because gas in these parts is 2 dollars.. per liter
This is the case of your government being greedy, not of gasoline being intrinsically expensive :-P
Why can't you use metric like everyone else? ;)
The US is special -- haven't you heard of the American Exceptionalism doctrine? X-D
As per a recent comment this thread is meant to voice contrarian opinions, that is anything this community tends not to agree with. Thus I ask you to post your contrarian views and upvote anything you do not agree with based on personal beliefs. Spam and trolling still needs to be downvoted.