Paul Lamar wrote: 
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The situation has gotten worse in Europe in the last couple of
years with a further increase in the taxes on gasoline.
Might be time to take another look. Gas in Germany used
to be about $4 a gallon. It is now up to about $6 a US gallon.

Wrathall Mark wrote:

Austria (Steyr) is one of the leading developers/producers of automotive
diesels. One thing to be careful is, as soon as market swings to diesels
(over 50% of new cars here) the government sees a great new source of tax
revenue, and invents reasons why the tax on diesel should be increased until
it's price is nearly the same as gas. Jet A1 isn't really taxed anywhere .As
soon as you try to tax it the airlines just change their routes. The EU is
proposeing to Tax it though. The only winner will be Switzerland (Non EU).
AVGAS is $4.75/gal here, but if you buy Jet A1 at some small GA airfield,
you won't get it for the $0.50c/Gal that the airlines pay either.

Your problem Mark is people don't own guns over there :-)

Now guys, that is just a joke and I don't want to get a bunch
of email on the subject of guns. Please! A joke now and then
is OK.

Paul Lamar
 
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