That point doesn't stand, because you don't actually "produce" cars at all. Mitsubishi produces cars, and the other two amount to silliness.leo-rcc wrote:Right, so the point still stands that we don't produce cars that require 8 cylinders or more just to get moving and then bitch about the petrol prices.
We definitely have bigger cars, but that's because big cars are more useful and we spend a lot more time in cars than you folks. We like our standard of living, as I noted before. Bigger houses. Bigger cars. Greater availability of most things to more of our citizens. It's better for the people that fuel prices are lower. Higher gasoline prices hurts the average person.leo-rcc wrote:Design =/= production. Mitsubishi designs the cars, Nedcar produces them for the Benelux.
As for the cylinder count, with that I mean that American engines are notorious for bad fuel economy because fuel used to cost jack shit. Now that that is changing the fuel economy is getting better, but this insistence of big cars and therefore big weight is not helping. Are you denying that?
There is some evidence that "gas tax holidays" actually work... sometimes... in certain situations that may or may not actually apply to today's situation. Well, I take that back, they work all right, to drain the government's road repair coffers--to the tune of $10B for federal highways and something like $150M for a state like Illinois. A gas tax holiday is a good vote pandering idea, and if you subscribe to "starve the beast" theology it's a wonderful thing.John_fi_Skye wrote:So, the government here took 5p per litre off the price, so what did the distributors do? They coincidentally increased their prices by 5p per litre.
I just love capitalism so much.
I heard about that, I thought it was despicable .. it's not a surprise that the oil companies would subvert a tax cut at the pumps; If the government removed ALL the tax from fuel the oil companies would use it as an excuse to put their prices upJohn_fi_Skye wrote:So, the government here took 5p per litre off the price, so what did the distributors do? They coincidentally increased their prices by 5p per litre.
I just love capitalism so much.
What if the price would have been even higher had the tax cut not occurred?Feck wrote:I heard about that, I thought it was despicable .. it's not a surprise that the oil companies would subvert a tax cut at the pumps; If the government removed ALL the tax from fuel the oil companies would use it as an excuse to put their prices upJohn_fi_Skye wrote:So, the government here took 5p per litre off the price, so what did the distributors do? They coincidentally increased their prices by 5p per litre.
I just love capitalism so much.
And yes you can blame 'Wall Street' too since so much of the cost of a barrel of oil is due to speculation !
Isnt your tank 5 times the size of a British tank, in fact doesnt your tank have a 120 mm gun on it and lots of armour?Coito ergo sum wrote:It would only be right that I pay that much, too.
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