Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 10:28:45 -0500 From: Malcolm W. Mason <arpicnopsammail.com> Subject: Re: check engine
On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 08:33:46 -0500, Bob <uctraingNOSPAMersnopsamanet.com> wrote: >On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 10:48:28 -0000, SkodaPilot ><carl.robsonnopsamcing-czechs.com> wrote: > >Some folks claim that we pay lower prices in the USA since we have >some oil here, but I find it really hard to believe that it makes >*that much* difference since barrel prices are for the most part >set internationally. > >Bob The US buys on the sxsame international market. Although the oil companies often take advantage of changing prices to their benefit, the vast part of the price varation is caused by the relative values in exchange and local taxes which by US standards (and really Canadian too) are astronomic in Europe. It has been so for a very long time. The price you pay for socail welfare. MWM