I was talking through email to my dear friend Helen in Australia last night. I asked her what they were paying for fuel/gas just out of curiosity. She told me $1.30 per litre. Now at first you think WOW that sounds good but then I did the math...
If they bought a gallon instead of a litre they would be paying $5.91 for gas/fuel. I figured out what they would be paying for a litre if their gal. of gas/fuel was $2.85 like ours....$2.85 U.S. = $3.23 in Australian dollars...then divide 3.23 by 4.55 (that is how many litres are in a gallon, rounded off). They would be paying .71 for a litre of gas/fuel...
So the next time you complain about $2.85 a gallon for gas/fuel think of Helen in Australia...
If someone wants to check my figures go for it...because this may be wrong. Below is the website I used for conversions.
I won't say a word about how much we pay for gas/fuel as compared to Australia as it's pretty cheap....But I will conserve and continue to sit home, LOL...Thank goodness I don't live in Aussie land as I would not be driving a truck!!
My sympathies are with you Helen, I honestly don't know how you do it and now know why you also stay home most of the time.
3 comments:
WOW Poor Helen! I am not going to complain anymore about our prices!! I hope Helen has something that gets really good gas mileage!!
On a side note:
Your blog likes me today!! YAY!!!
You had to blog about it! Gosh! This has really affected you hasn't it! Just remember that all is relative my friend....and everything is part and parcel of our lifestyle. But now you know why Den sold his big V8 car....cost us a fortune.
Yikes! I would be driving a teeny tiny thing too! poor H! That's awful!
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