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yes, looks like avergae in france right now is 1.45 euro/l

and our gov has not raised fuel duty since 2010

so its always been this expensive

same website has GB average as 1.24 though so it may just be you

prices dont really fluctuate around the UK

only on motorways... so like... maybe 10 stations will have a higher price

and even then it will be like... 0.05 extra

average value for United Kingdom during that period was 1.30 U.K. Pound Sterling with a minimum of 1.24 U.K. Pound Sterling on 03-Dec-2018 and a maximum of 1.32 U.

nbot sure conversipn

its more than 1.32 just down the road from me... 😛

what is your average transit distance to/from school work etc?

I work from home

so your fuel cost is definitely not above most peoples no matter the price lol

and even when I used to work in east london Id only drive to the station about 15mins away.. and then get on a 1hr 30min train journey

i sometimes drive to my mums on the weekends... thata a 2hr drive

ahh, but see youre taking the train then

most places in the us don't have transit like that

and apparently rural france doesnt either

the issue with the fuel tax in france was that it was disproportinately affecting the rural folk without access to public transit to and from work

france is very much an exporting country when it comes to food/agriculture so they will have a massive driving need

the trucks coming into the UK back up for miles at the border

Taxes like that always affect the poor the most.

yes, thats why they call it a regressive tax

The car that Rebecca and I had had a 13 gallon tank.

https://resourcetrade.earth/data?year=2016&exporter=251&category=1&units=weight

boosting the price of a gallon of gas by a dollar is 15 bucks a week.

and we didn't drive -that- much, if you take a real family, with two vehicles both filling their gas tanks every week?

taxing gas by a dollar turns into a 100+ dollars a month.

yeah, and the rich that can afford to live in the city and walk or bike to work arent paying any of it lol

56.1m tonnes to export to other countries

per year

just agriculture

that is a decent graphic, but its not really showing me the method of export, truck or boat/plane whatever

@Bayesed and expand that, because gas taxes affect prices for goods, because it costs more to ship things.

ironically 23.6m tonnes of fossil fuels

per year.... exported

trucks planes boat or whatever all use fuel 😛

yeah, if youre a farmer and youre now spending more to drive your tractor/farm equipment its going to be rough until prices adjust

yep