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   From: puela@nyet.ca   
      
   A helluva lot more than any tax deductions that Harper & Co were offering to   
   just some of us . . . .   
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   CBC News Posted: Jan 09, 2015   
      
      
   Cheap oil will save drivers $1,500 a year at gas pumps, BMO says   
      
   Gas prices have declined by 48 cents per litre since June, bank calculates   
      
      
   The Bank of Montreal says Canadian drivers can expect to save about $1,500 a   
   year at the gas station this year because of dramatically lower oil prices.   
      
   Sal Guatieri, an economist at BMO, calculated on Friday that gasoline prices   
   have declined by an average of 48 cents per litre across Canada since peaking   
   in June 2014.   
      
   According to gas price tracking website gasbuddy.ca, the average price of a   
   litre of gasoline across Canada is currently just over 92 cents a litre.   
      
   At current usage levels, that's going to save Canadians $20 billion a year, if   
   it persists, he calculated.  "That’s about $1,500 per family, or almost   
   enough   
   for three [Tim Hortons] coffees per day for a year."     {>_<}   
      
   In the U.S., the savings are even more dramatic. Guatieri said Americans   
   consume about 138 billion gallons of gasoline per year — more than 522   
   billion   
   litres.   
      
   U.S. gas prices are down even more than they are in Canada, down $1.51 US from   
   June to an average of $2.18 a gallon. If that holds, Americans would save $208   
   billion a year, which works out to $1,800 US per household.   
      
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     It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the   
   environment   
      
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