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Khaelo
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posted September 24, 2005 06:56 AM |
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Edited By: Khaelo on 24 Sep 2005
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The $7 figure comes from Draco's handy "translation" in the edit in the first post -- Toronto's CAN$/liter price converted into the equivelant US$/gallon price. Canadians are certainly paying much more than Americans, but not quite $7 a liter.
Being bored, I did some calculations. Wine-in-a-box costs about ~$22.67/gallon (CAN$7.02/liter). Buying 14 gallons, it would cost $317 (CAN$372) to tank up on wine. So, pricey as gas may be, it is still less expensive than feeding your car cheap wine. Woo hoo. 
Edit: Fixed math:
Wine-in-a-box quote: US$17.99/3 liters --> US$5.99/liter * (3.785 liter/gallon) = US$22.67/gallon --> * 14 gallon/tank = US$317.38/tank.
Currency converter at http://www.xe.com/ucc/ says:
US$5.99/liter --> CAN$7.02/liter
US$317.38/tank --> CAN$372.92/tank
Edit 2 And if you are willing to invest in a beer-powered car, your fuel will be...
US$3.56/gallon; CAN$1.10/liter for beer on sale. It's about twice that off-sale, matching Toronto's price-gauged gas. Furthermore, beer is a renewable resource. 
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draco
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posted September 24, 2005 07:01 AM |
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They live in Canada, that's $7 a liter.
no no that 7$ was the canadian price at its highest (2.20 confirmed 2.40 rumoured) converted into US gallons then with the canadian to eUS exchange rate of 88.5 cents us = 1 CDN Dollar
the pumps seem to be staying at 99 cents which is in the 3.15$/gallon range up from 210 range of 6 months ago. although apparently 1 station in Winnipeg hit 1.799.
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posted September 24, 2005 02:08 PM |
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I understood that it wasn't really $7...yet. I was just clarifying.
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posted September 24, 2005 03:07 PM |
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It's so confusing how petroleum is called Gas in America even though it's not a gas it's a liquid
But those who actually do use gas to power their cars, as in LPG are probably pretty glad they do right about now.
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posted September 24, 2005 05:34 PM |
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I think I'll just walk. Free, easy, and enviromentally irreproachable.
well there IS the CO2 that you produce when you breath!
 (earth hater!!  )
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posted September 25, 2005 05:59 AM |
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ya, and the more you walk the sooner you need to replace your shoes, and where does the materials your shoe was made of go? THE EARTH!!!
not to mention due to over use of shoes your supporting the companies that force child labour. you *BLEEEP*, walking is worse then driving for the earth
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posted September 26, 2005 05:05 PM |
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I would have never guessed that Khaelo would hate the world and society so much that he would damn us all with the "walking".
(ok enough of all this)
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Khaelo
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posted September 26, 2005 08:43 PM |
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 I had no idea walking was so dirty! Maybe the most ecological thing to do would be to never leave the house, eat dustbunnies, and breathe as little as possible.
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posted September 26, 2005 09:53 PM |
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Edited By: draco on 26 Sep 2005
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Indeed.
you're best bet is to ...umm... ahh... i don't know, maybe never bath so you get so dirty that you can grow shrubbery on your body which would turn your CO2 into O2 ?
It may sound gross, but if it saves the world, then we may have to. because when you die you release alot of toxins into the world, so mass suicide wouldnt help our situation either.
mind you in 10,000 years we would have more oil, which would produce more fuel, which would drive the cost back down
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posted September 26, 2005 09:58 PM |
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and what a beautiful society we'll be!!
(pollute the world, grow fungus, pollute the world....tough call)
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Wolfman
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posted September 26, 2005 11:34 PM |
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It's so confusing how petroleum is called Gas in America even though it's not a gas it's a liquid
Gas would be short for gasoline. I suppose we could always call it something that really makes no sense, petrol.
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