€99 to fill up: driver's complaint exposes fuel tax burden
A driver in Spain pays €99 for diesel and claims more than half of it is tax. The debate over fuel taxation and mobility heats up.
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€99 to fill the tank: petrol that hurts more than Mad Max
The headline may sound like German artillery and Mad Max, but behind the irony lies a fact: filling up costs €99. A Spanish driver claims to have paid that amount for diesel, breaking it down to just €50 for the fuel itself, the rest in taxes. The phrase —comparing it to hookers and cocaine— is no posturing, it's the bottled-up anger of someone watching fuel prices eat into their salary while the electric car is sold as the alternative.
The price of diesel: normality or fiscal abuse?
Those who defend the current tax system point out that these taxes fund roads and services. Others reply that the burden is suffocating and that the state takes more than half. The debate intensifies when it's pointed out that the real problem is not the price of crude, but the tax load. On the other side of the scale, electric car advocates present it as the solution, but they are met with scepticism: "they give it to you cheap now, then they'll tax you to death".
Painful comparisons: from €1.34 to €2 per litre
While in Spain fuel costs €1.34/l, some people living abroad claim to pay over €2. The difference is substantial, but the complaint cuts across the board: purchasing power isn't growing at the same pace. Some calculate that filling a large tank can reach €130 in Spain, an amount that for many is no longer an expense but a blow to the household budget.
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The headline may sound like German artillery and Mad Max, but behind the irony lies a fact: filling up costs €99. A Spanish driver claims to have paid that amount for diesel, breaking it down to just €50 for the fuel itself, the rest in taxes. The phrase —comparing it to hookers and cocaine— is no posturing, it's the bottled-up anger of someone watching fuel prices eat into their salary while the electric car is sold as the alternative.
The price of diesel: normality or fiscal abuse?
Those who defend the current tax system point out that these taxes fund roads and services. Others reply that the burden is suffocating and that the state takes more than half. The debate intensifies when it's pointed out that the real problem is not the price of crude, but the tax load. On the other side of the scale, electric car advocates present it as the solution, but they are met with scepticism: "they give it to you cheap now, then they'll tax you to death".
Painful comparisons: from €1.34 to €2 per litre
While in Spain fuel costs €1.34/l, some people living abroad claim to pay over €2. The difference is substantial, but the complaint cuts across the board: purchasing power isn't growing at the same pace. Some calculate that filling a large tank can reach €130 in Spain, an amount that for many is no longer an expense but a blow to the household budget.
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