Wilf, I agree with you. People here would hit the roof if our taxation was as high as yours. I lived in the UK for almost 20 years and paid the going petrol price. Since I work for an
oil company, it doesn't bother me that the price per gallon in the U.S. is exceeding the $2.00 mark. I know this is going to p$ss some of the other members off but let's look at it from a different angle.
Offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, a drillship cost around $350,000.00 per day to drill a well. Doesn't mean there will be
oil or gas at the end. Then we have to get it to the beach for processing. These wells are in 7,000' of water and are 200 miles from land. How would you do it?
Put different daily purchased liquids into the equation. How much does a gallon of distilled water cost? Gallon of milk? Gallon of visene eye drops? Gallon of Coca Cola? Gallon of Starbucks? I think you see where I'm going.
Sadly, this is the price we have to pay for certain things in life. I wish we could go back to .35 cent gas.
Oil is the most valuable asset the U.S. has placed on their list. Do you really think we would be in Iraq if they didn't have oil? Do you think we would have joined OPEC if we could wholly support ourselves?
Finally, in a world where car manufactures are being forced to improve mileage, cut emissions, etc, what do we drive that puts us in this forum?
Just a guy that is tired about people complaining about the price of gasoline when most don't know what it actually cost to get it to the pump.