Gasoline prices in the U.S. are actually pretty low compared to what people pay in other parts of the world, particularly in Europe. Even in an oil-rich country like Norway gasoline approaches 5 dollars per gallon.
According to the D.O.E. on February 4, 2008 the average retail price per gallon of premium unleaded gasoline in U.S. dollars was:
$8.32 in the Netherlands
$7.78 in the UK
$7.72 in Belgium
$7.69 in Germany
$7.59 Italy
$7.44 in France
$3.21 in the USA
Other interesting energy cost data at EIA - International Energy Data and Analysis and CNN/Money: Gas prices around the world
