[Sca-cooks] Sign of the Timesperhaps --Dinner atCrown - cancelled

[Antonia Calvo]

Terry Decker wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Here in Tallahassee, premium is up to $4.19, yesterday regular was 
>>>> $3.89 where I went; other places in Florida are more. Definitely an 
>>>> issue for everybody this summer.
>>>
>>> *shrug*
>>>
>>> We just passed NZ$2/l.  That's something over US$6/gallon.
>>>
>>
>> Ah, you beat me, both in quickness to reply and price.
>> It's up to Aus$1.60/l (about US$5.80 / gallon) here...
>>
>> Margaret/Emma
>
> Don't you need to also consider the differences between Imperial 
> gallons and U.S. gallons?  I believe New Zealand and Australia measure 
> gasoline in Imperial gallons which contain slightly more than 3/4 of a 
> liter more than the U.S. gallon.  If this is the case, then the New 
> Zealand price would be roughly $5/1 U.S. and the Australian would be 
> $4.83/1 U.S.  That would mean the prices are roughly equivalent to the 
> prices in California.
>

Yes, I did consider that, and my calculation is correct.  It's not $5 a 
gallon, it's 6.

NZ$2/l * 3.89l = $7.78.  That's roughly US$6.12. 

Kindly don't assume I don't know anything.


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Antonia di Benedetto Calvo 

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