Gas Prices.... Completely Outrageous!!! How Much Are They Where You Are???

[irishgrl]

Originally Posted by bretonbanquet

You're hilarious.. what the hell is the matter with you?? You don't even read what I've said! You stick to your logic and everyone else will carry on regardless

Um you said the pound was worth $2 American dollars. If you are paying more at your pump but you are adjusting it to American DOLLAR rates, apparently you arent considering that European monetary value is TWICE as HIGH as American.

personally, I think Europeans forget that crucial aspect of info. you cant compare prices unless you compare wages. and when you compare wages you need to compare monetary values.

[estranged4life]

Originally Posted by Gypsy-Rhiannon

It does make me chuckle how this type of thread pops up over and over again on here. Usually started by someone in the US moaning about the price of gas and then us Brits pipe up how much we pay.... and on it goes.....

us 'old' Ledgies are used to these kinds of threads by now, right? I can remember threads where people here in the US whined about $2 a gallon gasoline, But they forgot our Ledge friends of the other side of the pond and their higher gasoline prices

Nothing new here on the Ledge

[bretonbanquet]

Originally Posted by irishgrl

Um you said the pound was worth $2 American dollars. If you are paying more at your pump but you are adjusting it to American DOLLAR rates, apparently you arent considering that European monetary value is TWICE as HIGH as American.

personally, I think Europeans forget that crucial aspect of info. you cant compare prices unless you compare wages. and when you compare wages you need to compare monetary values.

I'm not going to waste my time explaining elementary mathematics to you if you can't see understand something this simple. And it amuses me that you say "Um" at the beginning of every post like it's the rest of us that are remedial. Comparing wages is exactly what I've been doing here.. and you seem to already know what we earn over here...

[carrie721]

look, it's a graphic!

[mikeschmike]

Originally Posted by bretonbanquet

I'm not going to waste my time explaining elementary mathematics to you if you can't see understand something this simple. And it amuses me that you say "Um" at the beginning of every post like it's the rest of us that are remedial. Comparing wages is exactly what I've been doing here.. and you seem to already know what we earn over here...

[irishgrl]

Originally Posted by carrie721

look, it's a graphic!

yes. a singularly useless graphic. thank you.

Breton:

how much do YOU pay? in Pounds Sterling, at the pump? lets start from that.

[estranged4life]

^^^
Great now my (damaged) brain is FUBAR'd again due to statistics...Gee, thanks for killing my weekend

Brian "Had to take a 'statistical knowledge and analysis' course in college years ago...."Hated it", Give it the "Around-the-World-Z snap" " j.

[irishgrl]

Originally Posted by mikeschmike

nice. not sure what Ive done/said to deserve that bit of snark but, you're very clever. good gif hunting.

[bretonbanquet]

Originally Posted by irishgrl

yes. a singularly useless graphic. thank you.

Breton:

how much do YOU pay? in Pounds Sterling, at the pump? lets start from that.

I'll give this one shot.

we pay about 95p per litre. We don't use gallons, so you'll have to convert. I already converted btw, so I know what it is.

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by irishgrl

yes. a singularly useless graphic. thank you.

you didn't specify.

are you saying you don't think it's relevant that the US has a higher household income? if we have a higher household income, and we pay less at the pump, then your argument is wrong.

[irishgrl]

Originally Posted by carrie721

you didn't specify.

are you saying you don't think it's relevant that the US has a higher household income? if we have a higher household income, and we pay less at the pump, then your argument is wrong.

Im not at all sure we have a higher household income. I know our money is worth half as much as Britain's. I have yet to figure out what this means in terms of real costs at the pump.

Breton: 95p: is that Pence or Pounds?


btw: this doesnt have to be a boxing match, I think we can ALL agree that we are getting gouged by the oil companies, whether we live on one side of the pond or another...

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by irishgrl

Im not at all sure we have a higher household income. I know our money is worth half as much as Britain's. I have yet to figure out what this means in terms of real costs at the pump.

the graphic, although crude, illustrates that your claim that in the UK they make twice as much as we do is incorrect. their pound is worth two of our dollars, but that doesn't mean they make twice as much as we do.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median_...nal_statistics

[mikeschmike]

Originally Posted by irishgrl

nice. not sure what Ive done/said to deserve that bit of snark but, you're very clever. good gif hunting.

I was just agreeing with what BB was saying. I think this whole thing is getting out of control, because I think you have an idea in your head of how things work, and you're not listening to what actual inhabitants of the UK are saying. You posted the articles above yourself, and nowhere does it say that Europe and the US are on an even keel with paying for gas. Sure it may make sense to you, but it's not necessarily how it works.

[bretonbanquet]

Originally Posted by irishgrl

Im not at all sure we have a higher household income. I know our money is worth half as much as Britain's. I have yet to figure out what this means in terms of real costs at the pump.

Breton: 95p: is that Pence or Pounds?

95 pence.
0.95 pounds

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by estranged4life

Brian "Had to take a statistical knowledge course in college years ago...."Hated it", Give it the "Around-the-World-Z snap" " j.

that is some serious hate.