I filled up my Corolla last week in California and paid $6.35 per gallon.
The average gas price in the US is $4.83 per gallon.
We pay more in California because the state taxes it and also requires some kind of cleaner-burning type of fuel. I don't know and I don't care.
For the country as a whole, the $4.83 is remarkably high and the typical family in the US is unhappy.
I predict that our federal government will resolve this price shock by requiring gasoline prices to be posted as dollars per liter.
Since 1 gallon is equal to 3.79 liters, the big gas price signs will show a much smaller number, and the average oblivious American will be relieved to see that gas prices have greatly decreased.
The $4.83/gallon will be read as $1.68 per liter. Terrific!
Trump will brag at how much he lowered gas prices and the masses will believe!
Just divide your per-gallon price by 3.79 to yield $1.68/liter.
It's coming. It is done this way in many other countries.
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