The price of fuel in much of Europe is nearly all tax. American fuel taxes are minuscule in comparison.
Oh, believe me I know. I was stationed in Germany for seven years, and my fiance is German and still lives there. About $8-$9 a gallon is what they pay over there. And I'll be damned but the blame for that isn't placed so much on taxes, or the growing influence of China and India. No, it is placed on capitalism and Bush/USA for being in Iraq.