It is funny. 1QR is less than the price I paid in High School for a Coke (well, OK, I paid $0.40 but got $0.10 back on the bottle deposit, so I guess it was pretty much 1 QR).
Pop is cheap because sugar is cheap (and in Qatar, so is desalinated water)--probably one of the most heavily subsidized staples. Plus Qatar has no deposit on the containers--probably a good idea--when Greenland and Antarctica melt, this country will need all the landfill it can get.
If people had to pay the true cost of things in this country (like gasoline...), it would be a very different place.
It is funny. 1QR is less than the price I paid in High School for a Coke (well, OK, I paid $0.40 but got $0.10 back on the bottle deposit, so I guess it was pretty much 1 QR).
Pop is cheap because sugar is cheap (and in Qatar, so is desalinated water)--probably one of the most heavily subsidized staples. Plus Qatar has no deposit on the containers--probably a good idea--when Greenland and Antarctica melt, this country will need all the landfill it can get.
If people had to pay the true cost of things in this country (like gasoline...), it would be a very different place.