The Hive Is REALLY Alive!

[megamania]

I'll pick option A. Yeah, I do spend a little too much, buying couple new games & RPG-books nearly every month. Also owning a car is very expencive in Finland (where's that fist smiley, I'd like to wave at you who pay about 1/3 of the gas-price we do ). The sauna is luxury for a small apartment and raises elec-bill quite dramatically . Etc...

Try having a run down house that runs 1800 a month for morgage, taxes and insurance. Same house that once paid off will be leveled for a double-wide because it is falling apart around me.

Gas... well ....ah..... I have this house morgage of ......

 

[megamania]

Oh yes I do. Since we pay near 9$ per gallon. People who pay under 6 don't have rights to complain about gas-price

I work at a gas station as my second full time job. Next time prices go up and folks get ugly I'll send them your e-mail or sumpthung.


But yes.... in general America takes it for granted what the gas prices are.

 

[Relique du Madde]

Oh yes I do. Since we pay near 9$ per gallon. People who pay under 6 don't have rights to complain about gas-price

Yeah... but Amerca's cars tend to be larger so we burn through gas faster then European cars. I mean hell, up until gas jumped to $3+ the majority of the cars people bought in the us were trucks, suburbans, and other gas guzzlers.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Oh yes I do. Since we pay near 9$ per gallon. People who pay under 6 don't have rights to complain about gas-price

*spews coffee all over the monitor*

Damn, now I gotta clean up this mess.

Nine bucks a gallon is frickin' steep. How does the finland goverment justify such a high price?

 

[Relique du Madde]

Nine bucks a gallon is frickin' steep. How does the finland goverment justify such a high price?

It's not just Finland, it's all of Europe, also unlike the US, about 50 - 80% of the cost of European gas is based on taxes.

 

[Dog Moon]

Yeah, remember talking about the price of gas in a thread here on EnWorld. Titled "How much is the gas in your country/state?" basically or something like that. Interesting to see the fluctuation of gas prices around the world and even from state to state a little bit as well.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

It's not just Finland, it's all of Europe, also unlike the US, about 50 - 80% of the cost of European gas is based on taxes.

TAXES?! That’s effin ridiculous.

Mental note: Never move to Europe.

 

[megamania]

Taxes are one thing but also quanity. US uses so much more that we buy in bigger bulk thus it dosen't cost as much. Some of the European countries are small enough I'm not sure if they even have their own refineries.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

So whats up Mega?

 

[Blackrat]

Try having a run down house that runs 1800 a month for morgage, taxes and insurance. Same house that once paid off will be leveled for a double-wide because it is falling apart around me.

Gas... well ....ah..... I have this house morgage of ......

Ah, now that does sound bad

I work at a gas station as my second full time job. Next time prices go up and folks get ugly I'll send them your e-mail or sumpthung.


But yes.... in general America takes it for granted what the gas prices are.

Yes, I can educate them on what is steep price on gas

TAXES?! That’s effin ridiculous.

Mental note: Never move to Europe.

Oh, gas is not the only one we pay extortiate taxes. As I already ranted few weeks ago, DVD's are double-priced compared to you (there too, taxes have someting to do with it), food is fast becoming true money-hole (though at least in finland the goverment is planning on lowering the tax on food), you wouldn't even want to buy a car in here since it is very heavily taxed (actually rich people tend to buy a car from germany and transport it to finland as technically it becomes cheaper that way)... Yep, I'm starting to talk politics soon so I'll stop here .