The price of fuel in France

If my arithmetic is good, the price of a U.S. gallon of diesel fuel in France is just short of 9.75 U.S. dollars right now.

• 1 liter of diesel fuel costs 2.19 euros
• 1 U.S gallon = 3.8 liters
• 2.19 per liter x 3.8 liters = 8.32 euros
• 8.32 euros = 9.73 US dollars at today's exchange rate (1 euro = 1.17 USD)

Two or three days ago I went to the SuperU filling station in Saint-Aignan and put 25 liters (6.6 U.S. gallons) of diesel fuel in our Peugeot's fuel tank. That cost me 55.5 euros. Premium gasoline costs just slightly less.

Walt went to the SuperU filling station early yesterday morning to get 10 liters of gasoline for our lawn mower. He said he was the only person buying fuel there at that hour.

We won't be making trips to places farther than 5 miles from our house for the foreseeable future.