I think it's cheaper in the middle east, but yeah, for all the bitching americans do, it's about 1/3 the cost of gasoline elsewhere. I *think* however that foreign gas has more taxes on it, for a little bit of that cost... But yeah, Americans sometimes feel it's their god-given right to drive a vehicle that gets <20mpg, so when the gas price goes up it hits pretty quickly. And it's certainly tripled/quadrupled within the past decade or so.

spoiled rotten and yes alternatives will make up around 80% of everyones uses in the future. 20% solar, 20% wind, 20% nuclear, 20% hydro, 20% conventional but it will take lots of time and research and money and will and heart

We are idiots... You are correct. We have been spoiled for so long with cheap fuel prices that now we are crying... You must admit that a weak dollar does hurt some but our gov't has not made it a priority to develope alternatives over the last 30 yes 30 years... We should have learn our lession in 1970's and did not ... NOW the best or funniest thing is the Americian people do not realize that using CORN is not a good option... Congress and the farmers think it is great. Lets drive up 70% of our food prices (yes 70%) farmers are taking wheat, soy bean fields and turning then over to corn to sell for fuel raising their prices... Cattle farmers are selling off their herds due to the price of feed (corn) giving us lower meat prices for the next few months but just wait until amount of cattle goes way down driving up meat prices as well... If you think things are bad now... $4 gas in the summer and higher food prices due to the gas it takes to move the trucks PLUS new shortages of crops of various types, higher beef prices and corn prices will go up as well. OH BY THE WAY do you know that the energy it takes to convert corn to a fuel is close to what it gives us so we are not gaining anything by doing this right now and in the future that will change with technology advances but the increase we get will it be worth higher food prices. Did we forget we also try to feed a good protion of the world. I guess we can just say do not have any more babies other wise will starvation increase since we are producing corn for fuel instead of feeding people? Why not increase wind farms, hydro from the ocean, nuclear, solar, fuel cells... lets spend money hand over fist NOW to improve these instead of spending more the rest of our lives which will end up costing much much more. LONG ANSWER SHORT... RENEWABLE is the only way to go. But we need to go fast!

Because I like my cheap gas, unlike some other countries I am use to cheap fuel, it is the norm. When the price raises above the norm, I will bitch. It is my right. Now I will go on and bitch about something else, have a good night.

Do you realize how cheap they get gas in saudi arabia? its well below what the U.S. has to pay. dont say that oil is expensive everywhere but the u.s. other countries have it and decide to charge us more just because we need it. Dear chap, gasoline went up 40 cents overnight about a month or so ago and hasnt gone back down since. The average american has considerable trouble coping with it when we rely on gasoline to get to work, back home, and places of business. Most europeans or asians can simply walk across their town to get to the market, the bank, etc or at least have decent public transportation. Outside major cities, the U.S. is set up completely differently so that we need gasoline to survive. If you find a renewable alternative that works and costs just the same or less, let us know.