> As far as gasoline prices in California go -- I saw a montage of
> California gas station price boards on a national newscast earlier this
> week, and man, I'm sorry. I'm not going to bitch about gasoline prices
> here anytime soon. (The best I saw had a Californian paying $0.60 more
> than me for a gallon of basic unleaded.)
>
> Julia
I don't know what California is paying for gasoline - but in the Vancouver
B.C. area we're paying about $.70 per litre - and 4 litres is about halfway
between a U.S. and an Imperial gallon in size. Even though a Canadian
dollar is only woth about $.64 U.S. (due to the government screwing up our
economy), they are still real dollars here and it's as hard to earn a dollar
here (harder, in fact - wages on a number for number basis aren't as high)
as it is in the U.S. So, let's see - 4 x $.70 = $2.80 for sloghtly more
than your gallon. If you then adjust for the exchange rate - $1.79 US for
slightly more than a gallon. Expensive in your terms, but even more so in
ours...
Marc
