Martin P asked:
The prices of gas here in America have just reached an average of $ 4 a gallon. How gas (gallon or liter) in other countries? Americans are paying a higher price gas that the rest of the world?
The prices of gas here in America have just reached an average of $ 4 a gallon. How gas (gallon or liter) in other countries? Americans are paying a higher price gas that the rest of the world?
back in the day (20-25 years ago) i remember going to canada and paying the same per liter as the US was paying per gallon (ie 4x as much). last summer we went to wales and paid the equivalent of $8/gallon.
so i think other countries are paying much more, and always have.
In Australia we pay $1.39-$1.60 per litre depending on the day of the week (Tuesdays is cheapest, Monday most expensive after the weekend) and the area you are in.
That’s about $1.33 – $1.53US
x 3.8 for US gallons (different to UK gallons)
means we’re paying $5.05 – $5.80 US per US gallon.
BTW that’s for unleaded petrol at the petrol station i.e. retail.
Not sure if you’re talking retail?
Most nations are metric, so we’re talking liters.
I think the most expensive is in the Euro Zone, around $11/gallon (according to my friend in the USAF).
I think the cheapest is Iran, where subsidies last year had the price at around $0.28/gallon. Bear in mind, that subsidy had to end (and was met with rioting). The irony is that Iran has plenty of crude but a shortage of gasoline because it does not have the capacity to refine what it pumps out of the ground. It has to import gasoline.
US Gas Prices Are Still Cheap Fuel subsidies are common in oil-rich countries. Venezuela, which has vast oil reserves, maintains a price of Bs.F 0.097 per litre (around US$0.05), and has done so since 1998.
Other countries with subsidised fuel include Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Burma, Malaysia, Kuwait, India, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Trinidad and Tobago, Brunei and Nigeria.
The Australian state of Queensland also subsidises fuel at the rate of A$0.08354 per litre
Gasoline prices are low in the United States when compared with most other Western countries. In June of 2008, gasoline prices in the United States were US$1.06/litre (US$4.00 per US gallon).
Belgium (Brussels) US$/gal $8.44
Denmark US$/gal $9.31
Italy US$/gal $8.78
Hong Kong US$/gal $8.33
Netherlands US$/gal 9.73
Kuwait US$/gal 0.79
The cheapest.? Venezuela US$/gal 0.19
Does it matter what the gas price is in other countries unless you live there.
¿En qué otras personas han dicho, yo añadiría: Los Estados Unidos tienen la más baja de los precios del gas no cualquier país exportador de petróleo. Y en Europa, como resultado de mayores precios del gas, se conduce el gas más eficientes coches, menos contribuyen al calentamiento global, tener un buen transporte público, y no se opongan grandes déficit presupuestarios a fin de pagar por un gigante militar para asegurar un suministro constante de las cosas – más que pueden permitirse la atención sanitaria universal. Por lo tanto, si pueden tener 8 dólares por galón de gas en Europa, ¿por qué no podemos tener aquí?