Shut up about Gas prices, unless you're paying more than $1.72 a litre.
 

Or $6.88 a gallion. Who's paying more than $1.72 or E1.40 a litre?

Not to mention the cars are 40% cheaper in the US. So, unless you are paying $2.40 a lite or $9.60 a gallion: SSSssst.

That is a ridiculous argument.

You're paying mostly tax. Blame your choices in electing politicians.

The issue is that no matter where people are, we have personal budgets. We know that in a certain week we'll have certain expenses. Gas prices were an accepted part of day to day living. However, in order to pay for fuel we lose out on other components of life.

Let's say for instance that you drive 20,000 miles per year. Let's also go so far as to say that your car gets 15mpg. That is roughly 1333 gallons of fuel annually. The cost for that at $3.00 per gallon is about $4,000. At $1.50 a gallon to Americans that was still high. On a gallon by gallon basis it sucks that it costs twice as much to fill your car. Annually it is too double.

For the average American worker an extra $2000 a year is a large amount of money. Money people are already short on.

They say that the concept of saving is nearly gone. People are utilizing savings to make up for the difference. This trend will not normalize and could have deep effects throughout the economy.

Unless Salaries doubled along with the cost of everything else doubling the cost of gas is becoming a luxury for many.

Amen my wifes sister called in WI gas is now at $3.25 a gal , she is buying a bicycle now to go to work . It would cost them $120 a week to full up both of their vehicles now and they just cant do it.

You got a point there. It's true that every country is simply used to a certain gas price. But you have to understand that you don't have it that bad with gas yet. I have to use the car too and that's alot more expensive than in the US. And I don't get paid more because I have to pay high taxes, high car import or high gas prices. Simple: Driving a mile is way more expensive in Europe than in the US, so with $1.18 a litre you can't really complain hehe.

Also In Europe they have publica transportation because those countries are so small. Most publica transportation in the Big Cities is a joke and outside of the cities it's NON-EXISTANT. There aren't any buses where I live. You either drive or walk. You could ride a bike but our roads aren't made for them and you are very likely to get killed. Hell a lot of times you have to go into the next town to get things or do thinks like go to the movies and that's 20 miles away. In America you HAVE to have a car.