ajack1: I don't see how your comparison is relevant, but, either way, I think we are agreeing with each other.
Gasoline/petrol prices are determined by many factors, including the price of crude oil, refinery costs, delivery costs, and TAXES.
From what I can tell, the relatively high gas prices in Europe compared to the US/Canada are due to taxes more than any other factor.
Since that is the case, comparing gas prices between countries is basically pointless, since you're really comparing taxes more than anything else. If you really want to compare gas prices between countries, then take the taxes out of the price per gallon or liter. I would guess that the cost for gasoline is fairly similar between developed countries before taxes, but maybe I'm wrong.
My point is that gas is relatively expensive in the US compared to the recent past, and the fact that someone from another country still thinks it's cheap is basically useless information. Similarly, I would expect that me telling someone in the UK that petrol was expensive compared to the US would be useless information to them (unless they want to use that as grounds to put pressure on their government to reduce taxes, which probably wouldn't be a very viable reason anyway).