I think you're paying for some of your country's health care at the pump: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_health_care" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_health_care</a> I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that. Just pointing out that most of your gas price is Tax in comparison to that of the U.S. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_tax" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_tax</a> So, it's just a question of how you pay for the same services from country to country. It's all relative. You're not getting screwed any more than us! LOL!