[ale] unusual global warming experiment

[Jim Lynch]

drifter wrote:
> Geoffrey,
>
>
> Also remember that only in this country are 3 liter and larger engines
> the norm for cars. Anything larger than 2.5 liters is considered a
> LARGE engine everywhere else. And taxed accordingly. Gas taxes
> are another reason that small cars are the norm for much of the
> industrialized world; in England last summer gas was selling for
> roughly $3.20 a liter, given the then current exchange rate.
>
> Sean
>   
I'm going to have to take exception here.  Last year the price of petrol 
in the UK peaked at about 90p per liter.  The exchange rate was in the 
neighborhood of $1.50/£.  That works out to $1.35 per liter, which is 
just over $5 per gallon. 
(http://www.speedlimit.org.uk/petrolprices.html) I visited other sites 
with similar data.  That one just has the best presentation.

Jim.