Compare and Contrast Essay

Average Gasoline Prices

In the U.S., about 11% of the last cost per gallon is from taxes. At the $4.00 per gallon average cost, this means that $0.44 is levy and $3.56 is the pre-tax cost per gallon. Europe's charges, on the other hand, are comprised of 70% levies and 30% pre-tax costs. Taxes on the $8.70 average per gallon cost are $6.09 and the pre-tax cost per gallon is $2.61. Wait, did you apprehend that? If you disregard levies, Europeans pay $0.95 LESS than Americans for one gallon of gasoline.

As it turns out, the $0.95 per gallon less ...