Here in melbourne its gone from ~68-72 cents per litre three months
ago.......today I saw 90c.p.l and in three months we get a 10% GST which is
expected to push it up over $1 straight away.
>From: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>
>Reply-To: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>
>To: Daniel1312@aol.com
>CC: spridgets@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Petrol prices
>Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 18:09:39 -0500
>
>Actually, I've read that when one figures in the US guv'mint
>expenditures with the military to maintain 'stability' in oil
>producing countries, US citizens pay about $8 per gallon. This does
>not include the money spent on Desert Storm.
>
>And if I want to whine, I will! Just ask my wife!
>
>---
>On 2/26/00, Daniel1312@aol.com wrote:
> >Can the list (except those in the UK) stop moaning about petrol/gas
>prices.
> >I have no idea of what the current price is over here but it must be at
>least
> >$5 a gallon.
> >
> >I think we pay more tax on a gallon than you pay in the first place.
> >
> >Daniel1312 (who recently put £15 of petrol in a 7 gall tank in his
>Sprite
> >and didn't brim the tank)
>
>Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD
>Senior Editor, Molecular Vision
>http://www.molvis.org/molvis
>"Seeing the Future in a Very Tiny Way"
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