worldwide fuel prices

[friendly_jacek]

http://www.statista.com/statistics/221368/gas-prices-around-the-world/

Look at Venezuela, driver's paradise, right?
On the other hand, Tesla is #1 selling car in Norway.

 

[Boczech]

Folks around here wouldn't know how to act if fuel was six pennies a gallon.


Thx for the chart

Cheers
B

 

[salv]

Keep in mind, the Euro and the Pound are worth significantly more than the US Dollar. Countries using these currencies would also have much higher earned incomes if measured in US Dollars.

 

[redbone3]

In countries that do not export oil, oil is a commodity and costs the same everywhere (discounting transportation expense). So, the difference in gas prices is taxes.

 

[JC1]

Originally Posted By: Boczech
Folks around here wouldn't know how to act if fuel was six pennies a gallon.


Thx for the chart

Cheers
B


They'd be hoarding gas instead of hoarding oil! lol

Regards, JC.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Originally Posted By: salv
Keep in mind, the Euro and the Pound are worth significantly more than the US Dollar. Countries using these currencies would also have much higher earned incomes if measured in US Dollars.

Yup. A more useful statistic would be how many gallons of fuel an average take home pay in a given country can buy.

 

[JHZR2]

And those prices likely include taxes by nation, which are also likely quite different.

 

[wallyuwl]

Originally Posted By: JHZR2
And those prices likely include taxes by nation, which are also likely quite different.


They do. European countries especially tax gasoline like the US taxes cigarettes. The cost pretty much triples due to taxes. They also measure volume in liters instead of gallons, but that chart is normalized to gallons.

 

[GreeCguy]

Regarding Venezuela's gas prices.

http://money.cnn.com/2013/03/06/news/economy/venezuela-gas/index.html

 

[hatt]

Chart is useless without be adjusted for taxes.

 

[friendly_jacek]

Originally Posted By: hatt
Chart is useless without be adjusted for taxes.


What are you talking about?
The numbers INCLUDE taxes and thus the range of prices. If taxes were not included, the price would be exactly the same (save for oil producers like Iran, Saudis or Venezuela).

 

[hatt]

The price wouldn't be the same. Production, refineries, transportation, pipelines, etc would come into play. You'd be able to determine things other than who has the highest gas taxes.

 

[friendly_jacek]

Originally Posted By: hatt
The price wouldn't be the same. Production, refineries, transportation, pipelines, etc would come into play. You'd be able to determine things other than who has the highest gas taxes.


Here you go, I goggled that for you.

 

[hatt]

Much more informative. Mexico looks nice.

 

[Nayov]

US is the second least taxed, yet the whiners bellow about how fuel taxes should be cut or eliminated! I love it.

 

[redbone3]

So, you like taxes?

 

[friendly_jacek]

Lets see, if we cut the gas tax, the US roads should catch up the mexico's quality in no time.

 

[redbone3]

Originally Posted By: friendly_jacek
Lets see, if we cut the gas tax, the US roads should catch up the mexico's quality in no time.


So, you believe that all countries spend the tax on gasoline on roads. So, does that mean that the Obamacare tax on wooden legs will be spent on forestry?

 

[friendly_jacek]

Originally Posted By: redbone3
Originally Posted By: friendly_jacek
Lets see, if we cut the gas tax, the US roads should catch up the mexico's quality in no time.


So, you believe that all countries spend the tax on gasoline on roads.


I know US uses gas taxes on roads.

 

[Nayov]

Originally Posted By: redbone3
So, you like taxes?


Not especially, but I do laugh all the way to the gas station because gas and taxes are so cheap here, relatively speaking.