Carl Johnson wrote: > Joe Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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.
Portland bioethanol prices are around $2.30-$2.40 right now (gasoline ban went into effect Jan 1 inside PDX city limits). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
