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Originally Posted by BigBen931
Oooooooh! I love these little conversion tests:
1 litre = 0.2642 gallons (us)
1 gallon (us) = 3.7850 litres
99.9 cents * 3.7850 = 3.7812 canadian dollars per gallon (us) of gasoline
3.7812 canadian dollars * 0.8111 cents US (todays conversion rate) = 3.066 US dollars per gallon (us)
so, is 3.066 dollars per gallon too much to pay for gas, yanks?
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I'm paying $2.60 USD right now in Chicago, so it's not a big deal to me. Personally I've welcomed the higher prices as hopefully a method to promote fuel efficient cars and more conservation. If it keeps going up, it keeps going up. I'd love to see a gas tax and have the money put towards resreaching a better method of fuel, however knowing our government they'd probably squander the money on something else before any of it got to alternatie fuel research.
Guess I'm a weird american? I purchased my car with a large emphesis on gas milage, and got a 4 cylinder that gets about 25-30 mpg. It's got plenty of room to "haul my stuff" in, and it's relativly economical.