Originally Posted by
neil
I don't think I've ever gotten a why. Maybe if I rode further, but mostly the first quesiton is "how far do you ride," and the whole thing become self-explanatory with "about 16 blocks." Still, I do always get a laugh when people go on gas price rants. The difference between $0.75 and $1.50 gas is about $20/month to me, and it doesn't generally swing that far.
I take it that you are referring to Canadian $ per Liter rather than US$ per gallon! When I was in Europe in 1972 I paid as much as $5.00 per US gallon equivalent. I believe gas there is closer to about $8.00+ per gallon now.
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