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I'm paying € 1.85 / liter.
$ 9,46 / gallon.

Some in my country even pay a lot more than that. I'm lucky that I live near the border of Belgium and Germany, so gas stations lower their prices to be competitive (somewhat) with those countries.

Axil62 (Mar 29, 2012)

Eric Bolling test drove the Chevy Volt at the invitation of General Motors.

For four days in a row, the fully charged battery lasted only 25 miles before
the Volt switched to the reserve gasoline engine.
Eric calculated (liberally) the car got 30 mpg including the 25 miles it ran on
the battery.
So, the range including the 9 gallon gas tank and the 16 kwh battery is
approximately 270 miles. It will take you 4 1/2 hours to drive 270 miles at 60
mph. Then add 10 hours to charge the battery and you have a total trip time of
14.5 hours. In a typical road trip your average speed (including charging time)
would be 20 mph.
According to General Motors, the Volt battery holds 16 kwh of electricity. It
takes a full 10 hours to charge a drained battery.
The cost for the electricity to charge the Volt is never mentioned so I looked
up what I pay for electricity.
I pay approximately (it varies with amount used and the seasons) $1.16 per kwh.
16 kwh x $1.16 per kwh = $18.56 to charge the battery.
$18.56 per charge divided by 25 miles = $0.74 per mile to operate the
Volt using the battery.

Compare this to a similar size car with a gasoline engine only that gets 32 mpg.
$4.00 per gallon divided by 32 mpg = $0.13 per mile.
The gasoline powered car costs about $15,000 while the Volt costs $46,000.
So Obama wants us to pay 3 times as much for a car that costs more than 7 times
as much to run and takes 3 times as long to drive across country.
How brilliant

Flubbles (Mar 30, 2012)

And this is coming from the person in charge of the most powerful and influential country, what chance have we all got.

Black Tri Australian Shepherd

Cobycat (Mar 24, 2012)

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dorothyblueeyes (Mar 25, 2012)

I love this puppy, he is so cute! Very good job. (I'm seriously thinking of getting a dog, myself I have heard they're very good companions, better than cats.) Thanks for the great picture.

Bobstained (Mar 25, 2012)

점심에 '복어잡는사람들'이란 곳에 갔는데. 복어'성의없이'잡는사람들로 간판 바꿔야겠더라. 게다가 복어의 질 자체가 에러임. 오늘의 해장은 실패!!!!!!!!!

enjoydotcom (Mar 25, 2012)

Bob, are you having a seizure? Why are you talking about blowfish?

Bobstained (Mar 25, 2012)

It's all Japanese to me.