NationStates Jolt Archive

I read a thread a while back that had somebody from the US complaining about the price of petrol but I can't find it now!

Anyway, here are the current prices where I live, feel free to cut and paste and tell me your rates:

Region: Central Scotland
Price per Litre: £0.789
Price per Gallon: £3.55
Tourist Rate for £ to $ as at 4th May 2004: £1 = $1.70
Price per Gallon in $: $6.035

For ease of reference, I am generalising that 4.5L = 1 Gallon. Not strictly accurate but close enough.

Also bear in mind for non-Brits that 75% of that cost is taxes for Teflon Tony.

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Range of Price per Gallon in California: $2.05 - $2.38

and that's for the cheapest quality of gas possible

(I'm guessing Petrol is gas....It's 3:41 am here...)

Our cheapest petrol is about $1.13 per litre atm.

4.55 letres to the gallon

$5.14 per gallon

1 NZD = 0.63 USD

thats $3.23 US per gallon we're paying.

Here in Mississippi:

87 Octane: $1.79/gal or 1.4934 Euros/gal
89 Octane: $1.89/gal or 1.5768 Euros/gal
93 Octane: $1.99/gal or 1.6602 Euros/gal

Diesel: $1.49/gal or 1.2431 Euros/gal

Damn, we Aussies are doing better than you Kiwis. Our petrol is still only 94 cents per litre. That's roughly equal to $4.28 per gallon. Again, most of the price is for the government, even the GST on excise.

Damn, we Aussies are doing better than you Kiwis. Our petrol is still only 94 cents per litre. That's roughly equal to $4.28 per gallon. Again, most of the price is for the government, even the GST on excise.
who are the Kiwis?

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Damn, we Aussies are doing better than you Kiwis. Our petrol is still only 94 cents per litre. That's roughly equal to $4.28 per gallon. Again, most of the price is for the government, even the GST on excise.
who are the Kiwis?

New Zealanders

kiwis are people from new zealand named after the kiwi a small bird found only in nz

kiwis are people from new zealand named after the kiwi a small bird found only in nz
okay, that makes sense now. i always wondered what the bird on a can of kiwi was.

Note for the slow: The 'NZD' in my other post stands for 'New Zealand dollar'

Here in Mississippi:

Euros/gal



Euros?? Not interested mate, British we are and Pound Sterling we spend!

Petrol does equal Gas.

Any of you know how much of that money your government takes in taxes?

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Damn, we Aussies are doing better than you Kiwis. Our petrol is still only 94 cents per litre. That's roughly equal to $4.28 per gallon. Again, most of the price is for the government, even the GST on excise.

Where are you? We have pay over $AUS 1.00 per litre where I am. Some remote places at $1.20! :?

Here in Mississippi:

Euros/gal



Euros?? Not interested mate, British we are and Pound Sterling we spend!

Petrol does equal Gas.

Any of you know how much of that money your government takes in taxes?

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Just trying to help out the international people who may have no idea how much a USD is in their currency. Next time I'll use pounds, AUD, NZD, an Canadian Dollars as well. Hell, why not go ahead and use Vietnamese Dong also.

Just trying to help out the international people who may have no idea how much a USD is in their currency. Next time I'll use pounds, AUD, NZD, an Canadian Dollars as well. Hell, why not go ahead and use Vietnamese Dong also.Thanks man.

I'm living in Adelaide right now.

Damn, we Aussies are doing better than you Kiwis. Our petrol is still only 94 cents per litre. That's roughly equal to $4.28 per gallon. Again, most of the price is for the government, even the GST on excise.

But are you accounting for Currency Difference? The cost is probably more like 1.40

[quote=New Auburnland]Any of you know how much of that money your government takes in taxes?
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In the US, the Federal Government picks up 18.4 cents, the State gets anywhere from 8 cents (Alaska) to 29.65(New York), then City tax which is usually from 0 to 4 cents. John Kerry has promised a Federal Tax of 50 cents to help cover other Federal Government expenses.

First, note that many of you are using the wrong conversion.

Do remember that the american gallon is also different from the british (correct) one. (insert gratuitous joke here about small things in the States that they think are the same size as elsewhere.... remember to include swipe that this explains why they needed to invent Viagra...what the helll, somebody else already brought the Dong into the discussion... :lol: )

anyway, back on topic....

1 UK gallon = 1.2 US gallons, or, if you prefer, you only need 3.785 Litres to the US gallon. So you will need to refigure your calculations.

Now, based on the 82.6c I paid per liter this moring, that is 3.13Cdn per US gallon, or about $2.26 USD per gallon.


For you Poms, that's still only about 33 pence per litre.
For you other euros, about 0.50 per litre
For the Kiwis, .95 NZD per liter
For the Aussies, 0.829 AUSD /liter
And, for the vietnamese, about 8351 Dongs per litre...


-Z-

It's worse in the US.

Do remember that the american gallon is also different from the british (correct) one.
1 UK gallon = 1.2 US gallons, or, if you prefer, you only need 3.785 Litres to the US gallon. So you will need to refigure your calculations.
-Z-

This I didn't know! But then I didn't know how much a British Gallon was either, I had to ask an older colleague in my office to find out. Damn metric system! It always confuses me how the British Media always go on about price per gallon when talking about petrol but every single petrol station in the land sells it by the litre? Im sure im not the only one in Britain who wouldn't know how much a gallon is, British or US.

And why does the US have a different gallon size? Anyone know?

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The Tyrant of Jeem (aka Magneto)
Patron Saint, Robert the Befuddled

Can someone build a free energy machine, please?

God I'm depressed by this.
I am correct in saying the UK is a net oil exporter? Or is that no longer the case.
How much more tax and two faced Tony make the working man pay?

Do remember that the american gallon is also different from the british (correct) one.
1 UK gallon = 1.2 US gallons, or, if you prefer, you only need 3.785 Litres to the US gallon. So you will need to refigure your calculations.
-Z-

This I didn't know! But then I didn't know how much a British Gallon was either, I had to ask an older colleague in my office to find out. Damn metric system! It always confuses me how the British Media always go on about price per gallon when talking about petrol but every single petrol station in the land sells it by the litre? Im sure im not the only one in Britain who wouldn't know how much a gallon is, British or US.

And why does the US have a different gallon size? Anyone know?

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The Tyrant of Jeem (aka Magneto)
Patron Saint, Robert the Befuddled

Well the 'UK' gallon is actually called an Imperial Gallon....as to why there is a difference is down to the ASI...(American Standards Institute....!)