Poll of the Day > Gas is up to 143.9/L here

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This is the highest I've ever seen it

Yeah, its fucking crazy, and will get worse the longer those terrorists are at the border

144 dollar per litre? That's a whole order of magnitude more than just high for fuel...

Nichtcrawler X posted...

144 dollar

Upon a quick Google-search, I've discovered that he actually means 143.9 Canadian cents per liter. This is equivalent to 4.255 American dollars per gallon.

EclairReturns posted...

Upon a quick Google-search, I've discovered that he actually means 143.9 Canadian cents per liter. This is equivalent to 4.255 American dollars per gallon.

So basically cheap.

wolfy42 posted...

cheap

Cheap is relative. In my state, the cheapest price for gas available is 4.059 American dollars per gallon. Last March, it was 3.529 American dollars per gallon.

looks like its still around $3 per gallon here.

Gas is up to 143.9/L here

Whole bunch of conversions I'd need to figure out for that to make sense.

EclairReturns posted...

Upon a quick Google-search, I've discovered that he actually means 143.9 Canadian cents per liter. This is equivalent to 4.255 American dollars per gallon.

Eh, worse than my area.

EclairReturns posted...

Upon a quick Google-search, I've discovered that he actually means 143.9 Canadian cents per liter. This is equivalent to 4.255 American dollars per gallon.

Putting that into calculations again to make sense. That is still under 1 euro per liter, cheap, especially when looking at current prices here being over 2,20 euro per liter.

Edit: trying to google this, it seems the price has been above 1 euro per litre since 2000 here, so unless I made a calculation error (very possible, it's late), that cost is dirt cheap.

Is a L like a barrel or something?

Thanks, Joe

For reference, a median price here is about 104.9, and I have known the median to be around 99.9

The_Viscount posted...

Whole bunch of conversions I'd need to figure out for that to make sense.

It's two conversions, one of which is constant (3.89 L/gal) and one of which hasn't changed meaningfully in several years (1.3 CAD/USD has been a reasonable approximation since 2015). The rest of us are fine with tacitly being too lazy to do 10 seconds of basic math. You don't need to try to justify being similarly lazy by acting like it's some inordinately complex calculation process.

BlackScythe0 posted...

Is a L like a barrel or something?

A barrel is 42 gallons, or about 159 litres.

adjl posted...

It's two conversions, one of which is constant (3.89 L/gal) and one of which hasn't changed meaningfully in several years (1.3 CAD/USD has been a reasonable approximation since 2015). The rest of us are fine with tacitly being too lazy to do 10 seconds of basic math. You don't need to try to justify being similarly lazy by acting like it's some inordinately complex calculation process.

A barrel is 42 gallons, or about 159 litres.

Then how the hell is such a small amount 143 dollars?

BlackScythe0 posted...

Then how the hell is such a small amount 143 dollars?

Do you have Eclair or Nightcrawlwr blocked? If so Eclair explains that its 143 cents a liter.

Cacciato posted...

Do you have Eclair or Nightcrawlwr blocked? If so Eclair explains that its 143 cents a liter.

Nah I must have just skimmed over it. It's really weird to say 143 cents.

Being sub-$1/L for so long (pretty much my entire youth, and before then as well), it was pretty standard for Canadians to quote gas prices in cents instead of dollars. Heck, I remember when $1+ prices started to become normal and most gas stations needed to upgrade their signs to accommodate the extra digit. The standard of writing it in cents has just persisted, though verbally, it's usually expressed more in terms of dollars (or, more commonly, "one-forty-four," which could really go either way).

BlackScythe0 posted...

Is a L like a barrel or something?

It's a blunt

wolfy42 posted...

So basically cheap.

No sir. I bought gas for 2.99 yesterday.

Apparently it's over $1.50 here now. Not a fan of that. I've still got a quarter tank left, so I'm not desperate for gas and can maybe hold out for it to drop again, but that's still bothersome. Pesky terrorists.

1.50/L here.

adjl posted...

$1.50

Are these American dollars? If so, then that is remarkably cheap.

Metalsonic66 posted...

Thanks, Joe

Eat shit and die, antivaxxer!

EclairReturns posted...

Are these American dollars? If so, then that is remarkably cheap.

Canadian, per litre. That's about $4.60/gal.

Friday I paid US$3.09/gal for 87 octane with 10% ethanol. That's about CAN$0.87/l

Arcturusisnow posted...

Eat shit and die, antivaxxer!

Poop is the best flavor