Declan Murphy hu kiteb:

>> Gasoline is expensive in Japan? Not compared to the UK it isn't.
>
> I drive a lot (about 50K+kms a year) in largish vehicles that while
> not exactly gas guzzlers still use a fair bit of fuel. Petrol prices
> seem fine to me, in fact I wouldn't object to paying around 140-180
> yen per litre if it would ease the congestion a bit.

Petrol prices in Britain top that. Current guesstimate is 225 yen a
litre, based on

186 yen/gbp (www,currencyconverter.co.uk)
5.50 gbp a gallon ( http://www.evuk.co.uk/hotwires/jim/art2.html )

Tell me, would you object to paying that much?

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