> Please remember that this is a world-wide mailing list. Your paltry
> $4.00/gal. is nothing compared to what our European listmembers are
> paying. <http://www.aaroadwatch.ie/eupetrolprices/>
>
> The US of A still has relatively cheap fuel. $4.00/gal is $1.06/
> liter.  Euro is about $1.42 currently. Pound sterling is pegged at
> 1.79.

which raises a question ... does the price in Europe and Asia
fluctuate as rapidly and as often as it does in the USA?? that is, if
we see a $0.50 jump in the price of gasoline, does that jump also
appear in England and Germany and elsewhere??

or is it just the good ol' American stock market that goes nuts when
clouds appear over the refineries (which just happen to all be located
close to hurricanes)? :(

unca joel