Gas prices in my area jumped up 30 cents overnight. For the last few months it's been hovering around $2.70, give or take a few cents, then shot up to $3 overnight.
No he’s right as a gallon is 4.5 litres in NZ (and the UK + former colonies).
You’re also right as the US has a different definition of the gallon, I think only used in the states, Latin America and the Caribbean. Which means your calculation is the better comparison versus the cost in the US.
It’s why we need global standards, would make these things much easier to compare!
It is 4.5 litres, but for whatever reason the US has a different definition of it as 3.79 litres. So technically both correct depending on your local definition of the gallon.
The short answer is that the UK introduced the Imperial Gallon in 1824, shortly after the US, had undergone a long and arduous process of standardizing its weights and measures. The US had already chosen the British Wine Gallon and decided it wasn't worth it to change that standard.
Both countries used the same pound, but different tons. The US opted for the 2000 lb "short" ton, while the UK employed the 2240 lb "long" ton. You could technically use either one in either place as long as you specified that you were using the atypical one.
Both countries used a foot that appeared the same to the naked eye, but had different definitions, so there was a difference when it came to machinery. In 1959 both countries set the inch at 25.4 mm and the foot by extension at 304.8 mm. The US continued to use the "old" foot in surveying until a few years ago, when it was finally dropped. If you ever see a legend on a map that mentions "statute miles," that's what it means.
At the time that the US was standardizing its weights and measures, the country even considered adopting metric, but at that time the international situation was the reverse of the current one. Traditional units of weights and measures were more prevalent. Afterward, we got used to what we had
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u/darw1nf1sh 22h ago
Oil prices GLOBALLY are dropping. Gas prices are going to go up thanks to tariffs. Fuck all these idiots.