Interestingly, Norway is an oil-producing country. Nevertheless, the price of petrol pr litre is at approx. 15 kroner, that is 2$50c a litre (roughly 10 dollars a gallon)... That is the highest price in any country... However, when estimated how much an average person has to work in order to buy the petrol, Norwegians are among the 10 countries in the world that have the relatively "lowest" price. The reason for the high prices are of course taxes. Still, people complain....
Prices of petrol
by InquiryMan 12 Replies latest social current
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InquiryMan
Or somewhat more accurately, nine dollars a gallon...
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cedars
Where I live, petrol currently equates to £1.12 (or $1.76) per litre.
I think the prices are only going to go up as oil reserves are depleted. However, the extortionate taxation certainly doesn't help.
Cedars
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St George of England
£1.34 per litre = $2.1 per litre = $5.07 per US gallon
(if my arithmetic is correct!)
George
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wannabefree
(if my arithmetic is correct!)
Well, there are 3.8 litre to one US gallon, so I am thinking that would equate to $7.98 per gallon, which is exactly 2x the rate per gallon where I am.
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Aussie Oz
yes, but don't forget wages go up too...
when i was lad, i made 40 bucks a week and petrol was 25c a litre
now i make 30 times that and petrol is $1.40 ish, not 7.50 a litre on the same scale...
It is more affordable than ever.
oz
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finallysomepride
I paid today au$1.46.95 per litre .......bloody theives
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InquiryMan
That is my exact point. One cannot see on price of petrol isolated. One also has to take into consideration the increase of salaries and the level of income compared to prices...
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InquiryMan
That is my exact point. One cannot see on price of petrol isolated. One also has to take into consideration the increase of salaries and the level of income compared to prices...
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wannabefree
It was so thoughtful of the Governing Body to drop the Book Study to help the brothers reduce expenses due to rising fuel costs. I don't know if that was offered as part of the reasoning in other nations, but the C.O. used it here. Why wasn't that considered much earlier since nations other than the U.S. already had such high fuel rates?