[FlamingCobra]

Seriously. My wallet screams every time I go to the pump.

[watsisname]

Time to buy an electric car, lol.

[LordPomposity]

curse you fartbongma0

[Polpolion]

this is why I'm glad I live in a place where everything I want to go is either accessible via public transportation or within two miles of a place that is accessible via public transportation.

[Scotty]

I'm amused at how this wasn't a topic several years ago when gas was $4 a gallon back then.

Oh, right.  Cobra/Mamba wasn't a forum member back then.

[Aardwolf]

@OP: Then maybe you should go to the pump less often?

* Aardwolf thinks the gas tax should be raised.

[TwentyPercentCooler]

Complain all you want, but in the end, this is our goddamn fault. We had a chance, back in the 70s, to see where recklessly burning and relying on oil would get us, and instead of thinking long-term and developing better ways...we did the opposite and built land yacht SUVs so one overcompensating moron can ride around in them getting 10 MPG just so they can feel indestructible.

Sure, most of us don't have those, but we sure as heck should be making the people that went and bought them for no reason suffer (commercial needs are much different of course).

[Klaustrophobia]

because the existence of SUVs is TOTALLY to blame for the cost of gas.


 

[The E]

4$ per gallon.

Seriously?

Around here in Euroland, (specifically, Germany) petrol goes for close to double that amount. I do not know what you are complaining about.

[NGTM-1R]

because the existence of SUVs is TOTALLY to blame for the cost of gas.


 

Cost expands to what the market will cover. SUVs have a great deal to do with what people are willing to pay for gas.

[Grizzly]

4$ per gallon.

Seriously?

Around here in Euroland, (specifically, Germany) petrol goes for close to double that amount. I do not know what you are complaining about.

Yep. Its up to 1,80 euros per liter here in the Netherlands.

That is 6,8 euros per gallon.

That is 9 dollars per gallon.

So no, that is not ridickilous - you are better off then most of us. If it bothers you, buy a Volkswagen Lupo or a similar fuel effeciënt car - or learn to drive more effeciëntly! Keeping the revs between 1000 and 2000 helps a lot (and just as low as possible).

EDIT: Rounded down, whilst it was 8,998 - which should be 9 dollars instead of 8,99

[Davros]

Im so jealous
you americans must be dancing in the streets with your cheap petrol prices....

[Klaustrophobia]

except in the uber metros like NYC and DC, it's pretty much necessary to drive to get to anything in the US.  we generally don't have the option of decent public transport. 

[deathfun]

I take public transit therefore don't have to deal with 142 (Canadian) cents a litre

[Dragon]

In Poland, gas prices are reaching 6 PLN per liter. That's 22.8 PLN per gallon. Today, that would be about 7.30$ per gallon. Now consider how much an average worker in Poland earns. And it doesn't help that more than half of it is the tax the government imposes on it.

[T-LoW]

4$ per gallon.

Seriously?

Around here in Euroland, (specifically, Germany) petrol goes for close to double that amount. I do not know what you are complaining about.

I really never liked living in a city (Mainz). But now I'm glad I do so I can take open transit for free and leave my car in the garage...

[pecenipicek]

In Poland, gas prices are reaching 6 PLN per liter. That's 22.8 PLN per gallon. Today, that would be about 7.30$ per gallon. Now consider how much an average worker in Poland earns. And it doesn't help that more than half of it is the tax the government imposes on it.

dafuq? polish gas prices are same as croatian. BLAME THE RUSSIANS!

[FlamingCobra]

4$ per gallon.

Seriously?

Around here in Euroland, (specifically, Germany) petrol goes for close to double that amount. I do not know what you are complaining about.

But youguys live in ultracompact cities. So you can afford it.
I know this for a fact. I've talked to the German exchange students.

[General Battuta]

literally every person in europe lives in a hive city four miles across

[Grizzly]

4$ per gallon.

Seriously?

Around here in Euroland, (specifically, Germany) petrol goes for close to double that amount. I do not know what you are complaining about.

But youguys live in ultracompact cities. So you can afford it.
I know this for a fact. I've talked to the German exchange students.

Most of us don't, actually. Only one of our Dutch cities actually has a metro, for one. There is nothing here that is as compact as, say, New York.