NickL wrote: ↑Tue Mar 18, 2025 8:35 pm
I appologize in advance for the off topic, but I will have to add that the fuel in USA, even with todays prices, is actually very cheap. Americans don't realize that because the fuel was before even cheaper.
Today average price of Gallon of Petrol in USA is arround 3,2 dollars and one Gallon is arround 3.8 liters. That means that you pay the liter arround 84 cents. In Germany where I live, on good days one liter of Petrol is 1,7 euros but the euro has 10% greater value than dollar. That means that converted in dollar, we pay 1.9 Dollar per liter, or 7,2 Dollars per gallon.
And that is what you call expensive, ladies and gentleman.
Yes, without a doubt, Americans pay far less for fuel. Even in California, which has about the highest gas prices in the US, prices are still cheaper than the rest of the first world. The issue, however, is this:
The US is a vast nation and outside of dense metropolitan cities, public transportation is awful. Public transportation is also not safe (crime), efficient, or convenient in many places. In Southern California where I live, the train system was not adequately designed to serve commuters efficiently. Unless traveling directly to main city hubs, travel by car in traffic is still more time-efficient than trains and buses in the Greater Los Angeles region.
In rural America, public transportation barely exists. People are largely dependent on private transportation and travel largely on highways.
In essence, many Americans outside of certain developed major cities really need to rely on private automobiles. It's unfortunate but a reality in the US. The US is also a major oil producer thus it factors into US fuel prices.
