How much of that $4.55 is the FBO making? Here in the US, the FBO markup is
much larger than the refining margin.

Mike
MU-2


"Julian Scarfe" wrote in message
news:zr60c.605$GQ.303@newsfe1-win...
Interesting. Here in the UK, we're paying about $7.70 per gallon for
100LL.

About $1.15 is sales tax levied on almost all goods.
About $2.00 is the excise duty on Avgas.

That leaves $4.55 per gallon, which is more than twice the price John
paid,
according to his original post. Why is the price so high? Because the
oil
companies can get away with it. I think you call that "capitalism", don't
you?

Julian Scarfe


"Dennis O'Connor" wrote in message
...
Kees, have you folks ever thought about a bit of an armed rebellion to
cure
this? It does tend to work - reference the secession of the American
Colonies from Great Britain, circa 1770's for details on how...

OK - pulling my tongue out of my cheek - your example of strangling
gasoline
prices is is exactly why the "isms" all fail... Communism has fallen...
Socialism in Europe will survive perhaps another one or two generations,
three at the most, and you then either collapse into endless poverty
with
a
whimper or another Strong Man will take center stage and arouse the
masses
with bellowing about enemies to the east, enemies to the west, the
machinations of jews/capitalists/catholics/etc., and seize power and
then
Europe will be back in the grip of it's historic leader, a
dictator/king...

Unfortunately, the disease of socialism is spreading in the USA, also...
sigh It has been a glorious ride, this mix of democracy and capitalism
these past 231 years... It is a shame to seethat the rot of socialism
has
it
now doomed...
denny

"Kees Mies" wrote in message As other posters
mentioned prices can differ locally.
This morning I filled my van for $5.34/gallon unleaded.
Last time, about a month ago, I bought 100LL for $8.83/gallon.
BTW, this is the Netherlands, sigh.
And we have landing fees too, another sigh.