Petrol consumption around the world

Kreeeee · 12 Jul 2007 at 08:28

Jokester said:
They're the column on the left.

Jokester

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Bear said:
Bwaahhhaaaaa, blind as a bat

To be fair I had just woken up

Ring Peace · 12 Jul 2007 at 08:33

Kreeeee said:
Am I blind or are the US conveniently missing from that chart?

Look up, that's the point of the article you are looking at.

Zip · 12 Jul 2007 at 09:47

clv101 said:
I’m in no rush, according the CIA World Fact Book Turkmenistan is basically a desert – between Iran and Afghanistan.

On the economy it says this:

Few other bits: 60% unemployment, 58% below poverty line & 11% inflation.

Save up money for a 2 whole year and then go over there and live like a king

Ex-RoNiN · 12 Jul 2007 at 10:02

Simon said:
I feel sorry for Turkey, their economy is no where near as strong as ours and wages are much much lower.

I don't

Prices in Greece are about €0.95 per litre, so thats approx. 40% cheaper than here.

commited · 12 Jul 2007 at 18:15

Irish prices arent there.
As of today, my local station is €1.179/ltr for petrol and €1.079/ltr for diesel.

deko · 12 Jul 2007 at 22:06

Iran being lowest? Theyre limited to 26 US gallons a month. so its maybe dirt cheap but they cant get any of it.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/27/iran.fuel/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

Serj · 12 Jul 2007 at 22:08

deko said:
Iran being lowest? Theyre limited to 26 US gallons a week. so its maybe dirt cheap but they cant get any of it.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/27/iran.fuel/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

I was about to say "That's plenty" but thats 26 Gallons per MONTH. :eek:

barnettgs · 12 Jul 2007 at 22:11

Thats a lot of amount from US considering their population is only 300m!

deko · 12 Jul 2007 at 22:11

Serj said:
I was about to say "That's plenty" but thats 26 Gallons per MONTH.

Oh aye, Typo

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georges · 12 Jul 2007 at 22:21

wez130 said:
and consume half as much as Britain

Consume just a bit more.

The only bit that is counted per country is the highlighted bit. They're just all on top of each other (added up).

Otherwise Venezuela would use more than the UK

SoliD · 12 Jul 2007 at 23:21

Simon said:
Your car probably wouldn't run for very long on it though.

Wow you can get a tank for less than £3. I bet thats a week's wages though!

true i remember reading long way round the ewan mcgregor book, and the beemers they used for the ride had been converted to pretty much anything with a bit of octane booster think they said that 85 octane was common throughout countries like mongolia, turkmenistan etc etc as the old beasts they drive over there are capable of running on it.

Much like the armies tanks etc that can run on pretty much anything.

jamoor · 12 Jul 2007 at 23:34

Quick Google revealed

Petrol costs 2 cents per litre in Turkmenistan

10 July 2007 17:36
(Kazan, July 10, Tatar-inform). The cheapest petrol in the world is sold in Turkmenistan, reveals the study held by GTZ in 170 countries. In Turkmenistan it costs 2 cents per litre. Among other countries that have cheap petrol are Venezuela (three cents per litre), Iran (9 cents), Lebanon (13 cents) and Saudi Arabia (16 cents per litre).

Researchers say that so low prices for petrol in these countries are due to governmental subsidies. In most countries, the government, on the contrary, imposes extra taxation on petrol. In the USA, petrol tax increases petrol price by 3 percent, in Germany it adds 5 percent to the price, in Russia 8 percent and in Japan 15 percent.

The most expensive petrol is sold in Iceland (186 cents per litre), Turkey (188 cents) and African country of Eritreya (190 cents per litre).

It is interesting that fuelling the tank of the car full will cost 1 dollar and 6 cents in Turkmenistan, 38 dollars in Russia and nearly 94 dollars in Turkey. *S

Crikey, I never knew some places were THAT cheap.
I knew some countries subsidise fuel but to that extent is pretty crazy. I remember reading a BBC article a while back that petrol stations are made to sell fuel at a loss.

noob · 13 Jul 2007 at 00:03

Simon said:
Its probably cheap crap produced and refined locally. I feel sorry for Turkey, their economy is no where near as strong as ours and wages are much much lower.

I was in Istanbul back in Jan and I couldn't believe the price of fuel over there. :eek:

clv101 · 13 Jul 2007 at 00:10

jamoor said:
In most countries, the government, on the contrary, imposes extra taxation on petrol. In the USA, petrol tax increases petrol price by 3 percent, in Germany it adds 5 percent to the price, in Russia 8 percent and in Japan 15 percent.

Dunno where they get those numbers from... :confused: