Re: a dumb query? pls humor me
Joe Hart <j.hart@orange.nl> writes:
> Michael Pobega wrote:
> >> Please don't start talking about gas prices. It makes me think about
> >> how much we get ripped off at the pumps. Current price is 1.40 Euro per
> >> liter. Do the math: 1.3 Euro = 1 Dollar. 3.8 liter = 1 US Gallon.
> >>
> >> It's not much better anywhere in Europe. That's why most people drive
> >> small cars.
> >
> > That's pretty cheap. I live in New York and gasoline up here is $2.30
> > or so per gallon. Considering those prices that amount of people that
> > driver hummers is pretty astounding, too.
>
> You need to brush up on your math skills if you think that $2.30 < $1.30
> x 3.8.
>
> You pay $2.30 per gallon, I pay $4.94. It's not even close.
No, you said 1.4 Euro per liter, so that is 5.32 Euro per gallon, or
about $6.90 per gallon. So you are paying triple the price that many
people in the US pay. I live in Oregon where the prices are more than
$2.30, but only about 10% more instead of 200% more.
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Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org
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