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Originally Posted by KCampbell
I'm sorry, but I have very little sympathy for those who complain about the price we pay for fuel in the US. We still pay much, much less than the "true" cost of fuel at the pump, when you figure in all the costs that we pay through our taxes. Many studies have come to the conclusion that the "fully burdened" cost of fuel is at least $5 or $6 per gallon - or about what they pay in Europe.
Google "true cost of fuel" for any number of interesting reads.
Kevin
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Kevin, my favorite analogy is to look at all those who complain about fuel costing $2.00 per gallon. I'll bet that these same people will go into a grocery store and purchase bottled water for about $5.00 per gallon, or purchase Coca-Cola for $4.00 per gallon, or purchase milk for $3.50 per gallon.
No *****ing going on then, is there.
But, since they need to purchase huge quantites of gasoline as compared to milk, water, and coke, there seems to be an expectation that gasoline should cost less.
Coke basically costs the company about $0.25 per gallon (approx.). They sell it for $4.00.
Crude oil costs $1.18 when it is pumped out of the ground. It is sold for $2.00. If the company were run by Coke, and they had to run advertising to get you to buy it, they would sell it for about $10.00 per gallon.
Hello?