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Re: Gasoline in Britain to hit 1.5 pounds per litre


From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:56:45 -0700


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From: lynn [lynn () ecgincc com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:35 AM
To: David Farber
Subject: Re: [IP] Gasoline in Britain to hit 1.5 pounds per litre

I was just speaking with a friend in the UK, and he's paying that price now.

Lynn



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From: dewayne () warpspeed com (Dewayne Hendricks)
Date: April 28, 2008 1:39:29 PM EDT
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <xyzzy () warpspeed com>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Gasoline in Britain to hit 1.5 pounds per litre

[Note:  This item comes from reader Jack Unger.  DLH]

From: Jack Unger <junger () ask-wi com>
Date: April 28, 2008 10:17:55 AM PDT
To: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
Subject: Gasoline in Britain to hit 1.5 pounds per litre

Gasoline in Britain is estimated to cost 1.5 British pounds per litre
by the end of this year.

<http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=440905&in_page_id=2&ct=5
 >


That doesn't sound too bad... let's see... 1.5 pounds is 3 dollars...
one litre is .26 U.S. gallon so there are four litres in one gallon.

Four litres times 3 dollars equals $12 per gallon.

Oh well, bye folks... gotta go. Time for me to hop into my Hummer
stretch limo again <http://www.oilempire.us/graphics/Hummer2.jpg> and
zip on down to Starbucks for a grande skim sugar free extra hot
caramel macchiato...


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