[PRCo] Re: Motor fuel

[Bob Rathke]

Gas prices are even more relative when compared with bottled water which can
cost over $5 a gallon.

There's an ongoing urban legend about the guy who invented a pill that when
dissolved in water can be used instead of gasoline in cars.  If water and
pill cost $6/gallon, then it would be a lot cheaper to use gasoline....

Bob 4/3/04

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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Swindler" <j_swindler at hotmail.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 9:41 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Motor fuel


>
> It's relative, Fred.
>
> Fuel prices are higher in England, but distances are shorter and cars are
> more fuel efficient.  Octane rating for regular is over 95.
>
> Restaurant and pub prices are also higher, but supermarket prices are
close
> to what is typical in this country.  That's why a time share can be such a
> cheap vacation.
>
> The tax burden is horrendous, and therein may lie some of the differences.
> Generally related to more social services then in this country.  But there
> is no such thing as a free lunch.  You want luxuries, such as driving a
> personal car, importing foreign goods, eating in restaurants, and driving
in
> central London, your going to pay dearly for the privilege.  After all,
you
> must be wealthy, otherwise you would not have a need for such weird
habits.
> (:>)
>
> There was a time when the tax rate for over 12,000 pounds per year (about
> $40,000) approached 100 percent.  Which is why many wealthy Britains
> emigrated to other countries.
>
> I can think of no way to return this to Pittsburgh trolleys other then the
> comment that the increased prosperity in Europe and the US allowed people
> the luxury to indulge in expensive habits - like owning a car for
commuting
> to work.
>
> John
>
>
>
> >From: Fred Schneider <fschnei at supernet.com>
> >Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >Subject: [PRCo] Motor fuel
> >Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 16:50:38 -0500
> >
> >I'm almost afraid to post this for fear of reprisals:
> >
> >Current price of 87 octane gasoline in Great Britain ... more
> >specificially the person lives in Stockport, Cheshire (near Liverpool)
> >... converted at the current rate of 1 pound to $1.81 is US$5.31 cents
> >per U. S. gallon.  The original price was in liters.  Current news
> >releases indicate price expected to ride to US$5.44 a gallon this week.
> >
> >John Markham adds that beer is much more expensive --- sold in many
> >places at 2 pounds per imperial pint.   That's US$23.17 a gallon.
> >
> >
> >
>
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