That gas (at least at some stations here in San Jose) has hit $5.00/gallon . . ugh. . .

Lucky bastards.... over here it's at 9.95$! And we're an oil exporting country!

One thing to remember: Oil is not only used for gasoline. Its used for making plastics, other chemicals, etc. Market forces dictate that you use your resources in the most valuable way possible. Even if you doubled your capacity because of a new oil field being discovered, it wouldn't lower your gas prices because your country would most likely export it all.

Also, Where do you live? That high of price indicates you may be in Europe where gas subsidizes a very, very robust public transportation system.

That when Adam Baldwin's "Leverage" character was being questioned by Senators about a prvious spook team he had worked with, they were reffering to his time on "Chuck"

"Somehow, we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe." Steven Chu, 2008.

Said a guy who then and still doesn't own or drive a car, but has a government service drive him everywhere

Still, oil producing countries generally have access to cheaper gasoline. Here however, we have insane taxes on gasoline and public transport is virtually non-existent outside the "bigger" cities. And yes, I live outside the bigger cities... Here it's drive or walk... or ski... I'm in Norway after all...

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/c...-make-ten.html

That siestas are wonderful things that every country and culture should adopt.

The more I fiddle with my boffs appearance, the more they begin to resemble the cast of Farscape.