You Americans make the rest of the world laugh complaining about even $6 gas.

In Europe, many countries are already paying $12-$13 a gallon. In Canada, it's been over $6 for some time.

It's not that they don't need the US, they don't need the US' permission because they know we will step in as soon as the first bomb blows.

My guess is that Israel thinks "sometimes it's better to ask for forgiveness than permission".

You bet if Iran voted '8 to 6' to attack Israel it would be on CNN, FOX, etc 24-7 nonstop and the CNN would even hand deliver the mail to your door and read it to you out loud to make sure you knew.

Originally posted by babybunnies
You Americans make the rest of the world laugh complaining about even $6 gas.

In Europe, many countries are already paying $12-$13 a gallon. In Canada, it's been over $6 for some time.

Yeah, but we got big cars and trucks and don't live anywhere close to where we work.
Oh, wait...I see your point.

Originally posted by THE_PROFESSIONAL
You bet if Iran voted '8 to 6' to attack Israel it would be on CNN, FOX, etc 24-7 nonstop and the CNN would even hand deliver the mail to your door and read it to you out loud to make sure you knew.

Not sure what you're saying here, nrg got the story wrong? And it's all a lie? Please explain.

Originally posted by AnonymousCitizen

Originally posted by babybunnies
You Americans make the rest of the world laugh complaining about even $6 gas.

In Europe, many countries are already paying $12-$13 a gallon. In Canada, it's been over $6 for some time.

Yeah, but we got big cars and trucks and don't live anywhere close to where we work.
Oh, wait...I see your point.

It's not my problem if they are willing to take it up the rear.
Why should we be quiet just because they tolerate ridiculous prices?
I would have been protesting, but they roll over and take it.

Doesn't make Americans wrong in the least IMO.

Cool, let em attack Iran, just keep US out of it.
We will gladly accept their refugees afterward as I hear they have some very bright folks in the tech field.
Maybe soon we will have peace in the mideast.

Originally posted by babybunnies
You Americans make the rest of the world laugh complaining about even $6 gas.

In Europe, many countries are already paying $12-$13 a gallon. In Canada, it's been over $6 for some time.

Exactly. They always use the excuse that they 'have to drive further' etc. In truth (and I spent 2 years living there back in 97-99) the problem is that American cars are about 20 years behind Europe and Japan in terms of technology and efficiency, many Americans insist on driving huge engined cars (despite the fact that Australians, for example, manage to make do with much smaller engines on the whole), many insist on driving pick-up trucks when they don't need them, many insist on driving really old cars, and many are just massively obese and can't walk anywhere!

Complaining that Americans don't have decent public transport is missing the point entirely. America has made almost zero effort for decades in this arena because they have been lazy and it was easier to rely on dirt cheap gasoline. Now they will pay the price.

In the UK, for example, about 70% of the price of fuel is tax. Normally this is very painful, but if a total emergency happened, like oil prices doubled because of a war in Iran, then there is the scope at least for the government to temporarily slash fuel tax and leave us with fuel that is still the same price at the pump that it is today. There is an inherent redundancy in our system you could say. Whereas it seems, from the widespread moaning from Americans whenever oil prices rise a little, any increase in oil prices will be fed into the pump price of gasoline and come as a major shock to the American culture.

Interesting times.

Originally posted by babybunnies
You Americans make the rest of the world laugh complaining about even $6 gas.

In Europe, many countries are already paying $12-$13 a gallon. In Canada, it's been over $6 for some time.

It's all realitive , you probably make more on average per hourly wage , I am fairly sure they have the fleecing of the people's down pat.

Originally posted by Azadok

Originally posted by babybunnies
You Americans make the rest of the world laugh complaining about even $6 gas.

In Europe, many countries are already paying $12-$13 a gallon. In Canada, it's been over $6 for some time.

It's all realitive , you probably make more on average per hourly wage , I am fairly sure they have the fleecing of the people's down pat.

Nope. I think you will find wages are very low in many parts of Europe (even here in the UK many, many people are struggling by on £10,000 ish per year, and in eastern Europe, where fuel is still very expensive, many earn peanuts). The difference is that Europeans (and Japanese, and Koreans, and Australians, and New Zealanders, and Canadians, and South Africans etc) are MORE EFFICIENT. Americans need to learn about efficiency. News flash: 30mpg is NOT good fuel mileage!

Originally posted by AnonymousCitizen

Originally posted by babybunnies
You Americans make the rest of the world laugh complaining about even $6 gas.

In Europe, many countries are already paying $12-$13 a gallon. In Canada, it's been over $6 for some time.

Yeah, but we got big cars and trucks and don't live anywhere close to where we work.
Oh, wait...I see your point.

Well because of your poor transportation planning the world should subsidize you right?

Oh wait... We have rural communities in Canada too.

Originally posted by babybunnies
You Americans make the rest of the world laugh complaining about even $6 gas.

In Europe, many countries are already paying $12-$13 a gallon. In Canada, it's been over $6 for some time.

Lets look at this another way.

Lets say you have a corn field in your community which allows you to buy corn at 3$ a basket. Lets say the people in the next town pay $4 but only have half a corn field. And finaly, the next town from that have no corn field but pay $5 a basket. Why would the people who have a full corn field want to pay more?

The US has many, many oilfields and sources for oil. When we have to pay big prices for something we have aplenty, then yes.. we might get a lil angry.