This isn’t exactly on topic for my blog, and for the people who know me know that I don’t even drive, but it’s something that is just getting out of hand in the UK. For those who hadn’t been watching the news today, truck haulers have been protesting about the 2p increase on petrol coming in August. This combined with the future car tax increases adds up to it being almost astronomic to run a vehicle on the road.

So, we’re paying around 114 pence a litre here in the UK, what’s the same cost in the US? Lets do the maths…

Average price of a gallon of unleaded in USA is $3.93
Average price of a litre of unleaded in UK is £1.14

1 US gallon = 3.78 litres
1 litre = 0.264172052 US gallon

$1 = £0.506292p
£1 = $1.97493

UK Average for a gallon = £4.31 or $8.51
USA Average for a gallon = £1.99 or $3.93

Similar maths to get…

UK Average for a litre = £1.14 or $2.25
USA Average for a litre = £0.52 or $1.03

Price difference of 46%

The joy!