We pay over $8 per gallon. We just don't pay it all at the pump. You have to include the tax dollars used to protect shipping lanes and all that lovely stuff that the American people fund through taxes.So you want cheap oil basically? Well maybe I over simplify things, but I just get annoyed the people in the US are whining that they have to pay a few $ more at the gas pump. Gas is still rather cheap in the US and people still drive hummers ford 350 etc. So first get some fuel economic cars/trucks the get decents gas prices $5.50 a gallon. Then we will talk.
You also have to remember. Here in the US the cost of purchasing a home is much cheaper in the Suburbs than in the cities. So most people in the US have to drive at least 30 miles to get to work and back. Our country is also severely lacking in Public Transportation.
A little repost for you.
For better or worse, America is a nation on wheels. To get where they need to go, 90 percent of Americans say they usually drive, reporting an average of 87 minutes a day behind the wheel. For car commuters, it's an average of 100 minutes; for parents with children at home, an average of 104 minutes (compared with 77 minutes for people without kids at home).
The UK's car-addicted commuters face the longest average travelling times to work in Europe, according to figures released today by motoring organisation the RAC Foundation. At 45 minutes per day, the UK average is almost twice that of Italy.
As you can see we have double if not a little more than double in commute times in the US compared to the longest commute times in Europe.
BTW: I see more F-Jammers in the US than Hummers and they still only get like 15mpg on the highway. 10mpg in the city. And the ones driving them obviously don't worry about gas prices.
I have. That's why I know who's funding who's campaign. :) I am NOT a Democrat or a Republican. I do not blindly follow some party line. I see who is getting money from where.What you need to research instead of trying to play party lines BS is that this isnt new.