We pay about $6/ gallon ($1.50/litre) in Sweden. When the gas was at its highest cost here, it was more expensive per litre as it is per gallon where it is as cheapest in the US now (one US gallon is 3.8 litres)...So don't complain that much, will you?
Actually, I'm complaining about the fact that people here in the US seem to be abandoning the concept of energy efficiency now that the threat of high gas prices seem to be fading.
Actually, I think Americans need another kick in the ass or two. In the seventies, when there was a, created-on-demand, Energy crisis, I was driving a hotrod Mustang Mach 1 gas guzzler, and a big motor pick-up truck, and I had to wait in line to get gasoline, many times. Often the one hundred octane, which my Mustang needed, was not available. I bought a Fiat 124 Spider. Many people suddenly had small cars.
We need something to serve as a reality check for all these yuppies, driving these ridiculoius trucks to pick up their kids from soccer.