Gas Control

[oil&gas]

These data are from 2017 but I guess it still gives an idea of
how much lower gas tax we are paying here in North America
than in the rest of the world.

OECD Gas Excise Tax Rates (Per Gallon), 2017

Country / Tax per gallon

Australia $1.17
Austria $2.10
Belgium $2.58
Canada $0.74
Denmark $2.63
France $2.78
Germany $2.79
Israel $3.17
Italy $3.11
Japan $1.91
Korea $2.62
Netherlands $3.36
Portugal $2.78
United Kingdom $2.82
United States $0.56

How High are Other Nations’ Gas Taxes?

The U.S. federal government funds infrastructure projects through the highway trust fund. How do gas taxes compare across OECD countries? Federal gas tax.

taxfoundation.org

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Drivers in Canada and the U.S. are already paying nearly the lowest
gasoline tax in the world. Further tax reduction would undermine our
climate policy. I suggest putting a cap on the gas tax but make drivers
pay the carbon tax at the pump. Climate change lunatics would love it.

 

[HEYHEY]

These data are from 2017 but I guess it still gives an idea of
how much lower gas tax we are paying here in North America
than in the rest of the world.

OECD Gas Excise Tax Rates (Per Gallon), 2017

Country / Tax per gallon

Australia $1.17
Austria $2.10
Belgium $2.58
Canada $0.74
Denmark $2.63
France $2.78
Germany $2.79
Israel $3.17
Italy $3.11
Japan $1.91
Korea $2.62
Netherlands $3.36
Portugal $2.78
United Kingdom $2.82
United States $0.56

How High are Other Nations’ Gas Taxes?

The U.S. federal government funds infrastructure projects through the highway trust fund. How do gas taxes compare across OECD countries? Federal gas tax.

taxfoundation.org

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Drivers in Canada and the U.S. are already paying nearly the lowest
gasoline tax in the world. Further tax reduction would undermine our
climate policy. I suggest putting a cap on the gas tax but make drivers
pay the carbon tax at the pump. Climate change lunatics would love it.

Your numbers are a fairy tale, currently in canada we are paying .75 cents per liter of tax, that translates to $2.835 per gallon.

 

[Insidious Von]

Canadians don't realize how lucky we are. We are complaining about the guinea pig in the room while ignoring the gorilla.

You can't make chicken soup with oil.

 

[Darts]

Canadians don't realize how lucky we are. We are complaining about the guinea pig in the room while ignoring the gorilla.

You can't make chicken soup with oil.

Does anyone know if there are already taxes on water? If not, there will be.

BTW: The Trudeau Liberals (both father and son) don't give a damn about oil because Alberta doesn't vote liberal. Trudeau the Elder had a two tier price system to screw Alberta.

 

[Darts]

New record high gas prices expected this weekend.

People interviewed on CP24 said the government should "do something".

 

[forgo10]

Oil for years was at $25 a barrel. At that price, I remember paying 0.35 cents a gallon (imperial not US gallon). At 5 litres per imperial gallon, that works out to 0.07 cents per litre. Oil goes up to $100 per barrel and gas is now, let's say $2.10 per litre. So oil increased by a factor of 4, but gas increased by a factor of 30.

Even taking into account the increased refinery costs and the fact that gas stations are still probably making approximately the same number of cents per litre as per gallon before, the only ones making an obscene profit are clearly the government on the backs of the middle and lower class voters, whether provincial or federal.

But hey, we got back our license fee, which will reduse provincial income by about 1 billion dollars plus reducing income this year by a further 1 billion dollars. Maybe the government (I mean Drug Ford) is relying on this obscene tax grab to cover this shortfall, or maybe they will just make further cuts to health care, or education or whatever else the middle or lower class needs to survive. See, all is good .................... NOT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Frankfooter]

Should governments control the price of gas?

"The average gas price in Canada is 205.7 cents per litre. Gas prices are lowest in Alberta, at 179.1 cents per litre. They are highest in B.C. at 220.3 cents per litre."

Oh, you want to nationalize oil and gas so you can control pricing?

 

[shack]

At 5 litres per imperial gallon,

For the sake of accuracy, it's 4.56

 

[forgo10]

For the sake of accuracy, it's 4.56

LOL, yes you are correct, my apologies

However, in my defense, the math is much easier using 1 to 5 rather than 1 to 4.56 and it illustrates my point just the same. You certainly live up to being
'Nitpicker Extraordinaire'.

Thanks for the chuckle !!!!!!

 

[SaturnFan]

Elect a clown and you have a circus.

We just did that in Ontario.