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11-06-2008, 06:21 PM #11Bald-faced Baron
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I HATE YOU!, I HATE YOU!.............Only joking. Fuel at my nearest station is £0.99 per LITRE!! which equates to around $7-$8 a gallon!
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11-06-2008, 07:24 PM #12sergioclassic
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just read this from yahoo news.....incredible ah?
"Exxon Mobil shattered its previous profit records by posting its biggest quarterly profit ever for the recently ended third quarter.
Exxon earned $14.83 billion for the quarter, or $2.86 a share, up a whopping 58 percent from the third quarter of 2007.
Revenue was 137.7 billion, up from $102.34 billion in the year-earlier period."
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11-06-2008, 07:30 PM #13what Dad calls me
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Are you sure about that exchange rate, surely the dollar isnt that bad!
Originally Posted by Theone
I HATE YOU!, I HATE YOU!.............Only joking. Fuel at my nearest station is £0.99 per LITRE!! which equates to around $7-$8 a gallon!It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled. Twain
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11-06-2008, 07:54 PM #14Bald-faced Baron
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Sorry, just out. Ex rate is £1.00 = $1.57 equating to $6.99 per gallon Originally Posted by nun2sharp
Got ex rate from here.
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11-06-2008, 08:05 PM #15Bald-faced Baron
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AND.....If I paid in $ to fill my measly 50 litre fuel tank it would cost $85.56 as I have a diesel car and diesel is currently £1.09 a litre!!!!
Last edited by Theone; 11-06-2008 at 08:07 PM.
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11-06-2008, 09:21 PM #16what Dad calls me
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I know how you feel, I have a diesel truck with a 35 gallon tank, the high point here was 4.95$ per gallon, the first time I spent a 100$ bill I thought I was going to cry publicly, after a while you just have to bend over and take it like a man! Originally Posted by Theone
AND.....If I paid in $ to fill my measly 50 litre fuel tank it would cost $85.56 as I have a diesel car and diesel is currently £1.09 a litre!!!!
It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled. Twain
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11-06-2008, 09:50 PM #17Senior Member
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Originally Posted by Theone
I HATE YOU!, I HATE YOU!.............Only joking. Fuel at my nearest station is £0.99 per LITRE!! which equates to around $7-$8 a gallon!I think most of that expense is taxes imposed upon you petrol. the London rate for a barrel is $57.20 and the New York exchange has a barrel at $60.55. Bloomberg.com: Energy Prices Originally Posted by Theone
You guys actually get your oil cheaper but your governments tax the heck out of it.
Matt
P.S. correct me if I'm wrong. I know there is no shortage of people here that are willing to do so.
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11-06-2008, 09:55 PM #18
Matt's right. More than half of the UK's gasoline price is due to the tax: £0.57 per liter compared to an avg of $0.28 per gallon tax in the US
Source: http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsP...E_PROD1_027232Last edited by hoglahoo; 11-06-2008 at 09:58 PM.
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11-06-2008, 10:06 PM #19Bald-faced Baron
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YEP! - That's the UK for ya! Originally Posted by hoglahoo
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11-06-2008, 10:18 PM #20Senior Member
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I don't think I have ever seen those words posted consecutively, and pertain to me. Originally Posted by hoglahoo
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