Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 15:30:48 -0700
Reply-To: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: While Discussing Gas Prices repeated
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dear gasious claynoids of carbon
gas in my fair canadian burg (powell River bc ) 4.96 Canadian $ a us gallon
the canadian $$ is about 2 cents below usa $$ and the imperial gallon runs
about 1.2 usa gallons
which makes my cost 5.94 CDN$ /gallon which is listed to day as being 5.81
us$$ /imperial gallon
now to put all that in perspective ...
the average wage in 1912 according to wiki answers was 750 / year or .36
cents /hour based on 40 hours ...and we know people in 1912 only worked 40
hours/week har har har
gasoline was 18 to 20 cents / gallon according to wiki answers ...
so it cost 1/2 to 2/3 of an hours wage in 1912 to purchase 1 gallon of
gasoline
moreover the Model N was introduced for the 1906 and 1907 season and
boasted speeds up to 45 miles per hour and a fuel economy of 20 miles per
gallon. It sold for $600.
(
http://business.highbeam.com/industry-reports/equipment/motor-vehicles-passenger-car-bodies
)
so today lets say for the sake of argument --- i make about 20$ /hour cdn$
and it costs 1/4 of an hour to purchase 1 gallon of fuel fuel has actually
decreased in price charged to % of hour worked to be in line with 1912 %
of hour worked to gallon of fuel price -- i would have to pay about 12-15 $
a gallon
the price of vehicles has been weird though and only recently begun to
reflect $ /annum to vehicle purchased and what has really gone off the
rails is the unrealistic price of used vehicles ... no longer can one get a
serviceable junker by doling out 1 weeks wages it now takes two to three
weeks wages to get a serviceable junker
my first car cost 50$ (62 Lark) (Canadian model with gm motor) i purchased
in 1976 when 3$ hour was minimum wage ... that is 120 $ week for the
mathematically challenged
now a days a 15 year old vehicle for 1/2 a weeks wage would be almost
unusable and would likely command a crazy price of 2K$ to 4K$ depending on
the vehicle ...
so ... my point is stop looking at the $$ you are spending to some by gone
era and look more closely at the ratio of $$ you spend to the hours you
work ...
and oh by the way in 1912 there were few persons on electricity or
telephone ... radio was a s free as the batteries lasted and lots and lots
of places had out door toilets with no toilet paper -- there was no
internet at all .. nope none ... and telegraph was about as fast as it got
for communication as radio to radio communication was not yet ubiquitous
... wars had progressed from men standing face to face to ... i mean were
about to progress ---to men standing face to face in a trench ...
and these were considered heady fast paced times ... inflation was pegged
at 2.64 and in 2010 it is pegged at 1.4 (
http://mykindred.com/cloud/TX/Documents/dollar/)
life expectancy was 51.5 for men and 55.9 for women ... i would dead right
now ... indeed ...
the sun is shining ... i have good work and a good job and good life ...
happy to have $$ to place on the counter to get fuel ...
life is good ... i know it is not friday ... and this is not a rant as such
..
i am simply saying $$ for fuel is a relative argument discussion and hey
usa you are welcome ..i worked in the ft mc tar sands for a few years too
... :)
regards
On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> 113 cents per liter makes sense.
>
> puts it at around the high 4's for a US gallon.
>
> as is well known, a liter is a little more than a qt ..
> 4 liters make a bit more than a US gallon.
>
> On 5/18/2012 11:17 PM, Loren Busch wrote:
>
>> Okay, especially my friends in the Great White North, here is a question
>> that will prove my ignorance. The website 'GasBuddy.com' shows gas prices
>> for all over the US and Canada. But the price for Canada locations shows
>> up as 113.568 for Alberta right now. So I'll bite: is that $113 or 113
>> cents per liter or what? I makes no sense to my mind that is trapped in
>> gallons and pints and inches and such. Waiting for one of those answers
>> that will be so obvious when I see it that I'll be forever embarrassed.
>>
>>
--
roger w
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