Granted yes our gas is expensive and its quite annoying, no denying that. But european countries have it far worse than we do. Take a look at this article, places topping over $9 a gallon for regular gas. Then at the bottom under "honorable mention" The lowest in the world, venezuela 6 cents a gallon. I think i'll go buy that and re sell it here for $1.50 a gallon, huge profit

10 Places Where a Gallon of Gas Is More Expensive Than in the U.S. - Yahoo! Finance

 

this is not right......... Gas should be free there if you drive a Monte Carlo.......

5th Most Expensive: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Cost per gallon of regular gas: $8.46
Cost per gallon of premium gas: $8.55

 

Well I think its safe to say gas prices everywhere are screwy lol

 

Its all a game to the oil companys, they gotta have fat wallets

 

I agree completely

 

It's more then fat wallets, it's about having record profits!!

BTW - When BP had the continuous oil leak, I remember hearing people say "OH wow, they are going to suffer a HUGE loss between all that crude that is not usable not to mention the cost of the clean up". My response was don't be foolish, give them some time (like a couple months) so the media is no longer focused on BP and the mistakes they made, then in a little time, they will creep up prices so they recover any lose from that experience.

BTW - For those who think boycotting a gas station helps, keep in mind, there are only a couple of companies that recover crude oil and refine it, they in turn sell it to all these other gas stations. In order for a boycott to be effective, you need to select a parent company (supplier of refined gasoline) to target and then boycott the businesses that get their supply from that parent.

 

It's not even the oil companies getting as much profit as the speculators who trade oil futures. They are the ones making the real money and they're making the oil companies' profits look like chump change.

One option that most in Europe have that's not very viable in many parts of the country is public transportation. True, if you live in the bigger cities it's a good option but in any city smaller than 500,000 or so it's either very limited or non-existent. Or, in the case of smaller cities that do provide that, EVERYONE still pays through additional taxation because they can't draw enough revenue to be self-sustaining (case in point, Amtrack). That's how prices this "low" compared to Europe puts much more of a hurt on the average citizen's wallet.