We just got back from a long car journey, and it cost us over $40 each time we had to fill up the tank of the minivan.
Even so, I can't ever complain about the cost of gas for two reasons:
1 - Americans still pay the lowest amount per gallon than everyone else.
2 - Americans continue to insist on driving gigantic gas-guzzling SUVs that get 10 miles to the gallon. While I can get behind the idea of SUVs for people who need them to haul stuff (in the country, in the mountains where 4 wheel drive is needed, in the frozen tundra), I have a hard time accepting those who commute to downtown Chicago one passenger per SUV, not as part of a multiple-passenger carpool mind you, where they take up twice the amount of parking space while using up all that lovely gas.
Lynn
