Taxes make gas more expensive in other countries

See Why Gasoline Is So Much Cheaper in the U.S. Than Overseas by Chao Deng and Alana Pipe of The WSJ. Excerpts:

"American consumers paid an average $3.64 a gallon in March, with only about 60 cents of that made up of federal and state taxes. The average hit $4 a gallon at the end of that month."

"In most places in Europe, tax composes 50%-60% of the retail price of fuel"

"Germans paid an average of $8.75 a gallon in March, more than half of which stemmed from value-added taxes and fuel excise duties."

"In Mexico, gas averaged $5.07 a gallon in March, of which nearly $2 was tax."