Petrol pricing in the US

This is a great exercise in how others see us. I remember a couple of summers ago in the USA we got to talking about petrol ['gas'] prices and the USA-ers were shocked by our prices to which I said acidly "At least some countries are trying to keep to climate control protocols, unlike some I could name...". Well, perhaps something of an overstatement especially in the light of recent news on climate control from Europe including the UK's suddenly worsening record on carbon emissions but it's interesting to see how it looks from the/a USA perspective.



As one person says in the article: "It's all very well for Americans that they have this standard of living and can drive around in big, empty cars, but don't they realize that at some point they're going to have to pay for it?" [asked Nigel James]. Quite so -might be better to try to manage it rather than going big bang?