Went to the gas station. Gas $4.65 Canadian for a gallon of gas. I did not gas up, I have parked my car and will use my bike. The car will only be used for emergencies. No car until the price goes down. I have three of the stupid things and I think I will get my Insurance canceled on two and by cancelling the insurance I will save $1500.00 this year and will save about $300.00 amonth on gas. I also take the BC ferries to the Mainland, there and back is $100.00 a week. I will save a total of $841.00 a month. I will now be able to have another 280 cafe lattes a month.
I may even become fit and get to wear my old Speedos size 32.
Originally posted by geochuck
Don't forget the Canadian gallon is 1 fifth larger than a US gallon and the difference in our currency is nearly 30 cent on the dollar. It works out to be $3.99 Canadian for a US gallon or $3.29 US. Taxes are high but Medical costs low.
Using US math, which runs about 15% higher than Canadian math, that means your are paying about $1 US more per gallon than gull80 and I are. In NC the state hits us with a $.40 tax on top of the $.08 Fed tax (I think). That means of your $3.29 US(coverted) gallon of gas you are paying approx $1.50 in taxes or about 45% of your gas in taxes.
Taking this to the next stupid level, if you spend $841 Canadian (or about $650 US) on gas a month, that means you are buying around 200 gallons a month in gas, which means you are paying around $350 US in taxes. Getting to the point here - that is more than I pay for health insurance in the US and I can choose doctors from New Bern if I so choose.
To keep this about swimming - I wear TYR goggles.
I know this will come as a shock to those that have painted me as a right winger but I drive a large (sub)urban assault vehicle that gets low gas mileage, emits a lot of pollutants and easily drives right over Geo Metros without much more than a slight bump.
Originally posted by aquageek
How much of that is Canadian taxes added to the actual cost of the gallon of gas? That should make you more enraged.
Don't forget the Canadian gallon is 1 fifth larger than a US gallon and the difference in our currency is nearly 30 cent on the dollar. It works out to be $3.99 Canadian for a US gallon or $3.29 US. Taxes are high but Medical costs low.
I curse gas prices daily 'cause every penny rise is money lost to retailers (me) even though I realize that it is still much higher in some other parts of the world. Also, in Canada, we buy gas in liters ('cept for resolutely non-metric types like George) & last time I checked it was still cheaper than some of the bottled water in supermarkets & convenience stores...
$1.93 for a latte in Thailand?
You can get dinner for two there for that price (minus the drinks). What a rip!
I felt bad paying my $2.55 per gallon last weekend. It's starting to get ridiculous. But a fill up still costs me less than $20, and lasts me for two weeks normally. Gotta love those Geo Metros...
I can make you a (180 degree) latte at my house for pennies--I have a very nice machine from Italy. I would, of course, charge Geek quite a bit more.
I like TYR goggles as well.
Originally posted by aquageek
I know this will come as a shock to those that have painted me as a right winger but I drive a large (sub)urban assault vehicle that gets low gas mileage, emits a lot of pollutants and easily drives right over Geo Metros without much more than a slight bump.
And it may come as a shock that this right-winger drives a Metro. :)
And it looks like gas prices are getting worse around here (this is from a Palo Alto station:
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