Truckers' strike/slowdown

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

http://www.see-search.com/business/f...iceseurope.htm
Pence per litre UK = 94.8 (approx $2)
Pence per litre US = 38.2

It's out of date by 3 years, but shows the discrepancy.

The discrepancy is not quite so big now (still huge, though) as gas prices in the US have nearly quadrupled in the 7 years we've been here, and the same is not true of the UK over the same time period.

Brian, i find prices for food stuffs incomparable because of the different products and their popularity and because of the different way store structure their "sale' prices and special offers.

But clothing, electronics and toys compare pretty much pound for dollar, which means that Brits are paying twice as much for goods. And at the moment they're paying about twice as much for gas, too. My MIL tells me it's about a quid a litre at the moment. which is about $2/liter. which is in the range of $7.50/US gallon. This is regular gas, not diesel.