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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They are greedy, but oil isn't really found in Europe proper so they have to get it from other countries, which means transport, tariffs, losing money to that country via trade deficit, etc.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

That is actually not the issue. The point is that about 80%+ of European gas prices are taxes.