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Old 05-10-2007   #1 (permalink)
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In Michigan gas is up to $3.90 in someplace's. Whats it at were you are?
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Old 05-10-2007   #2 (permalink)
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I pay 99c a litre for Diesel for my 4wd and $1.59 a litre for premium petrol for my cars
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Old 05-10-2007   #3 (permalink)
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3.29 for high test here. and its crazy.
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It's 2.71 here on average.
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Old 05-10-2007   #5 (permalink)
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3.36 is the highest where I'm at. Lowest is 3.05

Glad there's mass transit...
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Old 05-10-2007   #6 (permalink)
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About 10 Moroccan Dirhams per liter.

Let's see... 1 Liter = 0.264 US Gallons, 1 Moroccan Dirham = 0.12 US Dollars (on 10 May 2007)

That means we're paying about $1.20/0.264 gallons.

Or about $4.55/gallon.
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About 10 Moroccan Dirhams per liter.

Let's see... 1 Liter = 0.264 US Gallons, 1 Moroccan Dirham = 0.12 US Dollars (on 10 May 2007)

That means we're paying about $1.20/0.264 gallons.

Or about $4.55/gallon.
damn! Someone who owns a gas station in my state refused to up the prices on gas and the state shut him down recently. It really makes me wonder about the price increases.
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damn! Someone who owns a gas station in my state refused to up the prices on gas and the state shut him down recently. It really makes me wonder about the price increases.
Gas is price controlled in Morocco and is based on a mystical formula involving the price the government paid for it, how much it was resold to the local companies for, taxes, and chaos math.
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Old 05-10-2007   #9 (permalink)
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I would love for gas stations to post what we are paying in tax per gallon. I think its illegal to do so ATM...

I drive 40 to work, 40 mile home every day. Right now I'm working 6 days a week. It makes me sick to think of how much I pay per month.
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You mean petrol right? because gas isn't sold as far as I know I breath it in for free every day.

Prices in the UK are quite high, £1 per liter, 3.785 liters per US Gallon* and $2 per £1 that's: $7.57 per US Gallon ($9.10 per UK Gallon)

Interesting how you complain about such low petrol prices, you should try real taxes.

* 4.546 liters per UK Gallon because we sort changed the US many years ago and they fell for it like suckers.
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Here in France it's round €1.15 for 1l of diesel and €1.35-1.40 for the premium thingy. 80% tax. Major tax income.

(regular tax is 19.6 %, some items are 5.5%).

At some point there was a "floating tax rate" applied. When barrel prices would go up, tax % would go down to level out the actual liter price. It's been stopped now. Looks like when barrel price goes up, gas price goes up right away, and does not go down as quickly as world market prices...

Some economists here foresee that when a barrel will hit the €400 mark, we'll start considering environmental issues
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With the way petrol and diesel prices are going I am glad my work set up an office at home for me when I went into the wheelchair.
Saving me heaps in travel costs
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Gas prices here in Maine are hitting the $3.15 Been a jump of about .50 in some locations.
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@DoctorMO: Well, most in the US would balk at hearing the word "petrol." Since an American started the thread... tis gas
But that's a LOT to pay. Yikes!
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Petrol here in Ireland is currently €1.15 per litre for Unleaded, and €1.05 for Diesel per litre.

We did briefly see it drop below a Euro a litre, but the prices fluctuate wildly at the moment.
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Petrol in my country Vietnam fluctuate dramatically at 12.5 cent from 65.615 to 78.125 cent per liter.It's quite cheap than European
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It was $2.99 here in Ohio then they decided to raise it to about $3.19 a gallon.
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Hi all.

I live in Venezuela, an oil-rich nation but a poor people's land. Here I pay US $ 0.17 for an US gallon of premiun gas. Our gas is highly subsidized (sorry for the spelling), something like the US corn.

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I commend Chavez for what he does their. The United States wouldn't be such a clusterf#@k if we tried helping the poor instead of worrying about how to line our pockets with more money. That is the reason why Bush hates Chavez so much.
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Don΄t be fooled by Chavez either.

The country have been receiving the biggest incomes the last 8 years (during all his "terms" as president) but he has being a very bad manager and the money has not being well invested (plus the huge amount of corruption in his government) so the nation is just as poor as always, maybe even poorer.

Besides, under his rule, we are experiencing restriction of freedom i a variety of ways: speech, political filiation (anybody that doesnt like his ideas "is against him" in his own words), justice administration and more. He has converted the republic in a mega owner of industries and services, just to show in the long term that they have no capabilitie for managing this industries.

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