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Subject: Re: Yikes! Gas Price $5 Gallon in Canada - Don't Visit Alberta!! Posted on: Thu, 1 May 2008 14:03:03 +0000 (UTC)

On Thu, 01 May 2008 08:02:56 -0500, Jules
wrote:

>On Thu, 01 May 2008 09:53:27 +1000, Alan S wrote:
>>>Right! Anywhere that the gas prices are high (i.e., higher than you
>>>want) must be communist.
>>
>> That seems a little shy of the numbers on this list (note
>> Cuba and Venezuela:-)
>>
>> http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/global_gasprices/
>
>Note the: "All prices updated March, 2005" on that article - things have
>got more expensive since then :-)
>
>> United Kingdom $5.79
>
>e.g. average price in the UK is currently at 1.08 pounds/litre, which
>works out at $8.06 USD per (US) gallon at current exchange rates.
>
>Is the Canadian gallon the same as the US gallon, the UK gallon, or
>something else entirely? $5 CDN seems to be about $4.90 USD...
>
>cheers
>
>Jules

You're right - missed the date. It's only got worse since of
course.

Presently AU$1.45-$1.60 here, which works out to about
US$5.20-$5.70.

If we are communist, I must have missed the revolution...

Cheers, Alan, Australia
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