Taxing Uber and Lyft rides is L.A's latest plan to free up congested roads

Re:Taxing Uber and Lyft rides is L.A's latest plan to free u... by Balero on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @07:32AM (#19262812)

"You are also incorrect suggesting that $5 per gallon is “about equivalent to what other rich countries tax motor fuel.” In France, it’s $2.77 per gallon. In the UK, it’s $2.83 per gallon. Netherlands is $3.5 per gallon. Sweden is $3.51. In Australia, it’s $1.12 per gallon, New Zealand is $1.58. None of those countries are even close to $5 per gallon."

This is incorrect, in the UK at least. The best price I get is about £1.21 per liter. Which is $1.61 per liter Or $7.31 per Gallon.

So we are well over $5 a gallon. Don't forget the USA is pretty much the only country to measure liquid volume in gallons, we all use liters - 1L = 4.54609 Gallons

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Re:Taxing Uber and Lyft rides is L.A's latest plan to free u... by Fins on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @11:43AM (#19264381)

I think you have liters and gallons backwards, unless the British gallon had shrank significantly with the Brexit.

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Re:Taxing Uber and Lyft rides is L.A's latest plan to free u... by Balero on Thursday February 28, 2019 @05:26AM (#19270368)

umm, nope British Gallon = 4.546090L US Gallon = 3.785412 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallon

Though I had forgotten that the US used a different one. So my maths is off above. Thanks for pointing that out!

Using the US Gallon: £1.21 per liter == $1.61 per liter == $6.09 per Gallon.

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Re:Taxing Uber and Lyft rides is L.A's latest plan to free u... by Fins on Friday March 01, 2019 @02:38AM (#19278628)

I meant that "1L = 4.54609 Gallons " seems to be off a bit.

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