Hi again Edward...Just to show how the price of gas fluctuates...i read in
the paper today petrol is selling at some service stations for 49.9 cents
per litre for unleaded... it can vary up to 10 cents a litre in a day..a
very big percentage of the price is government taxes...regards colin
>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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