ooops...wrong country...we approx 5 lt to imperial gall...but it is really
4.5 approx...sorry...col
>From: Edward Greeley <etgreeley@worldnet.att.net>
>To: <mil-veh@mil-veh.org> (Military Vehicles Mailing List)
>Subject: Re: [MV] Gas @ $1.34 a gallon
>Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 14:06:01 -0500
>
>What the hey?? One US gallon (liquid) equals 3.785 liters (litres). The
>beauty of the metric system is that a liter is a liter is a liter, the
>world 'round. So WHY would you Aussies use FIVE liters to equal one US
>gallon?
>
>The currency exchange rate as of last Friday was one US dollar = 1.9305
>Australian dollars. So, your 96.6 cents per liter equals 50.05+ cents US
>per liter, or $1.89+ US per US gallon. That's a bit more than it is in
>my area today, but not as much as it was in many areas of this country
>as recently as two weeks ago.
>
>Ed Greeley
>Mobile, Alabama, USA
>
>colin . wrote:
> >
> > today it is 96.6 cents per litre for unleaded...and we use 5 litres to a
>us
> > gall.....colin (australia)
> SNIP
>
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