Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/21
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Very few oil executives live in Atlanta. Now take Houston, please! I
couldn't resist. :) Premium 93 octane gas in Atlanta is about 2.29 a
gallon at the expensive places: just off the interstate system, and in
the hoods where the affluent live. Costco is a little cheaper.
If anyone is living in Houston, what about gasoline there?
Don
dorysrus@mindspring.com
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From: lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf
Of Henning Wulff
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 12:43 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] A First
>As others have said $3 bucks or higher a gallon is a piece of cake,
>visit Canada and pay $1.15 a litre and climbing. I suppose that
>works out to over $4.00 a gallon but still much cheaper than many
>other countries around the planet.
$1.15CDN a litre is $3.57US a gallon, but most of that difference is
taxation difference. What you should really compare it to is the
price in Atlanta, which produces no oil but where the executives sit.
>So relax and when it gets to $7-8 dollars a gallon then I suppose
>you might have something to cry about... but until then you guys are
>laughing.
>
>Now if some body would only figure out a way or a vehicle to run on
>salt water we might all have it made. ;-)
>
>ted
In the US the Prius sort of makes sense, if you drive a _lot_.
Mainly, you get the benefit of driving a car which is somewhat more
socially responsible. In Europe, turbodiesels, which are a huge
portion of the market, make sense. The premium you pay for a diesel
car is less than the premium for a Prius, diesel fuel is cheaper than
gas and there is a huge choice of a lot of models from all
manufacturers. Some get substantially better mileage than the Prius
and many handle better or have other features.
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* Henning J. Wulff
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