(New Zealand) Gas prices hurting families

phantom power

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Wed Feb-16-11 09:51 AM
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(New Zealand) Gas prices hurting families

Edited on Wed Feb-16-11 09:52 AM by phantom power

Petrol prices are forcing some families off the road and on to the footpath as filling up gets more costly.

The price of petrol on Waiheke Island has peaked at an all-time high with one litre of regular 91 costing $2.16 at Shell Onetangi, $2.14 at the service station at Ostend, and $2.15 at the Oneroa BP.

Debra Wallis and son Everett prefer walking to using the car these days.

``My older make car just guzzles gas and I have to carefully think about every trip we make,'' Ms Wallis says.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/waiheke-marketplace/4664106/Gas-prices-hurting-families

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Systematic Chaos

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Wed Feb-16-11 12:28 PM
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1. A New Zealand dollar is worth almost exactly $0.75 USD today.

So that makes the price about $1.62 USD per liter or $6.48 USD for 4 liters (about 1.05 US gallons).

That is fucking expensive no matter how you look at it. :(

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