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 Posted: Wed, 25 May 2005 00:40:07 Post Subject: |
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| vulcan wrote: | | it costs 88p/litre over here ($1.5/litre) for diesel, and a bit cheaper for petrol (I don't look at petrol, i only drive diesel). LPG is only 30p/litre. I'm not sure how that translates into gallons though... |
I was just getting ready to drop these bombs...
We *think* we have it bad on the gas prices, but let's compare the Yanks (us) against the Brits (them)...
1 gallon = 3.79 liters (or litres  )
and the current exchange rate puts the following in place:
$1 = .55 GBP (British Pound Sterling)
So, literally for comparison purposes, the costs are 2 to 1.
So, using the above quoted pricing, it takes 3.79 liters to equal a gallon.
3.79 x .88 = 3.34 GBP/gal
OR
(drum roll please)
3.34 X 2 = $6.68USD/gal of gas.
And we complain about $2.50....
but then, we also have the freedom to drive big vehicles wit hbig engines! And our infrastructure is much more developed for distribution of fuel, so that helps to keep our costs down.
HOWEVER... next time *we* feel like this is out of control, let us take a moment of silence and feel for our buds over hte pond, whose gas is COMPLETELY out of control.
(Side note, this high gas price in the UK causes people to use ublic transport much more, developes much more efficient vehicles, and promotes more walking. )
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