What are gas prices in Europe like these days?

[Masta Squidge]

I remember seeing times when you guys were 2-3 times what us in the states were paying, but is that still the case?

[solo]

Not to worry with our failing currency we will be there shortly. The difference is here in the US especially here in Texas most folk are still stuck in the V6 and V8 rut and look down at the more 'horse power challenged' as 'rice bangers' and still will not adjust their thinking. So with the gas prices reaching critical levels I hope this will jolt some sensibility in these folks.

[remus]

i thought it was more like $7/gallon in the uk...$2/litre, 3.5 litres/gallon

[Gaieus]

The two gallons are different (I don't exactly remember which is what).

Also in Hungary the prices are one of the highest in Europe (thus in the world) but I cannot really tell since I walk (or occasionally take a bus).

[remus]

if you use the other gallon it comes out closer to $9/gallon.

[solo]

In Dallas we pay approx $3 per gallon, we are pretty well priced compared to most of country (helps to be near the gulf and the refineries)

[Masta Squidge]

$2.90s to 3.00 at our gas stations. Its just that I was in a conversation on another forum and this guy was saying you are paying like less than 4 bucks a gallon. he said, and this ias a direct copy paste job here:

"Plus, a quick search led me to believe that gas prices are either at or below £1 / litre (with a threat of going over £1/liter) ... or about $3.78 per gallon... not the $10 you mentioned"

I stabbed a guess at around 10 bucks because thats something I had heard a looong while back and i didn't think it was much better now. Apparently he found some source that says that. I think his conversions are way off.

[dylan]

When I went to fill up last night it was £1.04 ($2.00) a litre over here in the UK.
That makes it roughly £3.93 a US gallon I think. So about $8 per gallon.

[Anssi]

Around 1.42 Euros/litre in our parts. The price jumped up about 0.2 Euros at New Year.

Anssi

[guite]

It's about 1.20 to 1.25 US$ per litre around here, after currency conversion.

Guite

[smileychirk]

Another way of looking at it.

Fuel is about £1 per litre (liter) here in the UK

4.55 litres in a gallon (imperial)

That's £4.55 per gallon (imperial)

$1 = £2 About.

so that's- $ 9.1 gallon (imperial)

But, let us not forget everything in the US is bigger, 1 gallon ( imperial ) = 1.2 gallons ( US )

9.1 X 1.2 =10.92

So that's £ 10.92 per gallon. ( give or take )

In the film ( US = movie ) : "The Great Gatsby", Daisy drove out of a petrol station ( US = Gas Station ) passing a sign that read " Gas - 4 cents a gallon", happy days.

[smileychirk]

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So that's £ 10.92 per gallon. ( give or take )

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So that's $ 10.92 per gallon. ( give or take )

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$1 = £2 About.

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£1 = $2 About

Can I blame the keyboard for the errors? ( Might get away with that. )
Or, I used to write software, and making errors is a habit that's difficult to quit.

That means Uk fuel is nine times more expensive than US fuel.

Can that be true ?

I think the math is OK.

[remus]

cor, bit of shakey maths going on in this thead! If 1 imperial gallon=1.2 us gallons, that would mean $9.1/6 and then x5 to get the cost of a US gallon(its not just you smiley.)

[alpro]

I have family that lives in the Czech Republic, the last time I was there was over fifteen years ago so I don't know if it's still the same today. I traveled to Prague, Bratislavia, the Tatra Mountains, all by train. The public transportation system was amazing, you could travel pretty much anywhere and everywhere by train or bus. Where I live, bus transportation rates have gone up, routes have been cut, and forget about conveniently taking a train anywhere. In Humenne, where my grandparents lived, there were quite alot of local neighbor stores, I remember walking to the market with my grandmother almost everyday for fresh ingredients for that days meals. Where I live, everything is either in a strip mall or plaza and definitely not in walking distance, the grocery store that I shop at is about ten miles away. I have a grandfather, several aunts and uncles that live there and my uncle Roman is the only one that even owns a car. My point being, that comparing gas prices in the US and Europe (at least the Czech Republic) is a little unfair as I think driving is more of a necessity in the US or at least we have to do more driving, public transportation is not very reliable and even nonexistent in some places, there are no more local neighborhood stores, have been replaced by giant corporate market chains, and even our kids get bussed to school.

Mike

[Didier Bur]

Prices in France:

Fuel/Diesel ~1.15 Euro (1 Euro ~= 1.5 $)
Gas: up to 1.5 Euro

75% taxes on every kind of gas, => small cars, small motors (we don't need more after all) but hopefully LESS CO2 in the atmosphere.
Recently more and more regulations on car pollution: up to 1500 Euros bonus when you buy a "green" car, and up to 2500 Euros tax when you buy a big-fat-useless-4x4, particles filter for every diesel car, and so on, green gas...
Let's hope there will be no more petrol in 20 or 30 years, this product has made so much damage .

[wazza27]

@solo said:

In Dallas we pay approx $3 per gallon, we are pretty well priced compared to most of country (helps to be near the gulf and the refineries)

I work on an oil rig in the North Sea and live in Aberdeen, up here we are charged some of the highest prices in Britain.

[solo]

wazza27,

You drive cars on an oil rig?

Where are the refineries?
I am not sure how it works on your side of the pond but here in the states it seems that transportation charges make a large difference.

[Ross Macintosh]

With this thread it seems likely many have their conversion factors wrong...

In most of the world gas is sold by the litre. There are 3.785 litres per US gallon. (There are 4.54 litres per Imperial gallon so if you were converting to them your prices would be inflated). For our 'per gallon' comparisons to be valid we must all be using the same "gallon".
Because the original question was asked relative to USA prices if you are converting from litre prices you need to multiply your price by 3.785 and then do a currency conversion so your price per US gallon is also in US dollars.

In my case (Atlantic Canada) we pay about $1.09CAD per litre. That translates to $4.12CAD per US gallon. Making a currency conversion we are paying $4.01US per US Gallon.

Taxes are a big part of the fuel cost in most parts of Canada. That and transportation costs (getting the fuel from the refineries to the consumers) translate into why our gas prices are higher than most Americans pay. I think Mike (alpro) makes a good point. How much gas prices affect us is very dependant on how much you have to drive. That would vary widely geographically. Statistics on this (I've searched) do not seem to be available online but it does seem to reason that on average Europeans travel less miles in cars than North Americans. Gaieus doesn't even need a car where he lives and works so for him it would matter relatively little if fuel was $15/gallon in his area. (Of course high fuel prices do affect the costs of goods & services so higher prices really would affect him. Just not as much as the guy who has to commute two hours a day to work).

Regards, Ross

[Gaieus]

In fact my parent (next door) do have a car and I drive that occasionally.
The most convenient (and economical) way!

But certainly here public transportation is pretty good (we have Mercedes buses in town - though in rush hours they can be really packed). Also parking in the centre is so problematic (and expensive) that most people think twice before regularly driving in town.

But this is something that happens in the US as well in big cities like NY. They somehow need to convert from regularly driving into using public transport (or taxis).

Certainly in a "rural" (or smaller town) area this is very different. But my regular grocery shop is just about 20 something metres from the main entrance of the building and a bigger, "suparmarket" like store is also about 5-10 minutes walk (along a street where traffic is prohibited anyway so it would take me about 15-20 minutres to get there by car all around the one way streets in town and then I haven't even parked there).

I'm just a lucky guy I know.

[Wo3Dan]

1 gallon (US) = 3.785 liters
1 gallon (UK) (imp.gallon) = 4.546 liters

I remember one time being in Venezuela we had to pay more/ liter C.Cola than for gas per liter. Quite a few years ago though. Maybe Reinaldo can tell inform us what the situation is now.

Here in Holland it varies from week to week, now about 1,5 Euro/liter.