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Article #981Re: gas up 7 cents
From: Andrew
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 02:45
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 02:45
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Mr Frederick wrote: > Chris wrote: > >>> .79 x 4.54 = $3.59 an imperial gallon. >> >> >> >> >> I hope your not suggesting that as a compairison to gas prices >> south of the boarder -- because they don't use imperial gallons. >> .79 x 3.7843 = $2.99 >> > And we never used the American gallon. A logical comparison is to > something we either use or have used, ergo the Imperial gallon. "Logical"? Never taken a basic logic course, have you? Just a guess... Who says the post had to conform to some arbitrary "unit" guideline you made up as you replied? The poster was trying to highlight the price difference between what we pay and what people in the US pay. I think they did this effectively. I hope someone reading this will post the price of gas in St. Stephen, NB and Calais, ME. IIRC, on the American side, they pay less than a third of what the Canadians do. The kicker? The gas on the US side comes from a Canadian refinery! - a
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