> > I may also have been annoyed by the fact that petrol cost
> >more than twice as much as it does in NZ. Presently here
> >it's about the equivalent of 0.35 GBP per litre. What's it
> >cost in the UK now?
>
> Unleaded is about 77p here in Oxfordshire, but it is possible to get it
down
> to the low 70's in other areas. Diesel is about 78 to 79p here, again down
> to about 74/75p in other places.
>
> At the current exchange rate of US$1.81 = GBP1, that is US$1.39/litre for
> unleaded - not sure what the litre to US gallon conversion is, and
> US$1.43/litre for diesel.


Here diesel is significantly cheaper than petrol  - about 65%
In the UK it's slightly dearer.
We do have distance tax on diesel vehicles but it doesn't anywhere make up
the difference.

    RM

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