Well,
OK, We are in Paris right now..using excellent mass transit and walking. We have not driven either of our cars for almost 4 weeks, saving us $$ since where we live there is virtually NO mass transit we need to drive to go anywhere...shopping..movie..work..
So maybe we should just stay in PARIS longer...sounds good to me

In Belgium 1.50 &euro; per liter or 6.83 &euro; per gallon which equals <b>9.17 US$ per gallon</b>. I'm thinking of moving some place else. :-(

1 USGal = 3.7854 litres
So 1.50&euro;/litre = 5.678&euro;/USGal
or $7.6284 (at 1&euro;=$1.3435)

Remember, one reason why the price of gas is going up is because our dollar continues to get weaker.

I showed my husband this thread about the price of fuel in Germany and he said, The car we have rented gets 40MPG and at most we are driving 450 miles = about $90.00. &quot;Do you want to cancel our first vacation to Europe because of an extra $100.00?&quot; We looked at each other he smiled at me then we started doing our, We're going to Europe dance, Again!

&quot;...the world would have a brighter future if certain gaz-guzzling places we won't mention followed suit.&quot;

I suppose FlUK is talking about Maidenhead? Looking down my street, I see four SUVs, two pick-up trucks, and three gas-guzzling V8 sedans. Meanwhile, DH and I, the wasteful Americans, walk to most places or use public transport.

Oops ... you're right Alec. I took the wrong conversion line (UK gallons instead of US). :o

flanneruk, what I quoted wasn't from a &quot;caller&quot; to NPR --

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...toryId=5365439

think flanner ole chap was referring to the NPR caller i quoted in my OP - and the caller did say he was paying 1.41 to 1.44 euros/litre and he converted that to $8/gal (un-Imperial gallon - a 'real' gallon) like in colonies.

Yeah, the biodiesel's going to be a lot better, since it's causing massive deforestation in Brazil and Malaysia -- mow the hardwoods so they can plant palms for palm oil. Yeah, that's terrific news.

Or they can get it from ConAgra and ADM in the US, from corn, but corn requires more energy (in the form of petroleum) to produce than it saves.

I'm sure there's a magic bullet, I'm just sure of it.

The Dutch just abandoned such a plant to fuel scheme in Indonesia - turning some kind of plant or tree into biofuel - they found it too had a devastating effect on Indonesia's rain forest as locals were slashing down for fuel and just moved on and cut more - making a net loss for global warming.

Walley,
Petrolium is still priced in USDs on the international market.
Refinery costs are driving up US prices and the weak USD is boosting our costs in Europe.
Seems like most need some futher education.
M

And the high demand from the US on the Rotterdam spot market due to lacking north and south American production drives up the prices in the EU. It's all connected.

Would someone please explain to me why half (my guess) the vehicle owners in the US think it is absolutely necessary to tool around big cities in Hummers or other gigantic SUVs? I live in rural Arizona and am shocked every time I have to go down to the Phoenix Valley. By the way, my husband and I drive a Prius, average well over 50 mpg on a trip and love our very comfortable little car. Especially when we are getting gas next to an Escalade.

This question comes along every so often...

Q: why, in the country of xxxxx, is the price of xyz so many xx.xx units of currency (per unit of volume, or weight or other measurement)?

The answer has not changed in my lifetime, nor for centuries before that, in many parts of the world...

A: Because that's what it's worth, to the buyers, and to the sellers.

Best wishes,

Rex

Many say that peak oil production has passed.
When you have an increasing number of people chasing a decreasing source the price goes up and up and up. It amazes me that anyone is surprised by this.
Local differences are mostly caused by taxes, but whatever you are paying now will seem cheap soon, wherever you are.
If Iran stopped selling oil what would happen to the $?
Why should it sell when it can get a better price in the near future?
Staying addicted to oil is going to be ruinously expensive.

Some day, flanner may be able to construct a post that doesn't have a reference to the US.

It's so obvious that he suffers from OCD.