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If you live in the U.S., you may not think of gasoline as cheap. But the low fuel taxes we pay explain a lot of why we have a worse built environment than most E.U. nations, worse safety outcomes, and mostly abysmal transit. Come along as we walk through the depressing political reality.

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Previous CityNerd Videos Referenced:
- The Cost of Car Ownership:    • The All-In Cost of Car Dependency 202...  

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Resources:
- https://gasprices.aaa.com/
- https://www.energy.gov/eere/vehicles/...
- https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl
- https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/...
- https://www.epa.gov/automotive-trends...
- https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/bu...
- https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/...
- https://www.npr.org/2020/04/15/835571...
- https://www.npr.org/2023/07/01/118565...
- https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/26/ny...
- https://www.americanprogress.org/arti...
- https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump...
- https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2...
- https://www.vox.com/2015/12/2/9836566...
- https://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol
- https://clinton.presidentiallibraries...
- https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2...
- https://afdc.energy.gov/data/10327
- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/...
- https://taxfoundation.org/value-added...
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_ta...
- https://afdc.energy.gov/data/10327

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Images
- California sales receipt By Peter Merholz from Berkeley, CA, United States - the bill -- thank you adaptive path!, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- Pigouvian Tax By Jon513 - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- Arthur Pigou By Unknown author - http://www.lancs.ac.uk/staff/ecagrs/g..., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- Fracking in North Dakota By Joshua Doubek - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- State gas tax chart By Wikideas1 - Own work https://www.taxadmin.org/assets/docs/..., CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- Kyoto Protocol map By User:Canuckguy, User:Danlaycock - File:UNFCCC parties.svg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- Hummer H2 By Rudolf Stricker - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- Lifted Ford F-250 By https://www.flickr.com/photos/diamond... - https://www.flickr.com/photos/diamond..., CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- Extreme Overkill truck By I, Luc Viatour, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

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