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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier
Quit whining Alex - you can still get a gallon of the stuff for under $3 if you shop around. In the UK a gallon of unleaded is (in US dollars) $7 - 8 and has been over $9...
That's not inflation, that's the US's history of massively subsidising oil product prices which is starting to lessen. Your gas was artificially cheap, in the same way that our cows milk is...
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well it was much more expensive a few years ago...it's actually come down in the past year, significantly. Also the US should have cheaper gasoline, because we have all the refineries. even though other countries have plenty of crude oil, the US has lots of refineries, so it makes sense that we can get it for cheaper because there's less transportation required for the final product. Canada has a huge amount of oil, but they have no refineries.
also because of fracking, and natural gas being more available, people don't have to use oil for that anymore. so there is much more crude oil on the market, and much more natural gas on the market.
and i'm not whining! i don't even have a car! so i don't care much about gasoline prices. I care more about parking prices, because with my friends i always pay parking costs, since they are driving, and parking costs are outrageous! I've paid 15 dollars for just 2 hours of parking!