>>>Imagine life/economy in US where you had to pay 11$ / gallon.
>>>( While I am trying to imagine life/economy of Europe on 3.63$ galon. )
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>>Someone only pays 3.63/gallon for gas? Where???? Must be in the rural Alabama or Kansas...
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>The prices around here have dropped to the 3.70s, and this is usually one of the higher priced gas markets, so I believe it.

I guess our prices are a result of the oil shortage in the SouthEast then...they are forecasting another 2 weeks of shortages. It's strange. Yesterday I stopped to get gas and I hadn't seen any shortages myself yet (just the prices). The station's underground tank ran out of gas while the person in front of me was pumping gas into his vehicle. I had to go to another gas station. When I got to the next gas station, two of the three pumps were empty. Only unleaded regular was available. I guess many stations must have filled up their tanks before the shortage hit so they are now just running low...