>>Mike's in Alabama:  $3.60/US gallon
UK price of petrol:   $8.29/US gallon
Tom's in Canada:    $4.81/US gallon

The price of gas/diesel at the pump - whether in Chile, the UK, Canada, or the US - depends largely on different levels of taxation in each country.  [Europe taxes gas more heavily to encourage fuel conservation and to subsidise the public transportation system.  The US really does not care much about either and the much lower gas tax mainly goes to support highways and bridges.]

A little better comparison aid is a worker's wage.  If the Chilean worker working for Juanse gets say $500 a month - not a living wage in the US! - with his honey profit-sharing, then $65 a hive is actually pretty good.

Waldemar 

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