20 Apr 20
@eladar saidPetrol’s not been as cheap as this in the Netherlands for decades.
@shavixmir
90 percent of your fuel cost is taxes, so you will not see a huge drop.
To add a touch of irony, the Dutch government has lowered the speed limit from 120/130 to 100 during the day...
So cheaper petrol... and lower fuel consumption!!!
Wooooo hoooooooooooo
Road trip!
Oh. Yeah. That.
Well, it just goes to show... the oil industry never does anything right!
20 Apr 20
@eladar saidNot even close; combined Federal and State taxes on average are about 50 cents a gallon. https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=10&t=10
@shavixmir
90 percent of your fuel cost is taxes, so you will not see a huge drop.
20 Apr 20
@shavixmir saidIn the US fuel prices would never stop you from road trips.
Petrol’s not been as cheap as this in the Netherlands for decades.
To add a touch of irony, the Dutch government has lowered the speed limit from 120/130 to 100 during the day...
So cheaper petrol... and lower fuel consumption!!!
Wooooo hoooooooooooo
Road trip!
Oh. Yeah. That.
Well, it just goes to show... the oil industry never does anything right!
21 Apr 20
@eladar saidYeah we just call it going for a drive, good news about the fall in the consumption of oil though. Perhaps these regular deadly viral outbreaks are part of Gaia’s natural defences.
In the US fuel prices would never stop you from road trips.
21 Apr 20
@no1marauder saidNot in the Netherlands though, where petrol taxes are over half of the price.
Not even close; combined Federal and State taxes on average are about 50 cents a gallon. https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=10&t=10