See I don't like when people start saying how great we have it compared to our European counterparts.....
While at $4/gallon we are still far below places like here in Germany, I think it is often used as an excuse to charge even higher prices. It is just a way of saying, "suck it up you can still pay more for gas." Which is
The important thing to think about is that gas prices have nearly doubled in the United States over the last two years.
Fuel prices here in Germany and other European nations certainly have not doubled in the last two years. That is the F'd part of the situation in the States.