>  Consumers do NOT control prices. Politicians control
>prices.

Absolutely right. Unfortunately the rest of the worls pays far more
than you do!

Here in New Zealand we pay just over $2.00US per IMPERIAL gallon
(4.55 liters... don't know how many liters per US gal) of 96-octane,
which is still one of the cheapest rates anywhere, complain though we
do. Diesel we pay $1.28US per Imp gal for 6% sulfur-content
distillate, which generates quite a bit of smoke. The prices here go
up & down like a yoyo.

In Europe they can pay over twice as much, and diesel fuel isn't any
cheaper than gas.
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Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut