Re: Today's gas prices

From: stebel@web.de
Date: Tue May 18 2004 - 16:45:30 EDT


We pay about 1.20 Euro per Liter (1.44 US $) in germany and the prices are rising.

Stebel

dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net schrieb am 18.05.04 20:22:17:
>
>
> Yes it's bad, but not quite as bad as Jim figures. This morning's news
> announced it at approx. $ 0.90 per litre in Toronto (Canadian dollars)
>
> converts to:
> $ 3.402 per gallon (Canadian dollars) (.90 X 3.78)
>
> U.S. dollar conversion with today's dollar exchange (0.722):
> $ 2.456 per gallon (U.S. dollars) (3.402 x 0.722)
>
> Burlington (Esso station at Lakeshore & Hampton Heath) seems to have a lower
> gas price today when I drove by it @ $0.84/litre (Cdn.) or $2.29/gallon
> (U.S.)
>
> I really wish Canada didn't go metric. They really like to confuse everyone
> as a $0.01/litre increase makes a bigger difference than most people
> realize. I shall now leave my conspiracy theories at the door ;-)
>
> Norah Bleazard http://www.bleazard.net Burlington, Ontario
> hers: '01 Dakota Sport 4x4, 4.7 V8, Auto, Quad Cab, black (Black Diamond)
> prev: '98 Dakota Sport 4x4, 5.2 V8, Auto, Club Cab, black (Black Widow)
> prev: '95 Dakota Sport 4x2, 3.9 V6, Auto, Club Cab, black (Black Ice)
> prev: '93 Dakota Sport 4x2, 3.9 V6, Auto, Club Cab, electric blue
> (Enterprise)
> his: '95 Dakota Sport 4x4, 3.9 V6, 5spd, Reg. Cab, white (White Knight)
> ours: '96 Dakota - Golden Retriever ;-)
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> > [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net]On Behalf Of Pindell,
> > Timothy
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 9:10 AM
> > To: 'dml@dakota-truck.net'
> > Subject: DML: Re: was hood, now Gas mileage numbers
> >
> >
> >
> > Criminy. My '89 2.5 gets 23-25mpg on the summer blend and my
> > new-to-me '94
> > 5.2 gets 15mpg. If gas were that high here, I'd be riding a bicycle.
> > Fortunately, I'm close enough to my cubicle to be able to do
> > that. I'm sure
> > it does effect the whole economy! At the price, I'm sure you notice the
> > increase in everything that's not grown in the ground your standing on!
> > Since all of the fuel costs are eventually passed on to the consumer, I'm
> > pretty sure that at some point, people will simply decrease
> > consuming stuff
> > that requies expensive transport. My usual breakfast of Diet Dew and
> > imported Cheesy Poofs is starting to cost me...
> >
> > Tim
> >
> > >Hey Garry, Were at $4.00 to $5.00 per gallon in Canada now. It's
> > affecting the whole economy.
> > >Jim Knox, 91 Dak 318LA 4x4
> >
> >
>

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