OT: Gas Craziness 2021

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Originally Posted by Red Tornado

Used to work for an Italian company. Last time I was over there (mid-2003) IIRC fuel was 1,25 Euros per litre. So, in today's money, roughly $6 per gallon. I'd bet the "per litre" price has gone up since then, though.

The US dollar has dropped by about 5% against the Canadian dollar in the last two months, I haven't been following the Euro of late.

Originally Posted by ERK55

Gas price in Italy was ~ $5/gallon when I lived there in 1978. That’s 43 years ago.

Back then as a non-resident foreigner you could get gas coupons that gave you a discount on the cost of gasoline. The coupons lasted into the 90's. It was intended to entice foreign tourists.

Originally Posted by tuscanyswe

Here in sweden gas is around 1.5 euro per litre. I think italy has very similar pricing.

The average price of gasoline in Italy over the last week was US$7,33