主题：【原创】想把省油发挥到极致吗？那就买个柴油车吧！ -- Highway

他们不鼓励人们开大排量汽车，所以对燃油苛以重税。这点就像美国的香烟一样，每盒3块钱左右，其实绝大部分是香烟税。

这里有一些老数据，可能已经不够准确了。

In Europe and Japan, taxes are a larger component of gasoline prices than all other factors combined. 

? Fully $3.40 in taxes is built into Great Britain's $4.71 per gallon price -- while $2.82 in taxes adds to a total of $4.07 per gallon in France. 

? Italians pay the equivalent of $3.97 per gallon -- including $2.53 in taxes. 

? Germans pay $2.56 to the state every time they purchase a gallon at $3.91. 

? In Japan, a gallon costs the equivalent of $3.77 -- including $2.07 in taxes.
 
By contrast, taxes add an average of 39 cents to a $1.25 gallon of gas -- selling for a total of $1.64 in the U.S.