The Gas Question
Both Moldovans and Americans make it a habit to ask me where gas is more expensive, Moldova or America. Just as I imagine it is in American now, gas prices are all the buzz. Moldova itself does have any gas companies (that I know of). It is reliant on imported gas, from Romaia or Russia, a situation that not-ironically mirrors Moldova's sandwiched position in between the two centers of power -- each tugging their own way.
When people ask me, I usually shrug them off and tell them I don't drive here, so I don't pay attention -- but that is just in an effort to conceal the fact that I never really memorized the metric system, and never did the conversions. So here it is, the answer you and I and all the Moldovans I talk to have been waiting for. Someone check my calculations (math I can do, conversions sometimes not).
The facts:
65.66 / 9.7 = 6.77 dollars (Price in Dollars of gas in Moldova).
The winner, (or loser actually), is Moldova. I'm not sure what gas is in America, I have been hearing around 5 dollars a gallon. Moldova, coming in at almost 7 dollars a gallon, blows America's "super high prices" away. How do people afford it, when a 2 hour bus ride to the capital costs me 4 dollars?
When people ask me, I usually shrug them off and tell them I don't drive here, so I don't pay attention -- but that is just in an effort to conceal the fact that I never really memorized the metric system, and never did the conversions. So here it is, the answer you and I and all the Moldovans I talk to have been waiting for. Someone check my calculations (math I can do, conversions sometimes not).
The facts:
- 1 gallon = 4.55 Liters
- 1 dollar = 9.7 lei (July 3rd, 2008)
- 1 liter gas in Moldova = 14.43 lei
- 1 gallon gas in American = ?
65.66 / 9.7 = 6.77 dollars (Price in Dollars of gas in Moldova).
The winner, (or loser actually), is Moldova. I'm not sure what gas is in America, I have been hearing around 5 dollars a gallon. Moldova, coming in at almost 7 dollars a gallon, blows America's "super high prices" away. How do people afford it, when a 2 hour bus ride to the capital costs me 4 dollars?
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on Thursday, July 03, 2008 at 1:26 PM.
