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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Schwepps" data-source="post: 356595" data-attributes="member: 3592">Spot on funfer. The worst offender as far as energy consumption and carbon footprint are concerned is none other than the US, where cars are cheapest, petrol is about RM2.20, and distances are vast. Oil producing countries, with the exception of Norway, are by and large irresponsible with their petrol prices by not taxing and indeed subsidising. But at least Malaysia and Singapore make it harder to own a car with high import/excise taxes. Think of the traffic situation in Bangkok and Jakarta where cars are cheaper.BTW, Brits do feel the pinch at the petrol pump big time - I have family there. And it causes everything else to be excruciatingly expensive. When petrol goes up, so does the price of everything else. The average joe here pays less for basic needs than the average joe in the UK. But of course they have better public transport, infrastructure, healthcare, policing, etc. But then everybody, including the average joe, pays for it with taxes like 75p per litre of petrol.</blockquote>