Price of gas update...
Nov 25th 2014, 1:18 pm
#2733
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Re: Price of gas update...
Actually, I think it's under $8.00 now. Basing it on the average petrol price of £1.25/L, per BBC News anyway, and an exchange rate of £1.57/$:
If:
P = £/l ($1.25)
G = L/US Gal (3.785)
E = £/$ (£1.57)
Then:
Unless I buggered up the calculations, of course.
If:
P = £/l ($1.25)
G = L/US Gal (3.785)
E = £/$ (£1.57)
Then:
UK $/gal = P x G x E
= 1.25 x 3.785 x 1.57
= $7.42
= 1.25 x 3.785 x 1.57
= $7.42
Unless I buggered up the calculations, of course.
Nov 25th 2014, 3:06 pm
#2735
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Re: Price of gas update...
Actually, I think it's under $8.00 now. Basing it on the average petrol price of £1.25/L, per BBC News anyway, and an exchange rate of £1.57/$:
If:
P = £/l ($1.25)
G = L/US Gal (3.785)
E = £/$ (£1.57)
Then:
Unless I buggered up the calculations, of course.
If:
P = £/l ($1.25)
G = L/US Gal (3.785)
E = £/$ (£1.57)
Then:
UK $/gal = P x G x E
= 1.25 x 3.785 x 1.57
= $7.42
= 1.25 x 3.785 x 1.57
= $7.42
Unless I buggered up the calculations, of course.
Nov 25th 2014, 3:09 pm
#2736
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Location: Fox Lake, IL (from Carrickfergus NI)
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Re: Price of gas update...
My initial estimate was based off a price of £1.299/L and an exchange rate of £1.70, so I came to about $8.30 or so.
Nov 25th 2014, 6:45 pm
#2738
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Re: Price of gas update...
If that wasn't the case, all those imported European cars would ping like hell in the US.
Nov 25th 2014, 6:52 pm
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Nov 25th 2014, 6:54 pm
#2741
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Re: Price of gas update...
It still comes in at more than twice the cost, but not as much as I had always led myself to believe. The exchange rate plays a big part in that, of course.
Nov 25th 2014, 6:56 pm
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Nov 25th 2014, 7:05 pm
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Re: Price of gas update...
Probably true for California since maximum octane allowed is 91 according to the following article.
( RON Octane Rating x 0.95 = AKI Octane Rating )
98 RON Octane x 0.95 = 93.1 AKI Octane (US measure)
100 RON Octane x 0.95 = 95 AKI Octane (US measure)
So, as you can see the 93 or 94 octane fuel we are all paying an arm and a leg for is actually quite comparable to the higher octane fuels found in Europe and Japan. The people whom have to worry about low octane rating are our friends out west in places like California that are subjected to substandard 91 octane.
91 AKI Octane (US measure) = 95.5 RON Octane
US Octane VS Other countries Octane Ratings | HondaSwap
( RON Octane Rating x 0.95 = AKI Octane Rating )
98 RON Octane x 0.95 = 93.1 AKI Octane (US measure)
100 RON Octane x 0.95 = 95 AKI Octane (US measure)
So, as you can see the 93 or 94 octane fuel we are all paying an arm and a leg for is actually quite comparable to the higher octane fuels found in Europe and Japan. The people whom have to worry about low octane rating are our friends out west in places like California that are subjected to substandard 91 octane.
91 AKI Octane (US measure) = 95.5 RON Octane
US Octane VS Other countries Octane Ratings | HondaSwap
