If you drive around Germany and stop to purchase fuel....you tend to notice that there is a fairly lesser price on diesel per liter.....than gas per liter.
Why? Back in the early 1990s....a tax incentive was figured up for the government to get 65.45 cents on a liter of gas as tax.....while diesel would be 47.04 cents per liter. Why? The government at the time figured that some EU directives coming down the pike and the anticipated switch of drivers to rapid-rail use.....would make the idea of lesser tax on diesel a good idea.
If you tried to make real sense out of this....it won't add up (my humble opinion).
So it's been this way for thirty-odd years.
Now, there's a court case brewing where the Green Party wants the rule changed and diesel-fuel taxes raised...perhaps even more than gas.
The German Federal Court of Auditors (BRH) is asking now for a change in the pricing scheme.
If it occurs? It's just another brick on top of the misery for diesel car owners in Germany. Most have already lost the value of their car....maybe up to one-third of the value is gone. New car diesel sales are almost zero. For the long-distance drivers....the ones doing 150 kilometer per day....using the diesel car and lesser-taxed diesel fuel....it means probably another 500 Euro a year that will go into the government's pocket.
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