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I'll bet either your mother, father, your sister or brother (or possibly even you) have
complained about the skyrocketing gas prices. Where I live prices are hitting 89.2,
94.6, etc. etc... it's an
outrage!
Or is it?
Yes, we all know that gas never was this high in the past few years, and it's
because of the lack of gasoline found in countries other than the Mideast (I
think). But many folks don't
realize that if cars ran on a litre (about four gallons in a litre) of anything else, prices
could be a lot
higher than they are right now.
Take Coke, for instance... for 2 litres of this bubbly beverage, it costs (about) $2.70... imagine
paying $1.35 for 1 litre of coke to fill a small amount of your gas tanks. Most
cars run on 40 litre or 60 litre gas tanks... so for 60 litres of Coke, that
would be $81.00!!! For other regular household items, like soy sauce,
bottled water, milk, salad dressing, etc, the prices would be an even bigger outrage
than that.
Some gas companies have discovered that it is possible to make a type of
gasoline from corn... although it will take years to make enough to sell, from
what I understand. Editor's Note: This is called ethanol, I believe,
which is very good for the environment....
People also do not realize that gasoline is a non-renewable resource, and it
will take years and years to find more once it runs dry. What about making cars that
run on water? But do we have enough water to spare?
There's many more questions I could ask and still get no answers... my message:
You can live with the gas prices... for now.
Paying Up,
xXOscarXx
Editor's Note: To get a sense of these prices, could you help us
out with something, xXOscarXx? What country do you live in? Folks in the U.S.
would LOVE to see prices of $1.35 -- now, that's per gallon, not per litre.
These days, we're paying $2 to $2.70 U.S. per gallon, which is about $0.50 to
$0.65 U.S. per litre. There's lots of reasons for different prices in different
countries -- from the price of an American dollar versus an English pound to the
fact that California requires gas companies to put in extra, more expensive
additives so that gas won't pollute so much.... How much is too much, and when
is it worth buying smaller cars with better engines instead of huge SUVs and
trucks?
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