The premise behind Atari’s new game, Act of War, is that at some point in the future rising fuel prices have kicked off civil disobedience, which has allowed terrorists (TM) to take advantage of the insecurity and attack the world.
Not so implausible, you think. But wait. Rising fuel prices? Surely they must have risen a very long way to make this possible.
$7 a gallon, Atari reckons.
Well, there are 4.54609 litres in a gallon the AA, my book here and Google calculator.
And how much does a litre of petrol cost? According to the AA it was 80p a litre here in the south last month. Do a quick bit of maths and that’s
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It’s a USAcentric world of course.
Unfortunately.
I thought everyone knew that.
The calculations assume UK gallons (4.55 L).
A US gallon is only 3.785 L.
Based on 80p a gallon and an exchange rate of $1.80 per
Very nice blog.
Am I correct in thinking you know of the Ramage family?