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stevensondrive

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Message Posted: Apr 10, 2008 12:48:56 PM

I talked to a guy from Scottland. he told me gas was $14/gal there. does anyone know of a site that shows what others are paying?
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Message Posted: Apr 14, 2008 10:18:44 AM

Even Canada is paying more than we do here. But what is your point?
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Message Posted: Apr 14, 2008 10:02:20 AM

Whatever it is, you're comparing apples to oranges.
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Message Posted: Apr 14, 2008 7:57:48 AM

In the Ivory Coast (Africa) it's about $11/gallon.
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Message Posted: Apr 14, 2008 5:50:47 AM

I heard a $1.39 in Iraq!
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Message Posted: Apr 14, 2008 5:30:16 AM

I can also attest to some really cheap places to fill up (from recent personal experience):

Lagos, Nigeria: 70 Naira per liter ($2/gallon)
Jakarta, Indonesia: 4500 Rupia/liter ($2/gallon)
Almaty, Kazakhstan: 50 Tenge/liter ($1.40 gallon)
Moscow: $1/50 gallon (which is really surprising because Moscow is THE priciest city in the world with $25 cups of espresso and a croissant)

And the winner is:
Caracas, Venezuela: $0.15/gallon! Mr. Chavez's wannabe-Communist paradise!

Except for Russia most of these countries are OPEC exporters and they heavily subsidize domestic gasoline price.
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Message Posted: Apr 14, 2008 5:14:08 AM

He is pulling your leg about $14, or not calculating it right. I work in London and around here it is about £1 per liter ($8/gallon). I go to Aberdeen often and I think it is about the same up there.

In Germany it is more expensive: about 1.30 Euro per liter, which translates to about $8.50/gallon, mainly thanks to the low dollar exchange rate. There is a good article in Der Spiegel saying that if it hits 1.50 Euro, Germans are quitting driving and riding the trains. Too bad Americans do not have that option. They are stuck riding their SUVs until their bank account runs dry, as public transport is largely non-existent. Check it out: Article (auf Deutsch wenn du die Sprache kennst)

These are U.S. gallons, not Imperial BTW.

[Edited by: radim at 4/14/2008 5:16:09 AM EST]
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Message Posted: Apr 11, 2008 11:03:03 AM

Yes fuel is more expensive in Europe. But there gas tax pays for excellent roads and health care.
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Message Posted: Apr 11, 2008 10:28:41 AM

The prices vary widely but it is mainly because of government policies in each country. Some countries put very large taxes of fuel to help support social programs such as health care.

Other coutries subsidize fuel price to lower them far below cost to keep the population friendly. Iran provides such a large subsidy to lower prices that smugglers make a fortune smuggling the fuel into other counties for sale.
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Message Posted: Apr 11, 2008 8:54:01 AM

Don't really care about overseas, as the cars get better gas mileage then our JUNK here and they do it in liters not gallons so nothing to compare or even care about!
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Message Posted: Apr 11, 2008 8:32:18 AM

I have heard in some places over seas it is Alot Cheaper, like less than
a Dollar per gallon.
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Message Posted: Apr 11, 2008 1:17:52 AM

More then I want to pay
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Message Posted: Apr 10, 2008 11:10:11 PM

You can get a graph of gasoline prices in the US and some European countries (over the last 13 months) priced in US Dollars per gallon at:

http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/prices.html#Motor
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Message Posted: Apr 10, 2008 7:03:08 PM

they need to drill in Europe
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Message Posted: Apr 10, 2008 6:47:42 PM

It typically is more because of the taxes of that country, however I don't care because I have no plans to go overseas soon.
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Message Posted: Apr 10, 2008 4:45:36 PM

25 cents a gallon in Venezuela.
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Message Posted: Apr 10, 2008 4:44:30 PM

Alot more than here.
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Message Posted: Apr 10, 2008 3:52:42 PM

Gas is usually considerably higher overseas but it is also usually dispensed in liters and not gallons. Plus the taxes on gas are higher but other things (i.e. healthcare) are lower in comparison.
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Message Posted: Apr 10, 2008 2:32:30 PM

Stevensondrive, Buy me a ticket for overseas and I will give you accurate pricing. Oh no, Forget about it now because I don't want to get stuck at airport because of cancellation of flights.
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Message Posted: Apr 10, 2008 1:48:16 PM

I wouldn't worry about it. I'm driving HERE, not there.
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Message Posted: Apr 10, 2008 1:22:03 PM

In most counties it's much higher due to much higher govt. taxes. Most OPEC counties sell gas at a fraction of market price internally.
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Message Posted: Apr 10, 2008 12:49:43 PM

I don't know of any sites, but it is definitely more expensive in Europe.
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