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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 10:07 AM
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What Does Gasoline Cost In European Countries?
Anyone know?
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coyote Donating Member (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 10:09 AM
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1. Just paid
1.12 € per liter for Diesel today.

Normal Low Octane Benzine is running 1.22 € per liter

That´s in Munich, Germany
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moez Donating Member (638 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 10:20 AM
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3. And that would be.....
1.36805 * 3.7852 = $5.18 per gallon....
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 02:44 PM
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11. It's Very Likely That We Will Soon Be Paying $5.18 Per Gallon In The US...
... before Bush is out of office.
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moez Donating Member (638 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 05:54 PM
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12. I would guess
Sooner rather than later...
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 10:18 AM
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2. In the U.K. up to 94p/litre
Not sure what the conversion for that is.
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moez Donating Member (638 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 10:23 AM
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5. That's approximately....
1.69256 * 3.7852 = $6.41
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shockingelk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 10:21 AM
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4. here
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jakpalmer Donating Member (100 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 10:48 AM
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7. This article from the cs-monitor is very good.
thank you shockingelk

European per capita consumption of gas and diesel stood at 286 liters a year in 2001, compared to 1,624 in the US, according to IEA figures.


European Union regulations are forcing vehicle manufacturers to make their products even more efficient than they already are.

Though their primary motivation is to reduce CO2 emissions, in line with targets set by the Kyoto Protocol, bio-fuel and hybrid cars are still so rare that increased fuel efficiency is the fastest route to lower emissions, says Dolf Gielen, an expert at the IEA.

CO2 emissions from new European cars fell by 12 percent from 1995 to 2003, according to Mr. Gielen, and manufacturers have voluntarily pledged to reduce them by a further 14 per cent by 2008, he adds.


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Hav Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 10:36 AM
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6. .
Just read that because of the Hurricane in the US, the prices here got a nice increase of around 4 cents (they use whatever they can get). 1,30¤ per liter here.
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magnetism Donating Member (159 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 11:02 AM
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8. Another question
Has your petrol cost gone up as your km/liter has gone up. Just wondering if there is really any way for a consumer to win. Seems like your auto's get better miles/gallon according to the chart, but you also pay 2X to 3X in cost as well.
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Hav Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 11:20 AM
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9. I guess you wanted to reply to post 7
Interesting question but I think that petrol was for quite a long time (as long as I can remember) way cheaper in the US than in several European countries like France, GB or Germany.
In the last years (or decades) petrol costs increased here and they increased in the US.
I am no expert but I would suppose that there are other reasons for this development.

But I looked for a graph and found this one for super unleaded:
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magnetism Donating Member (159 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 11:25 AM
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10. Sorry
Thanks for responding.

Good graph.
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 05:58 PM
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13. When i was in Paris in July/Aug.
It was around 1.39 euro per liter
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 06:01 PM
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14. Not an answer to your question, but in Rio it averages R$ 2.35/litre
Edited on Tue Aug-30-05 06:02 PM by Commie Pinko Dirtbag
= 0.41869 * 3.7852 = Wait a sec this can't be right - US$ 1.58/gallon!

Whoa, that's cheap!

Edit: That's Rio prices. In faraway places it usually isn't that good.
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SlipperySlope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 06:14 PM
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15. Gas in Europe costs roughly the same as in the US.
Gas really isn't any more expensive in Europe than in the United States. They are closer to the Middle East, and they have the North Sea fields, so transportation costs are pretty low.

On the other hand, gas is TAXED at a much much higher rate than here, so the amount the consumer has to pay is higher.
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