Nigeria oil union set for total strike

[DoreneFC at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/17/2003 9:04:23 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
JBrown72073 at cs.com writes:> 
> 
> 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
> 

I was going to pop off and say Europeans pay the world market price of oil as 
gas prices; the US pays the cost in terms of the defense budget.

But upon mature consideration, I am trying to find the logic to get there and 
hoping someone else will beat me to the punch.

DoreneC
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