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anyone who has spent any significant time outside of the usa would know that we still have among the cheapest gas in the world...

think about it this way...

even when our gas was still cheap at ~ $1, europe and japan (ie: all other industrialized countries) were spending a hell of a lot more... germany was about $7 a gallon in the 90's, i believe... japan was paying about $4-6...

now, you go to a third world country where you'd be lucky to EARN $5 a WEEK... and the gas in that economy was still roughly $1-3 a gallon...

we're VERY fortunate that gas in our own country isn't anywhere near that expensive comparatively...

can someone give us insight into how/why everywhere else paid so much to begin with for gas while america continued living in a la la land with really cheap gas when compared to economies of scale?

this is something that really intrigues me...