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dickthegrouch

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2. The reason the UK went to litres for liquid measure

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Tue May 12, 2026, 06:09 PM

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Was "petrol" (gasoline) prices went too high for the pumps to accommodate the price.
One litre is roughly 1/5th of an imperial gallon, so overnight the apparent price dropped from 1.00 to 0.20. Of course you were now pumping ~5 times the number of litres as you had been gallons, but some people were fooled.
Maybe the US will be dragged kicking and screaming into metric units for the same reason.

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Gas Station Price Sign Using Scientific Notation [View all] milestogo Tuesday OP

Getting ready for continued inflation. Permanut Tuesday #1

The reason the UK went to litres for liquid measure dickthegrouch Tuesday #2

Back around the sixties, the government and industry wanted to go metric Norrrm Tuesday #3

Heh, I still remember the screaming headlines Disaffected Tuesday #6

Err, no, the reason the UK went to liters Disaffected Tuesday #5

The Onion... At first it had me checking my math in my head... LOL hlthe2b Tuesday #4

It could be that some gas station owner has a sense of humor milestogo Tuesday #7