[Moltke]

This increase by my quick calculations in converting the litre to gallons and the pounds to dollars would equal an increase of $4.51 per gallon. Ain’t socialism great!!

How do you figure that? 0.76p is about 1 US cent ($0.01). 20.6p is about 30 US cents ($0.30). Not that any of this is good, but your figure looks way off.

[brydic1]

I did misfigure. I was using 76 pence rather than 0.76 pence. A B pound is currently at aprox US$1.56. So .0076 X US$1.56 would be US$0.0118 per litre which would be between $.04 and $.05 per gallon. Much less but an increase in gas tax in my state of 4 to 5 cents US would still be bothersome in the kind of economy we and they have.