Date:         Sat, 10 Jun 2000 10:16:11 -0400
Reply-To:     Lawrence Johnson <larry_avery.johnson@SYMPATICO.CA>
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From:         Lawrence Johnson <larry_avery.johnson@SYMPATICO.CA>
Subject:      Re: [NON-VANAGON] - Gas prices in Ontario - $0.75/ liter??
Comments: To: Todd Guttman <tguttman@COLUMBUS.RR.COM>
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Todd Guttman wrote:

> The kids and I planned to fahrfahrgnug from here in central Ohio to
> Algonquin Provincial Park next week for an early summer camping and fishing
> trip.

Heh Todd, that's our country :-)

> <snip> The radio personality was lamenting the high prices of gas in northern
> Ohio ($1.70 average for
> regular) and stating it could be worse - $2.70 in Toronto this week (in U.S.
> dollars).

Remember that one $U1.00 buys you $C1.47 (average buy and sell) and one US
gallon is 3.78 liters.

> Could one of our Canadian list members confirm?

The price of Regular Gasoline in Toronto is C$0.75 per liter which translates to
U$1.90 per US gallon.

> I'm hoping that the radio personality didn't do the math right.

What I think (s)he was saying is that prices could rise.

> I figure it would roughly mean that
> gas is selling at over $1.05 CAN$ per liter.  For the sake of a 1200 mile
> round trip and 16-18 mpg tops in the Westy - tell me it ain't so!

It ain't so.
-Larry in Haliburton Highlands just below Algonquin Park.