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Originally Posted by CutterTheNutter
Jeezz - you Americans sound so hard done by...
Your talking $2.70 - $2.90 per 5 litres approx right?
That equates to approx £1.63 per 5 litres so therefore 32.5pence per litre right?
Try 96p per litre like we are paying here in the UK
So that's near 3 times what you pay. You got it easy i tell ya!
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Not quite true. An American gallon is 3.785 litres, rather than 4.546 litres for the imperial gallon. Thus, in the UK (at 96p per litre) we pay roughly £3.63 per US gallon. This equates to (at the current exchange rate of £1 = $1.782) $6.48 per US gallon, or more than double US prices.
Personally, I am okay with this level of taxation. But then, I don't have to run a car. Still, goes to show that a hike in petrol prices does not necessarily spell total disaster, and nor is it unbearable to the average man on the street.
EDIT: Haha, too late TFN, too late indeed :wink3:
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