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In Europe it's more like 1.7 Euro per liter. It's 3.75 liters to one US gallon if I'm not wrong.

throwaway5959 3y ago
That’s more than double what people in the midwestern United States pay for gas, about a dollar more per gallon than CA. Makes it easy to see why economically it makes sense to keep your car longer and just keep burning gas in the Midwest.
- Dalewyn 3y ago
  For the uninitiated across the pond, California has one of if not the highest gas prices in the country; this is still cheap by international standards.
- Scoundreller 3y ago
  But the euro cars have double the mpg (half the l/100km), sooo, it’s really a wash on that front. (Ok, not quite that, but Portugal has the most efficient euro vehicles and uses 43% less fuel than average US vehicle: https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/data-analysis/energy-markets/market-snapshots/2019/market-snapshot-how-does-canada-rank-in-terms-vehicle-fuel-economy.html https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/data-analysis/energy-markets/ma... )
nomel 3y ago
I would claim that this doesn't have the same effect on the poor, in Europe, since there's an alternative: public transportation. In many regions of America, including California, there's often no viable public transportation*. You still need to drive, and if you're poor, you usually have a less-than-efficient car, and you have long commutes because you can't afford to live close to the city. Again, this is all from experience. Large gas price changes always hurt my family the most. Now that I'm wealthy, I, along with the majority of people at work, have a luxury electric car, partly to avoid the high gas prices. I'm guessing the downvotes are in the "wealthy" category, and giggled, as I did, when they silently passed by gas stations these last few years. * As an example, where I am now, commute by car is 24 minutes. Commute by public transportation is 3 hours.
- pmontra 3y ago
  Gas prices hit everything, not only private cars. Gas and diesel go up and down in price together so it's all the items traveling on trucks to supermarkets where the poors find increased prices. Before that, gas moves the machines used in agricolture and fishing ships. There are probably many other impacts but you should get the idea.

That’s more than double what people in the midwestern United States pay for gas, about a dollar more per gallon than CA. Makes it easy to see why economically it makes sense to keep your car longer and just keep burning gas in the Midwest.

Dalewyn 3y ago
For the uninitiated across the pond, California has one of if not the highest gas prices in the country; this is still cheap by international standards.
Scoundreller 3y ago
But the euro cars have double the mpg (half the l/100km), sooo, it’s really a wash on that front. (Ok, not quite that, but Portugal has the most efficient euro vehicles and uses 43% less fuel than average US vehicle: https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/data-analysis/energy-markets/market-snapshots/2019/market-snapshot-how-does-canada-rank-in-terms-vehicle-fuel-economy.html https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/data-analysis/energy-markets/ma... )

nomel 3y ago

I would claim that this doesn't have the same effect on the poor, in Europe, since there's an alternative: public transportation. In many regions of America, including California, there's often no viable public transportation*. You still need to drive, and if you're poor, you usually have a less-than-efficient car, and you have long commutes because you can't afford to live close to the city. Again, this is all from experience. Large gas price changes always hurt my family the most. Now that I'm wealthy, I, along with the majority of people at work, have a luxury electric car, partly to avoid the high gas prices. I'm guessing the downvotes are in the "wealthy" category, and giggled, as I did, when they silently passed by gas stations these last few years. * As an example, where I am now, commute by car is 24 minutes. Commute by public transportation is 3 hours.

pmontra 3y ago
Gas prices hit everything, not only private cars. Gas and diesel go up and down in price together so it's all the items traveling on trucks to supermarkets where the poors find increased prices. Before that, gas moves the machines used in agricolture and fishing ships. There are probably many other impacts but you should get the idea.