Nigeria oil union set for total strike

[JBrown72073 at cs.com]

Steven quotes:
>Meanwhile at the pumps across the US looks like another guaranteed
>minimum price hike of 20,30,40,50, or ____ cents. If that dog of an SUV
>you drive needs filling it will be about $40.00/tank now, OUCH!, with
>substantially higher prices before memorial day! 

Why are consumer prices on gasoline higher in Europe than the U.S.?  Taxation?

Jenny Brown