How bout gas prices?????? Huh!

[nckdmngz]

Tell me the gas prices in you area here the range from 3.89 to 4.09 it sucks this is going to be the new form of transportaion :elephant:

[Julibean]

4.03 in southern Mass. I've never loved my Hyundai Elantra so much!

[Mistery]

Hmmm, it would be interesting to know the measurement units and currency, otherwise we won't speak about the same - or can't do the conversion to compare :P

[*~shiningstar~*]

$3.86 Here in Northern Missouri

[Mistery]

Are you also measuring in liter :?

[*~shiningstar~*]

um I know that $20 will get about 5 gallons of gas here

[Mistery]

Ah okay, that's why I asked the unit, because here in Europe we are measuring gas in liter :)

1 gallon = 3.78 liter

Here we pay between 1.60 - 2.00 Swiss Francs per liter (depending on the location and company).

*Tries to do some math* :P

So if I count with 1.70 Swiss Francs per liter, then 1 gallon would cost around 6.50 Swiss Francs.
And that would be 6.20 USD.

Ummm, is that correct :? :P
My brain is suffering from my flu :S

[*~shiningstar~*]

wish we had those prices again :( at least for gallons :wht:

[Mistery]

Hmmm, but from my calculation we pay here the double price - if my calculation is correct of course :P

[Jones]

You know what's funny? Gas is less expensive in ORLANDO, the themepark capital of the world, than it is down here! :? :P

[someguy]

It ranges from about $4.20-$4.92 where I live.

[RC-10M]

Ah okay, that's why I asked the unit, because here in Europe we are measuring gas in liter :)

1 gallon = 3.78 liter

Here we pay between 1.60 - 2.00 Swiss Francs per liter (depending on the location and company).

*Tries to do some math* :P

So if I count with 1.70 Swiss Francs per liter, then 1 gallon would cost around 6.50 Swiss Francs.
And that would be 6.20 USD.

Ummm, is that correct :? :P
My brain is suffering from my flu :S

6.20!!!!!??????? EXPENSIVE!!!!!! the car gets lik 14 mpg. literaly lol ,

[Adventure]

In the Netherlands

One liter gasoline costs: 1,661 Euro = 6.279 Euro per gallon = $ 9.73 per gallon
One liter Diesel costs: 1.427 Euro = 5.394 Euro per gallon = $ 8.36 per gallon

I hope I calculated this correctly. :$

[RC-10M]

omb :0

[Mistery]

Really crazy :o

Another problem along with that is that due to the much higher transport costs also food, clothes etc. are also getting much more expensive :(

[EscapeGirl]

I have heard about Europeans having to pay such high prices that it almost seems funny that we Americans are complaining about it. :P But then that leads me to ask, what is the average income there, and what is the minimum wage for your countries? As that comes into play as well. For example, minimum wage here is $5.75 (if I remember correctly.) That's not much, when gas in my area is ranging from $4.59 - $4.69 per gallon. :S

Just curious to see what the difference is with the minimum wage factored in. I read somewhere that some countries in Europe have a minimum wage of almost $20/hour. :o

EDIT @ Mistery: Same thing is happening here with all costs of living: travel, food, clothes, etc. :S

[RC-10M]

yea milk too.

[Mistery]

Well, we don't have any minimal wages defined by a law (yet).
But many branches have some guidelines, or even a rule for a minimal wage within that branch.

From what I know, a minimal wage in practice (if not an illegal job where people get completely abused) is around 14 Swiss Francs, which is meanwhile almost the same amount in USD (for the conversion I mean ;))

I think these things are very complex, and almost impossible to compare.
Even if we would know the minimal wage, we didn't count other usual costs for e.g. an apartment or food - which can also differ very much from country to country even within Europe.

But I think we all can agree that gas is getting very expensive, so that more and more people are having huge problems to get some - and that the transport costs make food and other things also too expensive for the poor people - even in so called "rich" countries.

[EscapeGirl]

Ah.....interesting. :) And yeah, it's very true about the cost of living expenses and such. I still wish we could have electric vehicles back on the market. :D That would be nice. :D No using gasoline at all. ;)

[Mistery]

BEAMING :D

:alien:

[EscapeGirl]

:haha: Yes!! That's even better - and FASTER! :D:D:D

[Adventure]

@Escape
The minimum nett wage per hour is here: 6.53 Euro, thus $ 10,12

[Hugo_Smith]

With the fuel crisis here in England, prices are around £2.00 a litre.

[*~shiningstar~*]

prices went up to $3.99 now :( and so did food and clothes too like that helps :(

[Mistery]

Yeah, here the same problem. Because of the raise of the gas prices, also food, public transportation, and many services get much more expensive :( :( :mad:

[nckdmngz]

i no that buggs man i hate it

[EscapeGirl]

Same here. And gas is now $4.63 a gallon. (I know that sounds cheap to Europeans. :P) But with all the gas, food, cleaning supplies, and clothing prices going up, and our wages not...things are getting very, very difficult. :S

[nckdmngz]

i no like i used to only pay like 30 to fill up now it takes 50................but i cant complain the gas prices over here in nm are only 4.09 at most