NY Times: Premium gas vs regular article

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Wow, Norway! :eek: No wonder EV sales are exceeding ICE numbers.

Honda Civic 10th gen NY Times:  Premium gas vs regular article 3E08DC8D-5069-4806-B583-1BB60031F43A
 

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I'd rather pay $4.29/gallon and have a working power grid
Not only that, but there’s no way a bag full of cheeseburgers given to 5 or a dozen high school football players pushing your car is going to get your vehicle down the highway at highway speeds for a mile much less 38.7 miles. Even at 5 bucks a gallon, a gallon of of gas, it’s atomic.
 

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I just filled up at Costco premium, $3.99 here in northern California. That is about .40 to .60 cents cheaper than all other brand stations in the area
 

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You want to hear something crazy, but true? The current price of a gallon of gas in Venezuela is 3 cents.

https://www.globalpetrolprices.com/Venezuela/gasoline_prices/
That's actually 0.03 cents per liter, which is roughly equivalent to 0.3 gallons of gas but that's still dirt cheap even when converted to a gallon. Honestly though, can't complain about gas prices in the U.S for the most part except for some particular cities. Europe has it way worse. I took a trip to England few months back and rented a car, and was surprised at how under-powered the average car is there compared to the U.S. Then I realized it's all done in the name of fuel economy, that's why you'll find even big luxury cars like the Mercedes E-Class with 2.0 turbo-diesel motors just to save on gas because the price of fuel over there is almost $5 per gallon, and it's even worse in France where I had to pay almost $6 per gallon when I drove over.
 

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That's actually 0.03 cents per liter, which is roughly equivalent to 0.3 gallons of gas but that's still dirt cheap even when converted to a gallon. Honestly though, can't complain about gas prices in the U.S for the most part except for some particular cities. Europe has it way worse. I took a trip to England few months back and rented a car, and was surprised at how under-powered the average car is there compared to the U.S. Then I realized it's all done in the name of fuel economy, that's why you'll find even big luxury cars like the Mercedes E-Class with 2.0 turbo-diesel motors just to save on gas because the price of fuel over there is almost $5 per gallon, and it's even worse in France where I had to pay almost $6 per gallon when I drove over.
They’re not only underpowered for fuel economy, but some parts of Europe also has a pollution fighting scheme where autos are charged sizeable yearly fees for the size engine they have. And it’s about to get better, where the EU is approving speed limiting devices put on all new autos where cars are limited to the posted limit, starting soon in England I think.
Yeah, not a fun place to own a car. You gotta be pretty wealthy to own a car like the Si over there, nevermind the Type R
 

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