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Post by Chris M on Aug 26, 2006 13:26:48 GMT
Following yet more complaints about "astronomical" fuel prices from Americans on an email list I read, an Australian contributor has posted a link to a very interesting graph comparing fuel prices around the world (in March 2006), showing the proportion that is tax. Word fuel prices in AU$The Americans are currently paying between $2.80 and $3.20 per US Gallon of unleaded, which equates to 39.1p - 44.7p per litre. |
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Post by agoodcuppa on Aug 26, 2006 14:20:43 GMT
But surely everyone knows that motorists are the most hard done people on the planet?
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Post by Colin D on Aug 26, 2006 22:59:05 GMT
Just thought I'd throw my 96.7c per litre in, thats in the Niagara region of southern Ontario. Only trouble is the pricing can change a few times a day. Do the prices fluctuate as much over 'ome.
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Post by Chris M on Aug 26, 2006 23:13:09 GMT
Certainly the petrol stations I drive past on my commute, the prices tend not to change more than a couple of times a week. Back when I worked in Bristol, there was one petrol station that charged 73.7p/litre for a good three months or so. Those days are long gone now though  |
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Post by trainopd78 on Aug 27, 2006 15:36:40 GMT
We've gone from around the 98p mark to 94p round in Sussex. I filled up whilst it was cheap as its going to go up again soon apparently.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2006 19:18:52 GMT
99.9 at a Petrol Station near Poplar!
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Post by donnytom on Aug 30, 2006 10:38:39 GMT
Just thought I'd throw my 96.7c per litre in, thats in the Niagara region of southern Ontario. Only trouble is the pricing can change a few times a day. Do the prices fluctuate as much over 'ome. I've never seen it myself, particularly as a lot of garages use number-cards to show the prices, rather than a dot-matrix, so would be more difficult to alter. I don't recall seeing it change a few times during the week, never mind the day. |
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Post by Tomcakes on Aug 30, 2006 11:23:53 GMT
You can see sometimes the garage ladies coming out with the cards and shuffling them about. Then trying to remember the right price and make this up with the numbers they've got.
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Post by Tubeboy on Aug 30, 2006 11:42:44 GMT
The higher numbers being at the beginning, eh? ;D
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Post by Chris M on Aug 30, 2006 20:06:31 GMT
There is only one petrol station I know with a dot matrix display (the Morrisons at Cribbs Causeway near Bristol) - I went past there today and there was some problem with it as the price for LPG was flicking between 35.9 and 135.9p per litre! I presume that the lower price was correct as the unleaded was 91.9p/l.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2006 23:44:50 GMT
I just filled up yesterday $2.89 US per gallon or about $0.73 per liter. The thing that astonishes me is how heavily gasoline is taxed. In the US there are almighty howls every time there is a proposal to increase the gas tax. Of course we are one of the most car dependant societies in the world. I just got back from visiting Bend Oregon, which is the same population as Beaverton Oregon where I live. Beaverton has dozens of bus routes, a light rail line and a planned commuter rail line, Bend has a minibus you request by phone.
One gas station near me does have LED signs, red for gasoline, green for diesel.
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Post by trainopd78 on Aug 31, 2006 16:24:26 GMT
One gas station near me does have LED signs, red for gasoline, green for diesel. That would confuse us brits. We use green for unleaded and generally black for Diesel. |
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Post by Chris M on Aug 31, 2006 23:06:41 GMT
We use green for unleaded and generally black for Diesel. I've also seen diesel as blue and yellow (although not both!). LPG doesn't seem to have a standard either as I've seen this as yellow, blue, black and red at various places! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2006 8:51:31 GMT
Leaded was red at my local BP. Black for Diesel and green for Unleaded. Also got Autogas now, which is blueish.
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Post by pakenhamtrain on Sept 1, 2006 13:02:53 GMT
Ours seem to be a Mix of Green, Yellow and Black for unleaded. It really depends on the station.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2006 17:38:43 GMT
The convention in the US is that Diesel pumps always have Green nozzles while gasoline pumps are any other color. Blue is sometimes used for kerosene (paraffin) which is used in heaters and stoves.
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