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Current petrol price in france is 1.60 EUR / litre, or almost $7 per gallon

They should switch their provider. That's prohibitive.

That's just the CO2 tax. Or at least that's the main source of the cost in Norway; France may break it down differently.

Yep, 50% of the price is taxes.

How does that help the single mother of two working shifts where public transit isn't an option?