Man sets fire to BMW in protest
Jun 27th, 2008 by brianschettler
I saw this story about a man torching his BMW to protest high gas prices.
The Bavarian man, whose name was being withheld because he has not been charged with a crime, told police that gas prices were so high he could no longer afford to drive the vehicle.
As in many countries, gasoline prices have risen steadily in Germany; a liter of regular gasoline now costs about euro 1.55, or $9.40 per gallon.
Let’s take note of two things here:
- Protesters are idiots. What does this man gain by burning his car? Do gas prices go down now? Do the gas stations suddenly say, “Well gee willickers, this man burned his car, I guess we better drop the price 30 cents at the pump.” ? Why bother, because this man doesn’t have a car anymore. He also could have sold the car to pay for many years worth of public transportation.
- Who is to blame for the price of gas? It’s $9.40/gal. Unleaded gas is trading for $3.51 right now. Which means that $5.89 per gallon goes to taxes. Which is 63%.