Quote Originally Posted by Corkboyhigh
Sure what does it matter to you lot if oil goes up a few cents a gallon? We on this side of the pond are being SHAFTED for petrol. over â?¬1.20/litre thats about $6.60/gallon. i think you guys are paying around $2.23 at the moment. it stresses me out when i hear americans complain about the price of gas:angry3:
no offense or anything man...but ireland is roughly the size of our state of indiana. here are the numbers i got off of yahoo answers:

Ireland : 70,280 sq km (27,140 sq miles)
USA : 9,826,630 sq km (3,794,000 sq miles)

That's quite a big difference. There's a ton of open space here. Hell I know people that have to drive forty miles one way to get to work. If gas was 6.60 a gallon here. We'd be fucked. It sucks that you have to pay that much for gas. The whole gas situation sucks...but when you have to drive as much as we do in unpopulated areas....high gas prices really mess up your finances.