Everyone is up in arms about the price to fillup these days. I'm right there with you.
It's crazy how expensive things have gotten these past few years. The biggest factor it turns out are the booming economies of China and India where few cars were purchased before the past few years. Now that things have seemingly exploded for thsoe regions economically there are lots of employees able to afford cars that were once a luxury.

Look at the disparity in these prices compared to middle America. We're not the cheapest or the highest. We're somewhere in the middle but the range is pretty vast.

5 cheapest per gallon are

Venezuela .12
Nigeria .38
Egypt .65
Kuwait .78
Saudi Arabia .91

5 most expensive per gallon are:

Netherlands 6.48
Norway 6.27
Italy 5.96
Denmark 5.93
Belgium 5.91

.12 cents to 6.48? thats a pretty crazy difference. A 5400% markup between the two.

Wow.