That's because everything is spread out. Most American cities no longer have stores and eateries within walking distance of residential area (blame the 50's & 60's urban renewal projects).
Especially in western europe a lot has to do with taxes .
I live in Asia now and the government here subsidizes diesel and has very low taxes on it.
Just fueled up , just less than 1 USD / liter. My pickup only consumes about 5,6L/100km.
I live in Asia now and the government here subsidizes diesel and has very low taxes on it.
Just fueled up , just less than 1 USD / liter. My pickup only consumes about 5,6L/100km.
Not only there is a huge run up in petrol, cooking gas has gone up quite a bit as well. I was shocked to see how much I have to pay for cooking gas.
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I heard gas prices were high in the 70’s oil shock. It killed off the muscle car and people moved on to more efficient cars. That sounds like a rational response but global parts shortages limit availability of sensible cars for people to switch over to right now. Nevertheless, we also have another option - WFH.
It is difficult Jan. In Canada I believe I pay about as much as the Americans do. Translating 20 bucks (Canadian dollars) into Dutch gilders at todays conversion rate I believe that is about 31.61 gilders per 20 dollars, give or take. This means you can fill your vehicle up with 31.61 gilders of fuel in half the time I have to put up with.
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I wonder if its the right time to convert the house and water heating back to hydro :s
One things' for sure aside from the cost for utilities. They never let us feel content by the way they back and forth and do things that don't make any sense.
Such as sell recourses that are mined in our territory sell it to another nation, then we have no choice (if we must have petrol) but to buy it at higher costs.
One things' for sure aside from the cost for utilities. They never let us feel content by the way they back and forth and do things that don't make any sense.
Such as sell recourses that are mined in our territory sell it to another nation, then we have no choice (if we must have petrol) but to buy it at higher costs.
Gallon conversions. US gallon is 3.785 litres (3.8 basically) and UK Gallon is 4.55litres. Both are 8 pints! But a US pint is 16 fluid oz and UK pint is 20 then US fluid oz is 4% bigger than UK one.
Confusing isn't it. I have no idea why 20oz is a UK pint when everything else imperial is generally in 14s and 16s.
So American engines are (or used to be) 5x the size of european ones but the gallon is 20% smaller and fuel tanks are tiny (my minivan had a 240 mile range).
Confusing isn't it. I have no idea why 20oz is a UK pint when everything else imperial is generally in 14s and 16s.
So American engines are (or used to be) 5x the size of european ones but the gallon is 20% smaller and fuel tanks are tiny (my minivan had a 240 mile range).
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