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31,436 2,810 March 23, 2012 at 01:59 PM in Finance (2)
Petrol hit a new record high today in the UK of 140 pence per liter. Worked out to gallons and dollars, that's $8.41 per gallon. Faint


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03-23-2012 at 07:03 PM.
03-23-2012 at 07:03 PM.
Quote from saint. :
we drill for it ourselves.
They drill it for themselves too,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea_oil

That 8.41/gallon isn't that an "imperial gallon" which is more than the US gallon?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallon

The imperial gallon

This gallon, the UK gallon, is defined as 4.54609 L. This definition is used in some Commonwealth countries, and is based on the volume of 10 pounds of water at 62 °F. (A US liquid gallon of water weighs about 8.33 pounds at the same temperature.) The imperial fluid ounce is defined as 1⁄160 of an imperial gallon.

The US liquid gallon

This gallon is defined as 231 cubic inches,[2] and is equal to exactly 3.785411784 litres or about 0.13368 cubic feet. This is the most common definition of a gallon in the United States. The US fluid ounce is defined as 1⁄128 of a US liquid gallon.


Anyway $8.41/gallon in the US sounds like a liberals dream come true.
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03-23-2012 at 07:14 PM.
03-23-2012 at 07:14 PM.
Quote from zzyzzx :
They drill it for themselves too,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea_oil

That 8.41/gallon isn't that an "imperial gallon" which is more than the US gallon?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallon

The imperial gallon

This gallon, the UK gallon, is defined as 4.54609 L. This definition is used in some Commonwealth countries, and is based on the volume of 10 pounds of water at 62 °F. (A US liquid gallon of water weighs about 8.33 pounds at the same temperature.) The imperial fluid ounce is defined as 1⁄160 of an imperial gallon.

The US liquid gallon

This gallon is defined as 231 cubic inches,[2] and is equal to exactly 3.785411784 litres or about 0.13368 cubic feet. This is the most common definition of a gallon in the United States. The US fluid ounce is defined as 1⁄128 of a US liquid gallon.


Anyway $8.41/gallon in the US sounds like a liberals dream come true.
They measure petrol in liters, not imperial gallons. The price is 140 pence per liter.
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03-23-2012 at 07:38 PM.
03-23-2012 at 07:38 PM.
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Of course they are. The government does nothing and gests .12 of every dollar you spend on gas while the oil company does all of the work and gets .06 for every dollar spent on gas. And then they have to pay their own bills which brings them down to 1.5 to 2.0 percent profit margin.

It's a good racket really. I get taxes taken out of my paycheck, and when I go buy gas, 12% of my purchase goes towards taxes on the gas. The oil company gets less than the government, and then pays corporate taxes for providing the gas. Then they pay their employees with what's left over, and their employees' paychecks are taxed. All so we can drive around in our cars which are taxed yearly with license plates that are taxed.

We.....are.....all......Crazy

Now why are those friggin choppers hovering over my house again!!!! Mad
Doesn't the government maintain roads with those taxes? Dontknow
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03-23-2012 at 07:48 PM.
03-23-2012 at 07:48 PM.
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Doesn't the government maintain roads with those taxes? Dontknow

States do don't they? Dontknow
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03-24-2012 at 12:55 AM.
03-24-2012 at 12:55 AM.
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States do don't they? Dontknow
States maintain state roads. Federal dollars maintain federal roads, although, the gov. does offer grants the will match funds allotted by the state, for major improvements. Even so, the money isn't always spread evenly around each state, even though traffic counting shows that one area handles no more traffic than any other.Ah well, that's the bacon in the budget and I certainly don't want to burn in eternal damnation in The Podium. Cold
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03-24-2012 at 04:30 AM.
03-24-2012 at 04:30 AM.
Quote from Frogstar :
Doesn't the government maintain roads with those taxes? Dontknow

Yes, but they pay bloated union wages with our tax dollars and constantly raid the road trust fund to pay for other stuff, like taxpayer funded cellphones to deadbeats and raises for state legislators.
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03-24-2012 at 04:53 AM.
03-24-2012 at 04:53 AM.
Quote from LordOfChaos :
http://www.spanishdict.com/blog/9...-venezuela
$0.12 per Gallon of Gas in Venezuela!

Venezuela is a very bizarre place to live pricing wise

Things like gas, beyond dirt cheap, obviously. A box of cereal though will be like $8. There are a lot more stories from Americans who used to work oil in Venezuela until Hugo kicked them all out.
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03-24-2012 at 04:57 AM.
03-24-2012 at 04:57 AM.
Quote from zzyzzx :
Yes, but they pay bloated union wages with our tax dollars and constantly raid the road trust fund to pay for other stuff, like taxpayer funded cellphones to deadbeats and raises for state legislators.

Yup. And it's trendy/sexy thing to do is drive green cars and make tax incentives for them. So, when gasoline sales beginning declning (which they actually are now because so many people are buying more fuel efficient vehicles), tax revenue FALLs and now there are proposals passed around to tax people by the mile and use GPS to calculate a tax bill for the state. Oregon or Washington wanted to do that IIRC.

(on a similar note ---- it's the same end game as Cigarette taxes. It's sexy to be against cigarettes to save lives, but I wonder what would happen if the hunger for tobacco ended tomorrow and the tax revenue became $0?)
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03-24-2012 at 06:54 AM.
03-24-2012 at 06:54 AM.
Shutting down the refineries on the East Coast near Philadelphia certainly isn't going to help with the gas prices here OMG OMG :omg
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03-24-2012 at 07:47 AM.
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The government does nothing
Who maintains your roads then?
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03-24-2012 at 09:26 AM.
03-24-2012 at 09:26 AM.
Calif gas is very expensive. It's near the sea & there are refineries, so it should be cheaper but it's more cause it's cleaner gas.
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03-24-2012 at 11:20 AM.
03-24-2012 at 11:20 AM.
Quote from handyguy :
Calif gas is very expensive. It's near the sea & there are refineries, so it should be cheaper but it's more cause it's cleaner gas.
How much is a gallon of gas there? In the Seattle area it's $4.13 at the moment.
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03-24-2012 at 11:41 AM.
03-24-2012 at 11:41 AM.
Americans have a longer commute on average when compared to the UK and work more days per year as well, as the average paid vacation in the UK is 2x that of the US. According to a survey by Lotus, the average highway MPG is over 50% higher for UK vehicles versus US vehicles. What this all adds up to up is that the average miles driven per year is far higher in the US than it is in the UK. My wife and I drove ~50K miles combined last year and those miles were primarily accumulated driving to work, the store, the gym, and so forth. The cost of auto insurance is comparatively higher in the US as well. There are a lot of factors at play here so the comparison isn't quite so simple as the cost of fuel itself.
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03-24-2012 at 12:05 PM.
03-24-2012 at 12:05 PM.
Quote from 420 :
Americans have a longer commute on average when compared to the UK and work more days per year as well, as the average paid vacation in the UK is 2x that of the US. According to a survey by Lotus, the average highway MPG is over 50% higher for UK vehicles versus US vehicles. What this all adds up to up is that the average miles driven per year is far higher in the US than it is in the UK. My wife and I drove ~50K miles combined last year and those miles were primarily accumulated driving to work, the store, the gym, and so forth. The cost of auto insurance is comparatively higher in the US as well. There are a lot of factors at play here so the comparison isn't quite so simple as the cost of fuel itself.
There you go using facts and logic. You're just going to confuse and upset Chewy.



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03-24-2012 at 12:13 PM.
03-24-2012 at 12:13 PM.
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Isnt England like the size of Rhode Island? Where are you going to drive?
Closest to Louisiana
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