"dgs" wrote in message
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> Meee wrote:
>
>> On the tube, there was one story of these [young] rich
>> shits from Switzerland who were renting an RV to travel
>> through BC/Canada. They said our gas prices are so cheap
>> compared to back home. The reporter also mentioned that
>> their Euro is very strong, around 1.65: 1 CAN $.
>
> The Swiss don't use the euro. They use Swiss francs (for
> the time
> being). But western Europeans, in general, find gas
> prices in North
> America quite reasonable compared to what they pay back
> home.
> --
> dgs
>
>
Price of gas in the Brussels (Belgium) area, is currently
between 1.40 and 1.45 euro per litre after discount (add
roughly 50% to get the price in Canadian dollars, and you
get a prince range of 2.10 to 2.18 CAD par litre).
http://www.carbu.be/
Note that the octane number is calculated differently in
Europe and in North America. For details, see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octane_rating
J.
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