Topic: Way OT --How much do you pay for gas? (Read 12955 times)

zevele10 · « **Reply #50 on:** April 29, 2004, 03:33:10 pm »

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FlyingCowOfDoom · « **Reply #51 on:** April 29, 2004, 03:42:23 pm »

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zevele10 · « **Reply #52 on:** April 29, 2004, 03:57:27 pm »

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Mako · « **Reply #53 on:** April 29, 2004, 04:16:02 pm »

I Love My SUV.... and it's $1.89 in Michigan.

Cmagic · « **Reply #54 on:** April 29, 2004, 04:23:25 pm »

Hi folks,

gas price in France is around €1.00 / liter ($1.18)
I pay something like €0.85 / liter ($1.00) for the diesel that my car likes to drink !

The Jack D I'm drinking now is around €17.00/for a 75cl bottle !!

nazdrowie !

Christian

DocLotus · « **Reply #55 on:** April 29, 2004, 04:35:08 pm »

When I first started driving, gas in Houston, Texas was 19 cents a gallon.

Robert Taylor · « **Reply #56 on:** April 29, 2004, 04:47:50 pm »

BeBop,

There is a lot of work going into aquaculture here is Aus.

Down south (Tasmania - that little poo hanging off the arse of Australia on the map), they farm cold water species like Atlantic Salmon and tuna.

Apparently, there is now so much tuna that the farmers can't seel the stuff.

Up north in more tropical climes, they farm Barramundi (our premier sportfish - much like Florida's Tarpon and Bonefish), Mangrove Jacks (nothing like what the American's call "jacks", which are a more pelagic species which we call "Trevally"), these fish inhabit mangrove lined creeks and rivers, have huge teeth, and are very pugnacious fighters, as well as being excellent eating.

We also farm a lot of prawns, mud crabs and various other piscatorial critters.

GRAYDOG · « **Reply #57 on:** April 29, 2004, 04:49:13 pm »

When I was a child of 10 or so there were gas price wars I think prices started at .27 per gal. that was in 1967

technobarbie · « **Reply #58 on:** April 29, 2004, 05:13:46 pm »

Vehicle: Jeep Wrangler
Location: NW of Chicago
Gas per Gallon: ~ $1.80 a gallon
Carton of Cigs: $48.00

paulr · « **Reply #59 on:** April 29, 2004, 05:16:41 pm »

~$1.90 here in Austin for super unleaded (my car requires it =/)...

I remember a few gas stations here that switched to S.I. units during the gas crisis in the '70s... A LOT of people thought they were getting gas for cheap because it was priced by the liter... In actuality, they were paying more per gallon than everyone else.

bebop · « **Reply #60 on:** April 29, 2004, 10:44:08 pm »

Did a wee bit of math (

) on these prices...applied a little statistical analysis...and voila...here are some interesting correlations:

Northwestern Canada : average price is 2.43
Central Canada: 2.24
Eastern Canada 2.08
Northwestern USA 1.90
Central 1.69
North Eastern 1.86
South Eastern 1.88

Northern Europe: 5.20
France 1.18
Australia .92

No locale given: 1.62

Seems that the farther west, the greater the price, but Europe takes the prize for having the most outrageous prices for gas/petrol/fuel while Oz gets kudo's for having the lowest...maybe, I don't know the exchange rate for the Aussie dollar compared to the US dollar (which I tried to convert the others to if you hadn't done it already). Granted, the sample sizes are very small so the science isn't really there, but it makes a nice picture when you put the little dots on the map!

Magicland · « **Reply #61 on:** April 30, 2004, 12:06:45 am »

Gasoline is cheap, water is what's expensive. McDonalds charges almost $12.00 per gallon for water (based on $1.49 for a 16 oz bottle, YMMV). I don't know anybody paying that much for gasoline.

Robert Taylor · « **Reply #62 on:** April 30, 2004, 01:41:07 am »

Urmm...BeBop

That price for petrol here is Aus is 92c PER LITRE; we embraced the metric system some time ago

Cmagic · « **Reply #63 on:** April 30, 2004, 03:52:03 am »

Yeah Bebop, I think you mixed up the volume units

Gas price in france is $1.18 for a litre !
It's true that in Europe gas is far more expensive than in US/Canada.

BTW what's a gallon ??

C.

Alex B · « **Reply #64 on:** April 30, 2004, 04:44:00 am »

Quote from: Cmagic on April 30, 2004, 03:52:03 am

BTW what's a gallon ??

Volume/Capacity (http://www.kennesaw.edu/stu_dev/isrs/hb27.html)

1 cubic cm(cm3) = 0.0610 in3
1 cubic decimeter (dm3 = 1,000cm3 = 0.0353ft3
1 cubic meter (m3) = 1,000dm3 = 1.3080yd3
1 liter (l) = 1dm3 = 0.2642 US gal
1 liter = 1.057qt = 0.2200 Imp gal
1 hectoliter (h) = 100l = 2.8378 Us bu
1 cubic inch (in3) = 16.387cm3
1 cubic foot (ft3) = 0.0283m3
1 cubic yard (yd3) = 27ft3 = 0.7646m3
1 US dry pint = 0.5506l
1 US bushel = 64 US dry pt = 35.239l
1 US liquid pint = 0.47321 = 2cups = 16oz = 450cc
1 US liquid qt = 4cups = 0.946l
1 US gallon = 2 half gallons = 4 qts = 8pts = 16cups = 128 fl oz. = 3.7854l
1 cup(cu) = 8oz = 16 Tb
1 Tablespoon (Tb) = 3 tsp. = 15 cc
1 teaspoon (tsp) = 5ml = 5cc
1 ounce (oz) = 30cc = 28.3g = 30ml

So there are two different gallons, US and Imperial!
Corrected Helsinki, Finland should then be:

About EUR 1.10 / liter = USD 1.31 / liter = USD 4,96 / US gallon

That is about the cheapest I can get here. It can be EUR 1.20 / liter at some places.

And you must remember that it was not a long time ago when 1 euro was below 1 US dollar. Gas prices up here in Finland did not change much during the same time.

I am not sure if the sheiks and Norwegians accept also euros besides dollars for their barrels nowadays. (Mastiff, hallo?)

P.S.
1 barrel = 42 US gal = 158.9 liters

Alex B · « **Reply #65 on:** April 30, 2004, 05:57:58 am »

Quote from: Cmagic on April 30, 2004, 03:52:03 am

BTW what's a gallon ??

From: http://www.cftech.com/BrainBank/OTHERREFERENCE/WEIGHTSandMEASURES/MetricHistory.html

"Measuring Systems in the United States

Since colonialists brought with them the measuring methods of their homeland, confusing and contradictory measuring systems came to America. For instance, the imperial gallon used in England did not come to America. The U.S. gallon is a smaller one, and was called the Queen Anne wine gallon by the British. Today this difference in size between the Imperial gallon and the U.S. gallon causes confusion when converting to the metric system."

And more from: http://www.electro-optical.com/unitconv/unitdict/hist_si.htm

"In England units of measurement were not properly standardized until the 13th century, though variations (and abuses) continued until long after that. For example, there were three different gallons (ale, wine and corn) up until 1824 when the gallon was standardized.

In the USA the system of weights and measured first adopted was that of the English, though a few differences came in when decisions were made at the time of standardization in 1836. For instance, the wine-gallon of 231 cubic inches was used instead of the English one (as defined in 1824) of about 277 cubic inches. The U S A also defined a separate dry gallon of about 269 cubic inches."

LonWar · « **Reply #66 on:** April 30, 2004, 06:33:41 am »

Mississauga Ontario, (Just west of Toronto) just hit 84.9 Cndn per liter...

Alex B · « **Reply #67 on:** April 30, 2004, 06:55:08 am »

Exchance rates, Nordea Bank, Helsinki, Finland, Updated 2004/04/30
Currency      Middle rate

      EUR      1
      GBP      0,6759
      USD      1,1955
      CAD      1,6392
      AUD      1,6556
      CHF      1,5528

Cmagic · « **Reply #68 on:** April 30, 2004, 07:06:57 am »

Hi Alex,

Thanks for all the precisions. Very interesting indeed.

C.

bebop · « **Reply #69 on:** April 30, 2004, 11:13:40 am »

Yikes!!! Doing taxes and year end at the same time has turned my brain into more mush than I though!!! Here is the revised chart...

Canada
West 2.43 Central 2.42 East 2.08

USA
NW 1.75 1.80
SW 2.24 1.90 1.90

Europe:
Uk 5.20
Switz. 7.03
Fin 4.96
Fr 4.46

Australia 3.48

Hope the math is better

- not a rocket scientist and hate math( how I made it through Stats, and with a 85%, is still a mystery to me - probably 'cause we only had to use the computer and it did all the real work!!). It still makes what we pay look better compared to you poor European types. And I averaged all the numbers for each area - Since I wasn't too sure how Texas considers it's location (SW or SCentral...you got S Central) and Iowa - I lumped you into the NW... my geography is as shaky as my math since I haven't used it in such a long time ( am a third year Enviro Psyc/social Psyc major dropout...gonna finish it one of these days. Have oodles of time...am only 51!!!) Feel free to make any corrections, 'cause like I said, math just gives me a headache!!!

Sir Alan · « **Reply #70 on:** April 30, 2004, 12:43:37 pm »

It was for some years the practice for UK road fuel tax to be increased every year by more than the rate of inflation, to discourage the use of vehicles and thus reduce the environmental impact. That at least was the stated reason. However, it was noticeable that the increases were always carefully set just below the pain threshold where car users might actually begin to change their habits, and it was obvious that it was merely a ruse to raise additional tax.

Our prices have gone down today, so unleaded is now 77.9p per litre (= £3.56 per gallon, or £2.95 per US gallon)

bebop · « **Reply #71 on:** April 30, 2004, 01:59:08 pm »

Was thinking about how hard I have to think now just to do the basic stuff I learned in Junior School...makes me wonder if our heavy reliance on computers/pda's/cellphones is such a good thing because we just don't do the everyday stuff any more. Heck, can't even remember my kid's phone numbers just their speed dial numbers...or maybe I am getting old, which is strange, 'cause I don't feel old at all. I have had a scare, once or twice, upon looking into the mirror...someone stole my face and replaced it with my Mom's!!!

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