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Europe has traditionally (maybe not the best word) paid higher prices than we have here in the U.S. When we were paying around $1.50 a gallon they were paying slightly less than that per LITER! Meaning, about 5 times what we have been paying in the U.S. So, as we pay over $4 per gallon, they are paying around $8 - $9 per gallon (ok, I know, that doesn't add up to 5 times what we are paying. Still...). On the other hand, Europe has an incredibly better mass transit system (busses, rail cars) than the U.S.

Americans are LAZY!!!! We would rather drive our own cars than we would take a bus or train. I have been around the world while I was in the Navy. Every country that I have visited had a better mass transit system than the U.S. Their gas has ALWAYS been higher than ours.

Hey, America, quit being so LAZY!!!!! Get on your bike, walk, take a bus.