Bob,

On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:35:58 -0800, Bob Barr wrote:

> On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:10:07 +0000 (GMT), "Howard Winter" wrote:
> =

> >James,
> >
> > snip
> >
> >  (Petrol reached 99.9p/litre at my local supermarkets while I was in th=
e 'States, which is =

> >more than twice the price you're paying, despite the rises you've seen!),
> >
> > snip
> >
> =

> I understand that the tax levels on fuel are quite high on your side
> of the pond but I don't know the rate. =


Oh yes!
 =

> How much of that 99.9p/litre price is the tax? =


I don't know for sure - there are two elements, "Road fuel duty", which is =
in pence per litre, and VAT with is 17.5% on everything, including the duty=
.  Liquified =

Petroleum Gas (LPG, basically propane, I think) is available from some petr=
ol stations, and is almost exactly half of the price of petrol, because the=
re is either less =

or no road fuel duty on it, so that gives an indication.  The government ha=
ve said that if LPG takes off to the point where there's a significant redu=
ction in the use =

of petrol (and so the duty raised) they will raise the duty on LPG.  GIven =
the cost of a dual-fuel conversion, and the loss of space due to the LPG ta=
nk, the takeup =

of it isn't great, despite being fairly widely available for a decade or so.
 =

> In the US, we have a federal tax that's the same in all of the states
> and a separate state tax that varies from one state to another.

Well we're just the one State, so it's the same all over the UK (the duty a=
nd tax, not the price, which varies by about 10% from the cheapest to deare=
st places, with =

Motorway services being the dearest, supermarkets the cheapest).

My local ASDA supermarket, the cheapest place I know of, is now charging =
=A31.009 per litre, about US$7.65 per US gallon.

Cheers,



Howard Winter
St.Albans, England



-- =

http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive
View/change your membership options at
http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist