We were exporting oil and were energy independent a year ago.
We're around $4.75 here in the Bay Area.
Here in the UK we are paying £1.44 a liter and there is about 5 liter to a gallon that's is about £7.00 a gallon ,so perhaps your petrol is not so expensive
It's not just the higher prices. The real problem is why the prices have risen . . . and the politics behind it!
Or, who are swayed by popular media ideas rather than making up their own minds.