Tuesday, July 1, 2008

The price of gas

There's been a lot of complaining in the news here recently about the price of gas in Chicago being the highest in the country (average price is about $4.20/gallon). Take a look at these examples to see that some folk have it got it much worse (all prices in US dollars).

Australia - $5.60/gallon
United Kingdom - $8.16/gallon
Denmark $9.20/gallon
Turkey - $10.14/gallon
Sierra Leone - $18.43/gallon.

With an average annual income of about $140, I'm guessing fuel efficiency is a must when buying a car in Sierra Leone (assuming your principal concern isn't avoiding a premature death from starvation, AIDS, being hacked to death by the rampaging croneys of tribal warlords etc).

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