Q: they make the stuff here i think if we quit selling it to the usa the price would come down. isnt $ 2.29 a tad much for a liter of gas thats 10.30 a gallon . it cost $123.00 just to fill my little economy car and 360.00 just to fill my half ton what do you think
A: I believe there are 3.78 litres in a US gallon, and about 4.5 litres in an imperial gallon. So at best it would be $8.65 for a US gallon and there is no way in hell it cost you $123.00 to fill a "little economy car" in Canada. I drive a smaller car and the most it has ever cost me, in a remote area was $58 to fill it. My car holds 45 9 litres of gas. At present the Kamloops area has the highest prices in the country, gas here ranges from 126.9 to 132.9 so you are stretching the truth A LOT Cdns have to get together and boycott big name gas stations across the country and get some competition going - if no one buys gas from them, they WILL lower their prices. You dont have to stop buying gas - just DONT buy from the two biggest players who make the most money on their price gouging of Cdns Canada grumbles as gas prices soar again A lot of Canadians are feeling gas pains again this week as they empty their wallets to fill up their tanks. Gas prices are soaring; in fact, energy costs are going up all over. And they're trickling down to consumers. In Corner Brook, Newfoundland, the average gas price is at 84.9 cents a litre. In Montreal, it's 83.3 cents and in Whitehorse gas prices are hovering around 81.5 cents. Petroleum industry analyst Michael Ervin says the latest increase has been gradual but steady. "Over the last few weeks, we've had pump price increases of anywhere from five to seven cents per litre on the average," he says. And that's got drivers fuming. So much so that a group of motorists in Gatineau, Quebec, organized a boycott of Petro-Canada stations Tuesday. They say the tactic worked: prices fell to 69.9 cents a litre from 73.9 cents over the course of the day. Whether they'll stay that low remains to be seen. The Canadian Automobile Association says the federal government needs to take action to ease the pain at the pumps by reducing taxes by a minimum of four to five cents. "The Minister of Finance can reduce gas prices right now by reducing the excise tax and applying the GST to the pre-tax price of gasoline rather than as a tax on tax," says CAA President Brian Hunt. Ontario Premier Mike Harris says the latest price increases confirm his belief there is not enough competition in the oil industry. He suggests it may be time to separate the retail, wholesale and refining operations of oil companies to spark price wars. But Ontario Consumer Affairs Minister Harold Runciman says he feels that things aren't that bad. Canadians actually have the second lowest gas prices in the industrialized world. Runciman says he was in England recently, and found that gas there is $2 a litre. He has some advice for motorists who feel they're paying too much for gas: sell your SUV and drive a smaller, more efficient car.