-=> Quoting Wes Leatherock to Fernando Semedo <=-
 -=> Quoting Fernando Semedo to Bradley Putchat <=-
 WL> [ ... text deleted ... ]
 
 FS> That's certainly true, but there's a catch... GAS PRICES! In Portugal
 FS> it was about $1.50 a litre (there's almost 4 litres in a gallon). In
 FS> France it was about $1.20 a litre, and it even costs more in Germany I
 FS> heard. Why???? Because they're forced to buy their petroleum from the
 FS> U.S.
 WL> This is not the case.  I don't know where Portugal gets
 WL> its petroleum from, but it's not the U.S.; even the U.S. doesn't
 WL> get most of its petroleum from the U.S. but from foreign countires.
 Actually when we foreigners (I'm Canadian) refer to the U.S. we not only
 the U.S. government but also U.S. companies. Governments don't buy oil,
 companies like Texaco, Gulf, U.S.A. etc do. There is only two companies
 in Portugal that are European: Shell and BP (British Petroleum). All others
 are American or subsidaries of American oil companies. In cities and towns,
 there are mainly American companies selling the petroleum. Shell and BP are
 on the highways and Autoroutes (which you have to pay toll to get on) and
 sell gas about 5 cents cheaper.
 Hear in Canada? There is (I should say was) one Canadian gas company,
 Petro Canada all the others are American. And gas prices are almost
 double what you guys down there have to put up with. 
 Regards...
 Fern.
... Nothing like the 427 Cobra!
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