Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2000 15:44:19 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Joseph Scott <joseph.scott@owp.csus.edu> Cc: Mark Newton <newton@internode.com.au>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, "Koster, K.J." <K.J.Koster@kpn.com>, Wes Peters <wes@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Great American Gas Out Message-ID: <20000304154419.C24172@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <38C0718C.8D30B673@owp.csus.edu> References: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452201313909@l04.research.kpn.com> <38BFEEA8.1A465CFC@softweyr.com> <20000304101212.A384@internode.com.au> <38C0718C.8D30B673@owp.csus.edu>
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[*finally* removed -hackers] On Friday, 3 March 2000 at 18:14:36 -0800, Joseph Scott wrote: > > Mark Newton wrote: >>> Fourth, I'm paying $1.48/gal right now, and I want the price to go >>> DOWN, not UP. >> >> I'm paying A$0.83c/L right now, which is roughly A$3.73/gal, which is >> roughly US$2.76. That means the US price of petroleum can rise by almost >> 100% and people still still drive the kind of distances which usually >> constitute international travel. > > Ug, when I lived in Melbourne ( 92-94 ) I think the price was around > A$0.55/L. Of course I think the price back in the states was still > around US$0.99/g at the time. > > Is gas conversion still a big thing? Yes, but becoming less so at the moment. Petrol has gone up from about $0.70 to $0.85, and gas has gone up from $0.20 to $0.40. Ouch. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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