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n_okla@hotmail.com (Neb Okla) wrote in <HyFsM8.vAx@lugnet.com>:
> FUT: lugnet.off-topic.debate
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> "Christian Treczoks" <ct@braehler.com> wrote in message
> news:HyExHu.GGK@lugnet.com...
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> > We pay about EUR1.20 (US$1.44) per liter gasoline, of which EUR0.90 to
> > 0.95 are taxes. With 4.55 liter being a gallon, and the Euro at about
> > US$1.20 we pay roughly US$5 taxes per gallon (no, this is no mistake!).
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> Actually there is a mistake. 1 gallon = 3.8 liters, not 4.55 liters.
Actually, both are correct. 1 US gallon is 3.785 litres, 1 UK gallon is
4.545 litres. One more reason to go metric.
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Harro de Jong
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Harro de Jong wrote:
> n_okla@hotmail.com (Neb Okla) wrote in <HyFsM8.vAx@lugnet.com>:
>
> > FUT: lugnet.off-topic.debate
> >
> > "Christian Treczoks" <ct@braehler.com> wrote in message
> > news:HyExHu.GGK@lugnet.com...
> > >
> > > We pay about EUR1.20 (US$1.44) per liter gasoline, of which EUR0.90 to
> > > 0.95 are taxes. With 4.55 liter being a gallon, and the Euro at about
> > > US$1.20 we pay roughly US$5 taxes per gallon (no, this is no mistake!).
> >
> > Actually there is a mistake. 1 gallon = 3.8 liters, not 4.55 liters.
>
> Actually, both are correct. 1 US gallon is 3.785 litres, 1 UK gallon is
> 4.545 litres. One more reason to go metric.
Now I know why 10 gallon hats are so small. ;)
Scott A (Who thought {everything} was bigger in the USA)
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