> -----Original Message-----
> From: tim vb-o'brien [SMTP:vbob(at)primenet.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 1998 10:55 AM
> To: lauri lehtinen
> Cc: Kirk G. Even; alpines(at)autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Gas Prices
>
> 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 $3.50 a liter for good beer!
> Budwieser and all that.... about half of that.
>
> tim...
>
> lauri lehtinen wrote:
>
> > In Finland 75% of the price of gas is tax, but now...
> > ..there is a price war at the Helsinki area. Price has fallen just under
> 1$
> > 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
> liter,
> > about 14 US$ per gallon (?). Then it is the most popular type lager with
> > 4,5 % vol. alcohol. Do not ask if whisky is cheap...
> >
> > #orenzo Pamfletti,
> > Finland
> >
> > #auri Lehtinen
> > Lehtipuu Oy
> > Kirkonkylantie 83
> > 00780 Helsinki
> > +358 400 851988