<div>Dear Ken,</div>
<div>diesel costs in India about 1 US$ per litre. About half of the price goes into the koffers of the Government as tax.</div>
<div>Yours</div>
<div>A.D.Karve<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 5:22 AM, Ken Boak <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ken.boak@gmail.com">ken.boak@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:#ccc 1px solid;MARGIN:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;PADDING-LEFT:1ex" class="gmail_quote">A bulk bag (about 1 cubic yard) of firewood is currently $250 in Berkeley, California, and $8 per armful.<br><br>
But Berkeley tends to be very overpriced - to suit the odd mix of academics, and former -hippies that frequent the city.<br><br>In the UK (Surrey) a similar bulk bag is between $80 and $115.<br><br>Gasoline is $4.59 this week in Berkeley, and $9.20 a US gallon back in the UK.<br>
<br><br>If anyone knows the price of (agricultural) diesel in rural India or Eastern Arica - I would be interested - and how the cost per US gallon relates to the average small farmers income<br><br>Thanks<br><br><br>Ken in overpriced California<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 15 March 2012 14:02, George Riegg Gambia <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:icecool@qanet.gm" target="_blank">icecool@qanet.gm</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:#ccc 1px solid;MARGIN:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;PADDING-LEFT:1ex" class="gmail_quote">Richard,<br><br>I swap you some of our firewood at 10 cents a kilo retail for some of what you consider is very costly petrol (ours is now at US$ 6.50/gallon)<br>
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<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:#ccc 1px solid;MARGIN:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;PADDING-LEFT:1ex" class="gmail_quote">Firewood imported from other regions (worse, from overseas) can also transport unwelcome travelers. The same goes for wood chips. It has been a poorly regulated sector, regarding non-native pests and disease. Hopefully it has tightened up in the last few years.<br>
<br><br>On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:23:40 -0600, Richard Stanley <<a href="mailto:rstanley@legacyfound.org" target="_blank">rstanley@legacyfound.org</a>> wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:#ccc 1px solid;MARGIN:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;PADDING-LEFT:1ex" class="gmail_quote">Kevin,<br>Good point. I expect about 3 kgs (dry medium to low density pine). Its from home town of Ashland / Southern Oregon ---but still part of the great Pacific Northwest.<br>
Richard Stanley<br>=============<br>On Mar 15, 2012, at 11:18 AM, Kevin wrote:<br><br>OFF LIST<br><br>Dear Richard<br><br>It doesn't say where, or how much. :-(<br><br>Kevin<br><br><br>----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Stanley" <<a href="mailto:rstanley@legacyfound.org" target="_blank">rstanley@legacyfound.org</a>><br>
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<br><br>Heres what we pay for fuelwood in these armful sized bundles of soft pine: Outrageous eh !<br><br><br><br><br>------------------------------<u></u>------------------------------<u></u>--------------------<br><br><br>
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