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Multiplying this figure by 0.038 gives a price of UK£3.0742 per US gallon.
Converting at a tourist exchange rate of US$1 = UK£0.5655, as was applicable at the time, gives an equivalent price of about US$5.44 per US gallon.
The national average self-service price for the lowest grade of unleaded petrol in the USA at around the same time was US$2.039 per US gallon.
Most of the vast difference in price between the USA and Britain is caused by higher taxation, the rest by higher petrol company profits.
In Britain, petrol prices at supermarket petrol stations tend to be very slightly lower than at petrol company petrol stations.
Petrol prices on the European mainland are generally slightly lower than in Britain.
External link: PetrolPrices.com offers a very useful list of the lowest priced petrol stations for a specified location in the UK. Free registration is required. Verified Nov-05.
US And Canadian Petrol (Gas) Prices
Most recently modified 19-Nov-05