If you go to Mexico you will see signs like 4369.9 pesos per liter
From: carlet...@comcast.net To: usma@colostate.edu Subject: [USMA:50329] RE: U.S. gasoline prices Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 20:45:56 -0400 And EVERYBODY is still doing that extra nine-tenths of a cent (pence) idiocy. Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Trusten Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2011 16:58 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:50326] RE: U.S. gasoline prices Australian gas pumps list the prices in cents per liter (see attached photo of a petrol station in Dickson, a neighborhood of Canberra). ----- Original Message ----- From: Martin Vlietstra To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: 10 April, 2011 15:33Subject: [USMA:50325] RE: U.S. gasoline prices A slip of the pen I can assure you – if I am scaring off potential tourist dollars by spreading malicious rumors, there is no telling what will happen, especially if I am known to be pro-metric! J From: John M. Steele [mailto:jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net] Sent: 10 April 2011 21:30 To: vliets...@btinternet.com; U.S. Metric Association Subject: Re: [USMA:50323] RE: U.S. gasoline prices I certainly hope those are pence, not pounds. I assume you mean £1.339/L From: Martin Vlietstra <vliets...@btinternet.com> To: U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu> Sent: Sun, April 10, 2011 3:01:28 PM Subject: [USMA:50323] RE: U.S. gasoline pricesI saw petrol today at £133.9/litre (more at certain service stations). At least it is priced by the litre. The gallon to litre change-over occurred in the 1980’s (when Mrs Thatcher was Prime Minister). Many petrol pumps of the era could not cope with prices greater than £1.999 per unit. The unit could be either litres or ( UK ) gallons, selectable I would imagine via a dual-in-line switch on the pump’s motherboard. Once the price went past the $1.50 per gallon mark, the petrol companies lobbied the Government for a switch-over to litres. From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Trusten Sent: 10 April 2011 18:25 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:50322] U.S. gasoline prices Gasoline (petrol) in the U.S. has reached the retail price of $1.00 per liter in many places. That is the price when the posted price is $3.79. Paul
