That's because of government taxes.

Half the price of gas is taxes and it's about $5.18 a gallon in eastern Canada right now. In Alberta it's cheaper since they have almost no taxes on gas.

Hell my brother went to Boston last week and gas was at around $3.15 a gallon.

But yeah, prices are gonna break 5$ this year in the US.

I dont know Professional, Here in Cleveland everyone gets everything for free, because in there mind they deserve it. 300 pound women with 4 kids not a brain cell in her head driving a new Mercedes or hummer, housing ,bills all paid, 400 or more a month in free food on that food card. Grown men strong as an ox expecting ,and recieving everything free and selling drugs for extra money . Also cant forget the senseless littering and trashing of the streets and beaches here. Trash belongs on the ground ,I though you knew. Yep there living pretty good here ,the lazy life is what works in Cleveland. Unfortunatly the people who work for a living and actually do something for the country have 10 dollars maybe for food this evening because of the gas prices around 3.50 a gallon. It pays to be a worthless street slug here unfortunatly. America is not what it used to be my friend.

And the husband wants me to get the 96 suburban fixed!!

Its £6 a gallon in the uk, thats around 9.5$ btw

Yeah, cry about 5 bucks .......

Oh and thats around 62% in tax.

Not saying is nice paying that much but you still have it easier in America when it comes to gas...

1 Gallon = 4.54 litres or $1.10 per litre

$1.10 is around 70p (UK pence) a litre

In the UK average gas is £1.35 a litre, or $2.13 x 4.54 = $9.67 per gallon in the UK

We pay twice the amount here, it hurts to drive

I am originally from Venezuela... over there less than $2 will fill up the tank of most cars, a gallon costs around 10 cents... at least over there if you had enough of politics, city life, crime and general BS at least you can fill your tank for free (basically) and drive to a distant beach, jungle, river, mountain, etc.. and get away from all the crap in the city.

Funny, I remember when Bush was in office and the price of gas took off.

Everyone was screaming that it was his fault because Bush was in the pockets of Big Oil. His administration, at least did some work to get the prices down.

Now, where is the screaming about Obama being in the pockets of Big Oil.

My question is why is his administration NOT doing anything about the prices?

Who is really in the pocket of big oil?

Originally posted by Biigs
Its £6 a gallon in the uk, thats around 9.5$ btw

Yeah, cry about 5 bucks .......

Oh and thats around 62% in tax.

edit on 21-2-2012 by Biigs because: added percentage tax

That would be $5.12/gallon here in Canada btw....

Its 1.35 a litre here

Originally posted by Submarines
Funny, I remember when Bush was in office and the price of gas took off.

Everyone was screaming that it was his fault because Bush was in the pockets of Big Oil. His administration, at least did some work to get the prices down.

Now, where is the screaming about Obama being in the pockets of Big Oil.

My question is why is his administration NOT doing anything about the prices?

Who is really in the pocket of big oil?

Everyone got obamas answer when he turned down the Keystone pipeline. I mean, that was a great idea of his to turn down cheap oil from Canada a pipeline that probably could've created thousands of jobs, a country that wants to sell us their oil but obama turns up his nose at it. Instead he'd rather pledge billions to brazil. And obama still has the ban on drilling here in the US.
There was a video some place, if I can find it I'll post it, where obama admitted he has no problem with Americans paying over $5.00 a gallon for gas.

Originally posted by Chance321

Originally posted by Submarines
Funny, I remember when Bush was in office and the price of gas took off.

Everyone was screaming that it was his fault because Bush was in the pockets of Big Oil. His administration, at least did some work to get the prices down.

Now, where is the screaming about Obama being in the pockets of Big Oil.

My question is why is his administration NOT doing anything about the prices?

Who is really in the pocket of big oil?

Everyone got obamas answer when he turned down the Keystone pipeline. I mean, that was a great idea of his to turn down cheap oil from Canada a pipeline that probably could've created thousands of jobs, a country that wants to sell us their oil but obama turns up his nose at it. Instead he'd rather pledge billions to brazil. And obama still has the ban on drilling here in the US.
There was a video some place, if I can find it I'll post it, where obama admitted he has no problem with Americans paying over $5.00 a gallon for gas.

LOL...So Harper goes and makes a deal with China for our oil..../palm

Originally posted by Xality
Not saying is nice paying that much but you still have it easier in America when it comes to gas...

I have to disagree, After a significant amount of travel throughout Europe I can safely say I would not even bother owning a car in most places. There is an awesome public transportation system in the "Old World".

Americas idea of public transportation is a network of stinky buses that only have a consistent route schedule in neighborhoods you don't want to be anywhere around.

We rely on roads and cars as our entire society was planned around cheap gasoline. Where I live I would have to walk ten miles to get to a bus stop. But at least it will get me to a light rail station that should I avoid being mugged on will only take two more transfers to get to to city.

Thank goodness I don't have to have a job that requires a commute.

Like, OMG. Your still paying less than most country's. With a high of $5/gal I would be able to drive my truck a lot more.

It's been way over 5$ a gallon in Canada for years now.

Sorry USA, can't really feel bad about your gas price situation....