Seeing as it has dropped for the first time in short-term memory let us reflect upon it.
I find myself staring at the gas prices all the time, it seems to be the only drama allowed for my brain on the commute to work or school.
In the U.S. you pay close attention to gas prices, they have a certain foothold on your life. You find that is one those things that you look out for on your regular drive to work, your regular drive to 7/11 and your epic statewide journey to the mall. We rely on the car so much that these gas prices cause us to go on a hunt for the cheapest gas station, even it's only a cent less and involved a 3 mile detour, thankfully this means when I fill up my 16 gallon tank, it will save me 16 cents, just ignore the 3 mile detour.
In the U.K however it's a different story, first it's called petrol. Gas makes the oven work.
The price of petrol is currently around 1.16 pounds, but it's priced per litre, we like metric in europe.
There are 3.78 liters to the gallon and it's 2 dollars to the british pound at the moment, done the math yet?
That means the brits pay $8.78 per gallon
Think about that the next time gas crashes over $4 a gallon, or you visit California and cry at the west coast cost of gas.
(unless you already live there)
But the UK is not SUV land, we drive cars with 1.0 liter engines, most of my friends drive cars that have yet to exist in the U.S because of their size and that's if they drive at all. We have a tiny island to roam around on, so most people do not travel the distances that are possible in the U.S.
Most people who have a brain catch a bus, ride a train or even sometimes a plane.
Some people even ride a bike.
I didn't get a driver's license until I moved to Virginia, I was 22.
If I had not left London, I still wouldn't be behind the wheel of a car
