Sunday, April 24, 2011


ASSUME THE POSITION



In the last graphic I have taken the liberty to clean up the central content of the older much over worked, damaged and deteriorated graphic and offer a much improved copy for anyone to work from.

The Point Is That No One Should Be Paying Some Of These Prices…Period!



Think You Pay A Lot For Gas? Perhaps You'd Prefer To Live In Venezuela.
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) – Gasoline prices in the United States, which have recently hit record highs, are actually much lower than in many countries. Drivers in some European cities, like Amsterdam and Oslo, are paying nearly 3 times more than those in the U.S.

The main factor in price disparities between countries is government policy, according to AirInc, a company that tracks the cost of living in various places around the world. Many European nations tax gasoline heavily, with taxes making up as much as 75 percent of the cost of a gallon of gasoline, said a spokesperson for AirInc.

In a few Latin America and Middle-East nations, such as Venezuela and Saudi Arabia, oil is produced by a government-owned company and local gasoline prices are kept low as a benefit to the nation's citizens, he said. All prices updated March, 2005.
Price in USD Regular/Gallon
Netherlands
Amsterdam
$6.48
Norway
Oslo
$6.27
Italy
Milan
$5.96
Denmark
Copenhagen
$5.93
Belgium
Brussels
$5.91
Sweden
Stockholm
$5.80
United Kingdom
London
$5.79
Germany
Frankfurt
$5.57
France
Paris
$5.54
Portugal
Lisbon
$5.35
Hungary
Budapest
$4.94
Luxembourg
$4.82
Croatia
Zagreb
$4.81
Ireland
Dublin
$4.78
Switzerland
Geneva
$4.74
Spain
Madrid
$4.55
Japan
Tokyo
$4.24
Czech Republic
Prague
$4.19
Romania
Bucharest
$4.09
Andorra
$4.08
Estonia
Tallinn
$3.62
Bulgaria
Sofia
$3.52
Brazil
Brasilia
$3.12
Cuba
Havana
$3.03
Taiwan
Taipei
$2.84
Lebanon
Beirut
$2.63
South Africa
Johannesburg
$2.62
Nicaragua
Managua
$2.61
Panama
Panama City
$2.19
Russia
Moscow
$2.10
Puerto Rico
San Juan
$1.74
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
$0.91
Kuwait
Kuwait City
$0.78
Egypt
Cairo
$0.65
Nigeria
Lagos
$0.38
Venezuela
Caracas
$0.12