"jim" wrote in message
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The Magnum wrote:
While you guys in the USA are thinking about petrol soon to be $6 a
gallon
have a thought for us poor brits..
I just paid £1 a litre today. Taking into account theres nigh on 4.5
litres
in a gallon..

4.50 GBP
United Kingdom Pounds = 8.28851 USD
United States Dollars
1 GBP = 1.84189 USD 1 USD = 0.542920 GBP

That makes our fuel at $8.29 now... not in the future (

Bet that makes you feel better...lol


judging by the size of the cars and lorries in the uk the miles per
gallon should be higher than the behemoths that travel the us' roads.

I agree the US has a lot of gas guzzling vehicals but UK has a fair few too.
That said, theres no reason why you guys couldnt use more economical cars.
Personally i drive a Ford Granada 2.5 scorpio turbo and wouldnt feel safe in
anything smaller, at least theres some metal around you to protect you in an
average collision. Theres some pretty big 4x4's about too. That said our
prices have gone up and up with the pretence of "cutting back on emissions
to save the environment" then they go to war and put tons more pollutants in
the air.... and blow thousands of people to smithereens... Absolutely
bonkers