing them more. A lot more. As in $3+ per gallon more.
I'm thinking this has more to do with them wanting electric cars than the electric cars themselves. We'll see. If the price of electricity and road use taxes goes up to the point where it's no longer cheaper, will they go back to gas?
So they next time you see comments from a European saying we should be paying more for gas, the proper response is, why are you paying 100%+ tax on your gas?
Remember, in the US, you are paying a federal gas tax and a state gas tax, the combination of which is about 50 cents per gallon in most states.
So it cost about the same to get the crude and refine into gas in Europe as it does here. So the reason their gas cost so much more is their governments are taxing them more. A lot more. As in $3+ per gallon more.
I'm thinking this has more to do with them wanting electric cars than the electric cars themselves. We'll see. If the price of electricity and road use taxes goes up to the point where it's no longer cheaper, will they go back to gas?
So they next time you see comments from a European saying we should be paying more for gas, the proper response is, why are you paying 100%+ tax on your gas?
People can "want" electric cars until the cows come home, but it ain't happening. There isn't enough electric power generation anywhere on the planet that will serve the demand created. It's literally impossible. As in against the laws of Physics. You can't get more energy out of a system than is already in it. And that includes potential energy from various fuel sources.
The only way it could be remotely possible would be with the construction of a LOT of nuclear power plants. Most of our electricity comes from coal and natural gas. Neither of those fuel sources has the energy density required to produce the electricity needed to power e-cars if even half the people got them.
Any of the current discussions regarding converting cars to electric is utterly unfounded in scientific reality. It's a pipe dream. That's not even to mention the impracticality of e-cars for the typical American consumer.
Agreed. Try explaining that to a greenie. I have seen several articles where they flat out state the grid will support it, even when 2 days later the Governor of CA asks peeps not to charge their cars during the heat wave to avoid brownouts.
I know that the UK was enticing peeps to buy electric by suspending their road use taxes for electric cars and mandating that all businesses have public chargers. They've recently reinstated the road taxes, so that incentive is gone. And they plan to phase out new gas and diesel cars in the coming years. Be interesting to see what happens. Look for a resurgence in auto restoration shops.
I know that the UK was enticing peeps to buy electric by suspending their road use taxes for electric cars and mandating that all businesses have public chargers. They've recently reinstated the road taxes, so that incentive is gone. And they plan to phase out new gas and diesel cars in the coming years. Be interesting to see what happens. Look for a resurgence in auto restoration shops.
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I don't think the high petrol taxes (when in Rome...) in Europe have anything to do with a push for electric cars... Those taxes have been high as far back as I can recall (at least in Britain ) -DECADES and DECADES (my goodness, am I getting old!
)... Long before there was any consolidated intent to push for electric. No, this is all about government greed. Occam's Razor applies -this is the simplest explanation. What do you expect from a country that taxes people per TV, and spends money on little men in little vans to patrol around with equipment to 'detect' if you are operating an un-taxed television? They charge the tax because they can.
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You're dead on correct here. I lived in the UK and traveled throughout Europe for years and the gas was through the roof when compared to the U.S. This was well before electric cars were a blip on the radar and the British pound was around 2:1 to the dollar.I don't think the high petrol taxes (when in Rome...) in Europe have anything to do with a push for electric cars... Those taxes have been high as far back as I can recall (at least in Britain ) -DECADES and DECADES (my goodness, am I getting old!
The public travel infrastructure is ingrained in Europe as a whole. It's been this way for many, many decades. Much more so than the U.S.A. And, the governments abroad have a financial interest in you riding the public transport systems and you can pretty much get almost anywhere by public transit. Owning and operating a car in central London is quite the PITA. Parking costs as much or more than rent. It's crazy. There really is no need for a car in London. You can go anywhere from there. To drive a taxi in London, you have to study for years and memorize the whole city. I never hopped in a cab and had a driver ask me where a location was. They have it all memorized. I have talked with cabbies about the test. It is rumored to be the hardest test in the world for anything.
Read here:
The Knowledge, London’s Legendary Taxi-Driver Test, Puts Up a Fight in the Age of GPS (Published 2014)
Memorizing the city’s 25,000 streets might be the most difficult test in the world. As technology imperils this tradition, is there an argument for learning as an end in itself?
In London, I could call a number asking how to get to the Château Eza in south France and they could give me directions with trains, ferries and taxis along with connection times if I wanted to go there by public transport. The same thing if I wanted to go to Davos. Ask me how I know. I went from London to Davos late in the day by public transport arriving at 1-2am in the morning for a weekend ski break.
Travel by car is a lot more discouraged there than here. But the U.S. has seen the gold that is available selling electricity (under govt control) and the use of public transit (also under govt control). So, the switch is on here now. So, no, the price of gas in Europe has had little to do with electric cars.
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Ah... there's a reason public transit doesn't fly here in the U.S. Actually two reasons.
First is cultural. Americans are "cowboys" who like riding their own horses. Our DNA is independence. We don't like depending on someone else to get around. We like to go NOW, not according to some public transit schedule (not to mention likely bound to be running late). We like go WHERE WE WANT to go and WHEN we want to go.
Secondly... logistically, it's quite literally impossible to have a public transportation system here like they do in European and Asian cities. Those cities in Europe and Asia are OLD. ALL of them are really, really old. And that means they are designed with a CENTER. There is a center of the city where most things (needed by citizens) are accessed. These cities were designed to be centralized before even steam engines were invented... by necessity.
In America, most cities are NOT centralized (except for the oldest like Chicago and NYC). Our cities are much newer. Our "cities" aren't even really traditional cities, for the most part. Ours are VERY spread out. DE-centralized. There is no hub to most of our cities. So public transportation cannot be effectively overlaid the way it can be when there is a hub or center.
I spent my last 6 weeks in the Navy in Japan. Their public transportation system is amazing. It runs on time to the SECOND, no exaggeration. But our urban development and design is completely different and decentralized. So that type of system cannot work here... purely from a logistics standpoint.