Re: Gas Prices

tim vb-o'brien (vbob(at)primenet.com)
Thu, 10 Dec 1998 07:54:45 -0800


Dear Lauri, You of course do not want to know about the price wars here in the SF Bay= area.

$0.95 a gallon... or about $0.25 per liter.... just down the street. Now = that is not normal but.... a good price these days is $1.10 a gallon.

Now beer.... about $3.50 a liter for good beer! Budwieser and all that.... about half of that.

tim...

lauri lehtinen wrote:

> In Finland 75% of the price of gas is tax, but now...
> ..there is a price war at the Helsinki area. Price has fallen just unde=
r 1$ > per liter (I allways mix US and imperial gallons, but it is about 4 US$=
per > gallon). So now we can have much more than 80% tax of the final price. =
We > have a modern finery and russian oil is quite near, so the price could =
be > very cheap, if...
> There is no cheep beer, but the average price is 3,5 US$ per li=
ter, > about 14 US$ per gallon (?). Then it is the most popular type lager wit=
h > 4,5 % vol. alcohol. Do not ask if whisky is cheap...
>
> =A3orenzo Pamfletti,
> Finland
>
> =A3auri Lehtinen
> Lehtipuu Oy
> Kirkonkylantie 83
> 00780 Helsinki
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