On Thu, 17 May 2001, Marc Erickson wrote:
> 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...
The lowest price I saw on the montage was $2.099 per gallon in California.
I saw as high as $2.699 per gallon.
I'm paying less in Texas than you are in Canada, though. ($1.499 per
gallon last time I bought gas.)
Julia
