Wish I still had my 4 L/100 km Geo Metro XFi. Paul Trusten Registered Pharmacist Vice President and Public Relations Director U.S. Metric Association, Inc. Midland, Texas US www.metric.org +1(432)528-7724 [email protected]
On Apr 13, 2011, at 11:48, "John Frewen-Lord" <[email protected]> wrote: > You are SOOOO lucky! Pump price for diesel in the UK right now: GBP£1.40/L > = US$2.28/L. Just completed a round trip to see my ailing mother 400 km > away. My car gets 7.8 L/100 km, so total trip fuel cost for the 800 km = > circa. US$142. Still, nothing like high fuel prices to reduce fuel > consumption - UK petroleum industry reporting year on year sales 14% down, so > not all bad. > > John F-L > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Paul Trusten > To: U.S. Metric Association > Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 5:38 PM > Subject: [USMA:50348] a dollar a liter > > The pump price for most brands of regular gasoline here in my home town of > Midland, Texas, USA, has just hit the "metric tipping point" of USD 3.79 per > U.S. gallon, one U.S. gallon being about 3.79 L, so we down here in the Tall > City are now at USD 1.00/L.
