gas prices worldwide

[ski_resort_observer]

Not sure if this makes you feel better or not.
http://money.aol.com/cnnmoney/gener...es-from-around-the-globe/20060612173109990001

Paid $1.67 at BJ's in Auburn, Maine

 

[ALLSKIING]

London is just out of hand!!

 

[Marc]

Amazing the difference between Hong Kong and Beijing...

 

[loafer89]

A bit off the topic, but gas prices in California where really high at between $3.99 and $4.18 for REGULAR gas, yikes.

 

[andyzee]

One thing to take into consideration is not only the price of gas, but people's wages as well. I don't have the exact figures, but in Poland as an example, the price of gas is about twice the amount of what it is here, yet people wages are about 25% of wages here.

 

[ctenidae]

It'd be interesting to see those numbers on a purchasing power parity basis (adjusted for Andyzee's point.

THomas Freidman (author of "The World is Flat"- good read, if you have time) was on The Daily Show on Monday- he recommends a $1 gas tax (on top of what's there already). Solves two problems- use the $1 to shore up Social Security, and it'll push gas prices high enough to force us to find something new. There's some good logic there. Short term pain, long term gain.

 

[thetrailboss]

Don't forget to factor in the power of the respective currency. Right now the US Dollar is really weak.

 

[andyzee]

Don't forget to factor in the power of the respective currency. Right now the US Dollar is really weak.

Sorry TB, but I don't believe that to be a factor unless you're going to purchase gas in a country other then the one you work in.

 

[NYDrew]

where is caracas?

 

[loafer89]

where is caracas?

In Venezuela

 

[BeanoNYC]

Don't forget the huge VAT added on by many socialist countries. Norway's main export is oil and look at those prices. When I was there last summer the newspaper had a bottle of champagne and a headline of (translated loosely) "happy days" when the price of oil went over $70 a barrel. Yet they still pay the most. Oslo is the most expensive city to live in right now. Your looking at $10 for a pack of smokes. $8 or 9 for a pint of domestic beer. Forget about the imported Budweiser.

 

[ctenidae]

Forget about the imported Budweiser.

Not at all a problem.

It would take a lot of doing, but it would be interesting to see what relative gas prices are, pre tax, adjusted for PPP.

 

[andyzee]

Forget about the imported Budweiser.

Hehe, that sounds funny :beer:

 

[BeanoNYC]

Hehe, that sounds funny :beer:

It is real weird to see it on the imports list.

 

[ski_resort_observer]

Don't forget the huge VAT added on by many socialist countries. Norway's main export is oil and look at those prices. When I was there last summer the newspaper had a bottle of champagne and a headline of (translated loosely) "happy days" when the price of oil went over $70 a barrel. Yet they still pay the most. Oslo is the most expensive city to live in right now. Your looking at $10 for a pack of smokes. $8 or 9 for a pint of domestic beer. Forget about the imported Budweiser.

When you have a country that the government pretty much pays for everything they have to raise the money somehow. What's more important free education and healthcare for all or a huge tax on cigs and booze?

 

[BeanoNYC]

When you have a country that the government pretty much pays for everything they have to raise the money somehow. What's more important free education and healthcare for all or a huge tax on cigs and booze?

Oh, I agree. No complaints here from me. All the pretty blondes running around there help too. My wife has dual citizenship. It's nice to know I can get a quick work Visa if we ever decide to move there.