Hi,
Well, everything is relative. It's just that Gasoline prices impact the psyche more than many other things because it represents a loss of freedom - the freedom to go where and when one wants.
Many other everyday items cost waay more than gasoline, some ridiculously, and inexplicably so, but don't spark the reaction fuel prices do. Some examples:
- Mobil1 - $24/gal
Whole Milk - $3.80/gal.
Listerene - $9/gal.
Bottled Water - $8.72/gal.
Starbuck's - $64/gal.
Orange Juice - $4.89/gal. (and rising)
Diet Snapple - $10.32/gal.
Soft Drinks - $7.04/gal.
Pepto Bismol - $123.20/gal.
Happy Motoring!... Jim'99