Accomplished mostly by fuel taxes of $0.38/liter, or approx $1.5/gallon. This is... | Hacker News

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		_0nac on Dec 6, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Driving Is Going Out of Style Accomplished mostly by fuel taxes of $0.38/liter, or approx $1.5/gallon. This is not far off 10x higher than the (ridiculously low) US rate of $0.18/gallon.

alayne on Dec 6, 2013 [–]

You're not counting local taxes. Gas taxes are about 50 cents a gallon.

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