Yes, we definitely pay less per unit, whatever the
calculation. This is especially true in New Jersey
where it is all full-serve (or, you don't have to pump
it yourself. Full serve (as defined in the 50's)
doesn't exist any longer!)... I remind myself this
everytime I fill up my wife's van with the 26-gallon
gas tank!!
Dan
--- Richard Spurling <hobbes@senet.com.au> wrote:
> > Here in central Jersey, typical price is $1.53 -
> $1.55
> > per gallon of regular unleaded. Near my office in
> > Cranford, I can get regular unleaded for about
> $1.47.
> >
>
> Here in Adelaide, South Australia, petrol is $A1.05
> a litre, that's about
> $US1.90 a litre. A litre is a loooooot less than an
> american gallon (there's
> 4.55 of the things in an Imperial Gallon but I don't
> know how many are in an
> American Gallon). The point being, you guys in the
> US of A are paying a lot
> less than we are. Mind you, seeing the govt takes
> more in tax than anyone
> else, perhaps the real value of the stuff is about
> the same.
>
> Cheers
> Richard
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