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Originally Posted by Oldsguy
As I understand it, most of the price is in taxes because many E.U. governments do not have income tax as we do so they have to take taxes in other ways. I should have paid more attention to that kind of stuff in school.
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I don't know about European income taxes, but you're correct, the high price of gas in Europe is due to self-imposed taxes. The price of a barrel of oil is the same there and here.