Gas Prices

[darkcryst]

I spoke to my dad earlier, and he brought up an terrifying point for all those people in the USA who are worried about $4 gasoline....

Currently the price in the UK is 1.11GBP per litre. That works out as $8.30 a US gallon...

...the UK isn't really that much more expensive than the rest of the world. Maybe 1.50 of that is the extra tax that they use to, well, have a road system that doesn't suck¹

So yeah, when people say it's going to get worse before it gets better? It's more of a - it was artificially good before (subsidized), now the US is actually catching up.

owch.

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1 - ok, so I'm in California which has roads designed as if by tripping hippies and built as if by a stoned surfer name Jeb, but... still...

Comments

[grahamux.livejournal.com]

Let us not forget that my car gets about 18mpg.. the europe/japanese version gets 30 and has more power.

Isn't it Sierra Leone where gas is around $18.50 USD/gallon?

[elsh.livejournal.com]

I don't know why people freak out about gas prices. It doesn't make a lot of sense to me. It doesn't change drastically in a short time, and yes, $8.30 a gallon sounds really expensive, but well, either you can afford to drive or you can't. A few cents here and there doesn't make a lot of difference. I would still look for a good deal if I did drive, but people act like gas is friggin God. Just chill already!

I'd love for my father to hear what you think about California roads. :p He's important at Caltrans and has worked there longer than I've been alive.

Dave in London.

[(Anonymous)]

I couldn't get up to date figures but from 2007 if a litre cost 85p, 65p of it was tax. I think todays total is about 2/3 tax also.

As for having better roads, the US wins this one for the efficient grid system. Having said that i much prefer windy little back streets/lanes/mews in London, it adds character. Although the average speed of traffic in the congestion charge zone is 7mph, no faster than a horse and carriage.

Also fact fans there are no Roads in the City of London!

[catwoman1980.livejournal.com]

Try driving in Atlanta someday...not too much difference. I think those same hippies probably lived there too.