
$2.23 CAD per litre of regular gas. Or, for my US friends, $6.49 USD per US gallon of regular gas.
Good thing I drive a hybrid and work at home a fair bit.
ETA: It hit a new high of $2.34 CAD per litre this week! ($6.92 USD per US gallon). It’s coming down a bit again now, but still!
Holy cow and we’re complaining about $3.49 a gallon!!!
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Lol. Yeah it’s crazy!
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It’s $4.09/gallon here, but our prices are typically well below the US average. However, as a German friend remarked to me last week, now you’re just paying what a German normally pays for gas. I’m in this weird position as of last week where the state is paying for most of my gas, but it’s concerning insofar as the project I’m working on will do less outreach because we won’t be able to drive so far.
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Yeah I didn’t realize gas prices are typically so much higher in Europe. BC is higher than say Ontario because of environmental taxes including taxes to support public transit.
It will definitely affect lots of services. My organization is in a good position right now and is able to increase the amount we reimburse our outreach staff even beyond what our funders will let us claim.
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One of my major responsibilities currently involves driving and the project is looking at a situation where we can do only half the scheduled outreach due to the gas price.
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That’s a big impact!
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These sound like very normal Dutch prices…
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Good thing cycling is a big thing. Do people generally cycle to and from work?
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Yes, a lot of cycling is done, mostly if you work not far from your home. If you work further afield, lots of people take public transport (which isn’t that cheap either) or go by car. Our roads here are filled with traffic jams during rush hours. Everything’s quite expensive here, really.
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PS: But salaries, social services and working condiitions are pretty good here, so for us it is affordable.
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That’s good!
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