otherwise entitled "why I get slightly miffed when I hear folks complain about the gas prices in the states"

Taken from http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/01/news/international/usgas_price/index.htm?iref=topnews CNN's report on the cheapest and most expensive places to buy gas. The cheapest, to my surprise is Venezuela at 12 cents/gallon.

To be fair, though, America *is* a huge place and public transportation, while it exists, is not as pervasive, convenient and clean as it seems to be in Europe. But for me, having this trip to the states coming up, it will be pretty nice to fill up a car and *not* get the bank statement back that says it cost me $162 to fill up my van!