{"id":5792,"date":"2011-04-23T20:52:50","date_gmt":"2011-04-23T20:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=5792"},"modified":"2011-04-23T20:52:50","modified_gmt":"2011-04-23T20:52:50","slug":"running-on-empty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=5792","title":{"rendered":"Running on Empty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3419 lazyload\" title=\"Petrol Pumps\" alt=\"Petrol Pumps\" width=\"180\" height=\"239\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/petrol_pumps_2.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 180px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 180\/239;\" \/>This <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/sanramon.patch.com\/articles\/driving-on-empty\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #800000\">American story reports that automobile associations<\/a> are noticing an increase in roadside assistance calls due to running out of fuel. It is attributed to rising fuel costs and the recession.<\/p>\n<p>What particularly caught my attention was the price of fuel in the USA. The average price is $3.85 per US gallon &#8211; equivalent to \u00a32.33 at the time of writing.<\/p>\n<p>A US gallon is equivalent to 3.79 litres, so that works out at $1.02 per litre. <u><strong>Or 62p<\/strong><\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>I filled up (again) today, and paid 133.9p per litre. I know that around 60p of that was duty, and another 23p was VAT.<\/p>\n<p>We are being royally screwed in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The Americans should count themselves lucky, particularly when you consider that they also have a much lower cost of living than over here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This American story reports that automobile associations are noticing an increase in roadside assistance calls due to running out of fuel. It is attributed to rising fuel costs and the recession. 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