Man I been paying over 6 dollars a gallon for a long time buddy, hang on, its a bumpy ride.
Then I go and consider the prices in most western European countries and do not feel as bad as I could.
.... I still feel bad.
See the thing is, for a long ass time now here in the North America, we have been purchasing subsidized fuel. Be that incentives, tax breaks or for that matter even the environmental costs being ignored. Well, the time has come to pay the piper and we have the unfortunate distinction of being in the transitory phase where it hurts the most because we have seen the other side and the grass really was greener over there.
Welcome to the new world my friend, there is no putting this genie back into the bottle.