Finally American drivers find out what it's like to be British!

[BDC]

Reuters on $3 for a gallon of gas (http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=topNews&summit=&storyid=2005-09-01T192534Z_01_BAU169905_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-WEATHER-KATRINA-GASOLINE-DC.XML)

Hah! And it's something like double that here anyway...

:furious3:

[drone]

Reuters on $3 for a gallon of gas (http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=topNews&summit=&storyid=2005-09-01T192534Z_01_BAU169905_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-WEATHER-KATRINA-GASOLINE-DC.XML)

Hah! And it's something like double that here anyway...

:furious3:
Don't forget that an US gallon is smaller than an Imperial. Roughly 3.9 litres. ~;)

When I see Hummers and Expeditions at the gas station, I can't help but smile a little now. Almost $100 a tank for those behemoths...

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

I think I'm going to close this, as it seems a bit non-frontroom to take pleasure in petrol price rises that have been caused by the same storm that trashed New Orleans and the surrounding area.

There's a similar thread in the backroon which you can use, if you want.