Gasoline prices in Europe

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  1. When I was on vacation near lake Kerkini, Macedonia, Greece, I was crossing into Bulgaria just to fill with gasoline.

  2. The income of Greece is so low compared to all other Orange countries, it’s insane how high the price of gasoline is here. In some places it exceeds even 1.8.

  3. I seem to recall a similar comparison from years back that also included a list of liters pr average wage, that resulted in the list flipping on its head. Basic thing is that local prices will be to a degree adjusted to fit local wages and spending ability.

  4. In Italy gas prices include a lot of emeregency taxes, called “accisa”. Over the years, many accisa taxes have been added to the price of fuel.

    – 0.000981 €: financing for the war in Ethiopia (1935-1936)
    – 0.00723 €: financing of the Suez crisis (1956)
    – 0.00516 €: reconstruction after the Vajont disaster (1963)
    – 0.00516 €: reconstruction after the flood of Florence (1966)
    – 0.00516 €: reconstruction after the Belice earthquake (1968)
    – 0.0511 €: reconstruction after the Friuli earthquake (1976)
    – 0.0387 €: reconstruction after the Irpinia earthquake (1980)
    – 0.106 €: funding for the war in Lebanon (1983)
    – 0.0114 €: funding for the mission in Bosnia (1996)
    – 0.02 €: renewal of the contract for autoferrotranvieri (2004)
    – 0.005 €: purchase of ecological buses (2005)
    – 0.0051 €: L’Aquila earthquake (2009)
    – Between 0.0071 and 0.0055 €: funding for culture (2011)
    – 0.04 €: immigration emergency after the Libyan crisis (2011)
    – 0.0089 €: flood in Liguria and Tuscany (2011)
    – 0.082 €(0.113 on diesel): “Salva Italia” decree (2011)
    – 0.02 €: earthquake in Emilia (2012)
    – 0.005 €: gas station managers bonus (2014)
    – 0.0024 €: “Fare” decree (2014)

    [source](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accisa_sui_carburanti)

    Apart from that, we pay 22% VAT.

  5. I’ll drive to Turkey. It’s only 3000 km. I’ll earn that back on price difference. O wait. 15 Lira the litre. Minimum wage 4250 Lira. My car takes half of minimum wage. Imagine. I have a small car.

  6. Few months ago Finnish petrol prices peaked at over 2eur/l. Gladly I don’t have my old petrol hungry car anymore.

  7. I guess this is some type of median, but you can get cheaper than 1,42e consistently in Spain. I put it around 1,31 yesterday (lowcost), but there’s a big gap even 30ct difference in a 10km area with more than 20 fuel stations.

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