And you thought we had it bad....

[Venom Power]

Yeah, I thought we had it bad in America too, until I traveled to Norway. During my trip here I’ve been shocked to see how much Norwegians spend in petrol. To begin I have to put it out there that for one Norwegian Krone that’s equivalent to $0.199857. And of course the fuel is sold in liters so for one liter that’s 0.264 gallons. Now, gas prices here on average is 12.50kr/liter. When you factor in the currency and measurement conversions that tallies up to about $9.99285 A GALLON. What trips me out is they drill for oil in the North Sea like America drills in the Gulf and other places. :dontknow:I dunno about the rest of you guys and gal, but I’d have the sell both SRT’s if I were forced to pay that.

 

[SANCHOBA]

hey anthony,you know what they say "its all relative" i know norwegians working in the oilfield make a LOT of money, so...if your making twice as much money as an american counterpart.... i know this because the company i work for has a norwegian subsidiary (their union by the way). what about their national average income..i would imagine its much higher there.

 

[BurntRubber]

I would just stay at home and look at my cars

 

[mr. anderson]

and all of that isn't just pure profit to the oil companies. over 55% of theirs is tax, unlike the US, where an average of 62 cents of a gallon is taxed.

 

[Black1]

If I were to venture a guess.... We will be paying close to $10/gal in the next 10 -15 years. That's for GASOLINE.... Diesel will be $10/gal in 8-10 years.

 

[Venom Power]

I received news last night that the average for 93 octane is around $3.73/gal back home.... When is the madness going to stop? Soon we won't be able to afford driving to the gas station... let alone work.

 

[SrtBrad]

We just have to ask for raises.

 

[Venom Power]

We just have to ask for raises.

Thanks for the advice. I tried that and it was aweful.:ahhhhh: The manager in Norway had this to say....":rofl:" and ":bird: ".. Then, after I finally finished dusting the footprint off my azz that I received when making an abrubt flying exit out of his office,:vollkommenauf: I tried to email my boss back in the U.S. and he said..."cguru:"...:help: Apparently I am overpaid.. :dontknow:APPARENTLY!

 

[kcsr]

shoot, if i lived there, i'd have the sweetest and fastest turbo moped chopper in all of Norway.

 

[Venom Power]

Bicycles and Flintstone powered scooters seem to be the in thing here. I don't blame them.

 

[SrtBrad]

Thanks for the advice. I tried that and it was aweful.:ahhhhh: The manager in Norway had this to say....":rofl:" and ":bird: ".. Then, after I finally finished dusting the footprint off my azz that I received when making an abrubt flying exit out of his office,:vollkommenauf: I tried to email my boss back in the U.S. and he said..."cguru:"...:help: Apparently I am overpaid.. :dontknow:APPARENTLY!

Ask him how much he is being overpaid as well?