I noticed similiar pricing in Vancouver, BC Canada this weekend. Gasoline was going for about $1.20/L CAD and the CAD is almost at parity with the USD. The exchange rate was $1.00 USD = $1.04 CAD.
Along the metric theme - there were a lot of American tourists in BC for the holiday weekend. They seemed to be able to handle metric road signs, gas stations, etc just fine. On Wednesday, May 30, 2007, at 09:19AM, "Paul Trusten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >...especially liters of gasoline! > >It would be soothing to see "0.86" instead of "3.24" for a posted >gasoline price, wouldn't it? Right now, in my home town, unleaded >regular is about 86 cents per liter.Thanks to the soft drink industry, >A liter is now a metric unit of volume that most Americans understand >very well. But, would they understand it in bulk? Would they appreciate >filling their gas tank with 40 to 60 L? > >The other question is whether or not the public cares about making the >easy comparisons we suggest. But, yes, the liter, like SI, applies to >"all people in all times." >Yet, gee, I think "billions of liters" or "billions of kiloliters" >would be as understandable as "billions of barrels." > >Incidentally, we are catching up to Australian gasoline (petrol) prices. >The going price in Sydney is currently about AUD 1.31/L. In the U.S., it >is now the equivalent of about AUD 1.03/L. > >STANLEY DOORE wrote: > >> Barrels, gallons, quarts, litres, kilolitres, cubic metres, bushels, >> etc. These are terms commonly used in the public domain. >> >> This morning a farm policy report was released and it talked about >> billions of gallons of biofuels. Why not barrels or some other unit >> of volume? It's confusing! >> >> There are too many units of volume. It's now time to reduce the >> number of units used in the public domain. For the public's sake, >> let's help in understanding. Let's use litres (L) and kilolitres (kL) >> in the public domain and leave cubic metres in the science domain and >> forget the others. >> >> >> Now is the time to take a stand for liters and kiloliters (1000 L) >> and promote the use of them in the public domain. Use L and kL for >> fuels, river flow, lakes, oil, bushels of corn & wheat, etc. and many >> other materials. Let's get on with using the SI and the accepted >> liter. Then people can make reasonable comparisons among volumes >> rather than fiddle around with barrels, gallons, quarts, bushels and >> other units of volume. >> >> Regards, Stan Doore >> > > >-- >Paul Trusten, R.Ph. >Public Relations Director >U.S. Metric Association, Inc. >www.metric.org >3609 Caldera Blvd., Apt. 122 >Midland TX 79707-2872 USA >+1(432)528-7724 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
