From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Mar 3 10:59: 7 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from typhoon.mail.pipex.net (typhoon.mail.pipex.net [158.43.128.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9AFC737B727 for ; Fri, 3 Mar 2000 10:58:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (qmail 19626 invoked from network); 3 Mar 2000 18:31:58 -0000 Received: from useras99.uk.uudial.com (HELO marder-1.) (62.188.137.103) by smtp.dial.pipex.com with SMTP; 3 Mar 2000 18:31:58 -0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA01075; Fri, 3 Mar 2000 18:32:15 GMT (envelope-from mark) Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 18:32:15 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: Brian Beattie Cc: chat@freebsd.org, "Koster, K.J." Subject: Re: Great American Gas Out Message-ID: <20000303183214.A327@marder-1> References: <38BFEEA8.1A465CFC@softweyr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from beattie@aracnet.com on Fri, Mar 03, 2000 at 10:13:20AM -0800 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Mar 03, 2000 at 10:13:20AM -0800, Brian Beattie wrote: > On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Wes Peters wrote: > > > "Koster, K.J." wrote: > > > > > > Oh, those Americans. :-) > > > > > > Let's see: $1 per gallon in the US. $1.2 per litre in the Netherlands, times > > > 4.5 (or thereabouts) is $5.4 per gallon in the Netherlands. > > > It's 4.54 litres per *imperial* gallon, a US gallon is smaller (20% smaller) coz their pints are smaller (16 fluid oz. against 20). So, that's 3.63 litres per US gallon, or US$4.36 per gallon in the Netherlands. > > > Everyone in the Netherlands drives cars; everyone thinks gas is expensive. > > > This means that the gas prices in the US can go up 440% and people will > > > still drive cars and buy gas (and complain about gas prices, of course). > > > > First, this off-topic for -hackers, so I've directed replies to -chat > > if you want to continue. > > > > Second, I know people that commute distances that would cross your > > country. I suspect the average American uses a lot more gas than the > > average Nederlander. > > > > Third, our gas prices here are held down by all sorts of weird > > government intervention, bizarre market shenanigans, and a public that > > doesn't understand that the price of gasoline has risen only 4x in the > > same period that the price of cars has risen 10x. That's certainly > > NOT a "natural occurence". > > > > Fourth, I'm paying $1.48/gal right now, and I want the price to go > > DOWN, not UP. > > > > Hmmm, the idea that the last "Great Gas-out" and any effect on prices, > is, ... amusing ... at best. "Those Americans" may be right for different > reasons. > > > -- > > "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" > > > > Wes Peters Softweyr LLC > > wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > > > > Brian Beattie | The only problem with > beattie@aracnet.com | winning the rat race ... > www.aracnet.com/~beattie | in the end you're still a rat > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message -- Microsoft: Where do you want to go today? Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? BSD: Are you guys coming, or what? -Poster at LinuxWorld 2000 ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message