[pianotech] The Fuel You Use In Your Car

[John Ross]

If it is like up here, the tax on the gasoline doesn't go on the roads  
as intended.
A large percentage of it goes into general revenue, and the  
government, like most of them, uses it on their self interest  projects.
John Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia
On 9-Mar-10, at 1:35 AM, David Ilvedson wrote:

> If we paid the real cost maybe the roads would be repaired.
>
> David Ilvedson, RPT
> Pacifica, CA  94044
>
> ----- Original message ----------------------------------------
> From: "Terry Farrell" <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Received: 3/8/2010 7:36:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] The Fuel You Use In Your Car
>
>
>> I wish Americans could see the wisdom in that price - better
>> reflecting the REAL cost of gasoline - and of course, assuming the
>> taxes so applied were targeted to related issues. I'd have no problem
>> what-so-ever paying a price like that.
>
>> Terry Farrell
>
>> On Mar 8, 2010, at 9:28 PM, David Boyce wrote:
>
>>> You folks would expire of an apoplexy if you lived here in the UK!
>>>
>>> I drive a Deisel car (Renault VelSatis), and Diesel fuel costs $6.47
>>> per US gallon here.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> David Boyce
>>>
>>> P.S. Today in the post I got a flier from a registration number
>>> trader, offering to sell me a plate BOY 6E for, if you please £4995
>>> plus  tax.  That's $9023! I don't think I'm gonna buy it......