Woah that's creepy!Bookworm wrote: I delivered a certified letter to someone's house today, and I noticed the phone number for their home business written on the side of their van. It was the exact same number that my house had when I was growing up. I thought that was quite a coincidence.
Yeah, there is a radio station here with the same number as mine growing up, minus the area code of course.Bookworm wrote: I delivered a certified letter to someone's house today, and I noticed the phone number for their home business written on the side of their van. It was the exact same number that my house had when I was growing up. I thought that was quite a coincidence.
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Isn’t that per litre? We base our prices on the gallon (approx. 3.7854 litres) usually. With help from a calculator and the Bank of Canada (using the nominal rate), you should pay something very close to US$2.81 for a gallon of gas.Red Squirrel wrote: Ouch, here it's about 89 cents.
Your gas tanks are smaller because you travel, on average, much less distance to work or do errands, etc. One reason it because America has an expansive innerconnected highway system, making travel over longer distances much easier(for the economy too, think shipping). It's simply ingrained in our society that these longer distances are normal. Of course the auto industry isn't helping much either. But the real reason is that, based on studies, Americans drive longer distances on average. There is so much more with how western countries had different opportunites that Europe & co, and how our population centers haven't had time to expand like those older societies in Europe, that makes a big difference on how the people travel... but it's long, and probably boring to most, so I'll stop.Red Squirrel wrote: Yeah I forgot you guys measure in gallons. So yeah we're paying about the same.
(89*3.7854*0.8)/100 = $3.37/galon So yeah we get it just as bad as the US.
Our gas tanks are small because we don't go around with gas guzzling SUVs running over chickens.
Down with gallons! Besides, the switch to litres may make some people think they are getting cheaper gas.MrSelf wrote: And the U.S. is probably the only nation to measure gas in gallons, everywhere I've heard of and have been to did the litre.
That's only partially true, we've been saving that stuff for a long time, so that when we run everyone elses out, we'll have the only major reserve, and the money as well. It's smart, but crappy at the same time. It we needed the oil, we would drill in america (we do in the gulf) regardless of the 'tree huggers'. Face it though, we need a different type of energy, oil has it's limits, and they are approaching.Andy wrote: What the states main problem is we are buying it from other places. We have lots of oil here in the states so why not pump it. I'll tell you why we don't.. Its because we have one to many TREE HUGGER'S not allowing us normal people to well our own oil. Sad when you come to think of it.
I should tell you that we do not like the title “tree hugger” since tree hugging is an inhumane activity that can endanger insects or other animals living on the tree surface. Call us “environmental activists” or “communists” instead, s’il te plaît.Andy wrote: What the states main problem is we are buying it from other places. We have lots of oil here in the states so why not pump it. I'll tell you why we don't.. Its because we have one to many TREE HUGGER'S not allowing us normal people to well our own oil. Sad when you come to think of it.
