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There are tons of taxes on gasoline, so you do pay more taxes to drive a low MPG vehicle. It's not quite what the parent meant, but it is something. Gasoline i

There are tons of taxes on gasoline, so you do pay more taxes to drive a low MPG vehicle. It's not quite what the parent meant, but it is something. Gasoline is one of the few products sold in the US where the advertised price includes the taxes, and I suspect that's because people would flip out if they realized how much of their fuel cost was taxes.

mikeash 11y ago
"Tons of taxes" is relative. US gasoline taxes are about 50 cents/gallon on average (depends on the locality), so at current prices they're about 33%. Taking Germany as a random example, gas taxes there are €0.6545 per liter plus 19% VAT, making for a total tax rate well beyond 100%.