Relationships

One minute I'm sitting, peaceful and content.

The spouse is fine as well.

Then, something happens.

Drives me out of my gourd.

Fall is here!

Time to get the family into the truck and head out into the country for a drive.

Gas Prices

143.9

The recent price (in Euros) for a liter of regular gas in Paris. 152.5 for premium.

That's about $5.40 per gallon. We're currently averaging $2.80 a gallon. That is almost as high as the (inflation-adjusted) prices of 1988-1990. However, about 70% of Europe's price is because of tax, while only about 27% of ours is tax. Their non-taxed cost is $1.70; ours 2.04.

My take, the prices are higher than we are used to, but still not as high as the 1973 oil crisis, and not as high as Europe's prices. There will be some leveling of prices as the supply gets rebalanced, but will remain high.

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Some nice Beer blogs

http://www.bierebel.com/en/ (all what you wanna know about Belgian beers)
http://www.realbeer.com/index.php (you probably already know this one)
http://beerblog.genx40.com/ (a global and very educational one)
http://www.tobp.com/ (even more interesting)