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[den]

Petrol here jumped from $1.25/litre ($5.68/gallon, or $4.73/US gallon) to $1.30/litre ($5.91/gallon, or $4.92/US gallon).

I was going to convert this to $US to see what I'm paying, but then I remembered I don't get paid in $US. I get paid in $AU (which is currently worth US$0.76)

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[kayshapero]

Here in Los Angeles, it's somewhere near $3/US gallon for 87 octane (which I use), more for higher ones. Last week is was closer to $2.50. I just hope the rescue organizations pouring into Katrina's wake get some sort of break on gasoline. They're going to need it.

[marmoe.livejournal.com]

It's 1.40 EUR/litre over here in Germany, that equates to 6.60 USD/US gallon.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

It jumped from $1 CDN/litre to $1.25 CDN/litre yesterday alone.

[dancinglights.livejournal.com]

It's gone up $.50 in two days where I live. People can bitch at me for bitching about it, but I have absolutely no public transport between my home and work, and if I moved any closer to my job, I'd be paying several hundred more dollars a month for a smaller place... and making podisodd's commute equally further, where he also has no public transit at the hour he needs to be at work.

[ladyursus.livejournal.com]

I went from a small economy car this year to a Jeep 4X4 I inherited from my father (which I just love). Thanks Papa, but, damn, that little economy car sure would come in handy right about now. I travel alot, and have seen gas in California anywhere from $2.85 to $3.50 a gallon. And at 15 mpg, that hurts. Just can't part with the 4X4 just yet. Only thing I have left of Papa's of any real meaning. May have to park it and use it for specific things, and invest in a little put put. Damn. I am sure we are all in the same boat. The whole world is suffering from this problem. Seems like someone out there set us up for this somehow, the powers that be somewhere on this planet, or maybe a combination of powers that be (and I am not one to believe in conspiracies either).

The animals

[ladyursus.livejournal.com]

Just a thought. How are these gas prices going to trickle down in your organization's ability to travel around to rescue all of these critters who need your help? Are they going to be able to absorb the cost? And for how long? I know that these things can take time to trickle down that far, but I have seen programs start being cut because the government just can't afford to support what they might consider "unnecessary" expenditures. I hate to think that could happen, but I saw something similar happen in Nevada in the land management department several years ago. In short, many wild horses starved to death before private agencies stepped in and started a private adoption program for the animals. It was a horrible thing to watch.

Re: The animals

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

The group I belong to is an unfunded volunteer charity. All costs come out of our pockets. I've been lucky in that the local pet-vets will donate their time to fix wild animals; all I have to pay for is the medication. Also, there are always the zoovets who do everything free, and since they're funded by the state government I'm happy to see my taxes wasted this way.

Re: The animals

[ladyursus.livejournal.com]

I am glad to hear that the pet-vets and zoovets are covered, but I certainly hope you don't have to pay for your own gas, nor your unfunded volunteer charity. That could get pretty tough if that were the case.

Re: The animals

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

We buy all our own everything. There is no funding for wild animals if you're not a zoo 8(

[moonrose.livejournal.com]

Wait, the AU dollar is actually not "worth" a US dollar? Wow.... when did that happen? I thought the US dollar was the most worthless peice of paper in the world economy at this point :P Merchants HERE sure act like it is.

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

It's been <$US ever since it was deregulated in the mid 80s. It dropped to the 75c mark and hovers around there now. During the recession it dropped to 51c but it has steadily climbed.

All those bloody yank tourists get a good deal on their holiday money. Come here and spend! 8)

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

Ditto New Zealand. Our dollar usually sits at about 50c against the US. (It's about 70c at the moment but that's an aberration.)

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

NZ is a cheaper holiday for me than flying to Perth.

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

Australia is a cheaper holiday for me than flying to Auckland.

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

Now that's just silly. What's wrong with AirNZ?

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

I have no idea. I really don't.

Its over 3.00 here...

[gatorofages.livejournal.com]

For "regular" in pennsylvania...

Last night it was around 3.20 a gallon...

[ms-interpret.livejournal.com]

I was going to convert this to $US to see what I'm paying, but then I remembered I don't get paid in $US.

*applauds* I get so annoyed when people convert CAD to USD and act as if we're paying so much less than we are. I get paid in Canadian dollars, which have *approximately* the same buying power (in Canada) as American dollars (in America). The conversion simply doesn't work the way some people seem to think. If I get ten bucks an hour, and someone in the US gets ten bucks an hour, we get paid the same amount of money, comparatively. And that means my gas costs $1.20/litre or $4.56/american gallon (why is their gallon different too?). Not $3.83/gallon.

It just picks my ass. There. Done. :)

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

I get paid about the same as (or a little less than) the average American middle management employee. Imported products are scaled up in cost so that the importer makes a profit, as they must. That means a Toyota Prius in the US costs $35k-40K, over here they cost $45k-$50. I can afford a $35k car, but not a $45K car.

[ms-interpret.livejournal.com]

Ahh yes, the imported products, but that's a whole other ball of wax. :)

[chezmax]

your conversion rate is slightly off:
1 US gallon = 3.7854118 litres. :)

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

I rounded to 3 decimal places. 8)

[chezmax]

$5.91/1.30 = 4.546. :)

[chezmax]

According to Google:
1.30 (Australian dollars / litre) = 3.773942 U.S. dollars / US gallon

Hooray for google calculator!

[annvole.livejournal.com]

Saskatchewan is usually one of the highest but now it is one of the lowest at $1.189(CAN)/litre...that won't last. (it jumped from $1.059 after Katrina)

Right now there is a City worker strike which looks to go for a month or two like before that includes transit bus drivers so I am walking and biking everywhere.