After doing the conversions from litres to US gallons
and Canadian dollars to U.S. dollars, I can tell you
that regular gas was $4.08 per gallon this morning.
It was 25% less than that on Tuesday evening.
I've been wondering the same thing, but my rove isn't
that long, maybe 350 miles, and the VolksRover gets
about 40 miles per (Imperial) gallon. This is to be
my first time out as a rover, and I've been looking
forward to it too much to stop now.
The long term reality is that gas prices are going to
continue to rise, even without production
interruptions. My money might be better spent wining
and dining my landlords to convince them to let me put
up an antenna system at home!! 8-)
73,
Ken Alexander, VE3HLS
www.ve3hls.com
--- Matt Patterson <mattpatt@1starnet.com> wrote:
>
> Is anyone else thinking about not going out this
> time because of rising gas
> prices? I know I'm considering it. I don't think I
> could afford a 750 mile
> round trip with gas prices around $3.00/gallon.
>
> Doing a little math... 750 \ by 16mpg (what my
> truck gets per gallon) =
> 46.875 gallons of gas needed for the trip
>
> 46.875 * $3.00\gallon = $140.63
> @ $4.00\gallon = $187.50! Analysts are
> predicting that gas could
> reach as high as $4.00 due to Hurricane Katrina.
>
>
> I may have to cut down my route or just go to a rare
> grid and park it. Just
> curious what everyone else plans on doing.
>
> 73 Matt
> W5LL
>
>
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