> Pop quiz: In what countries does it cost a full day's wages or more to fill a car's gas tank? In most of them, I'd bet. Just for example, in Czech Republic w

> Pop quiz: In what countries does it cost a full day's wages or more to fill a car's gas tank? In most of them, I'd bet. Just for example, in Czech Republic we're currently at $7/US gal. Our median (NOT minimum) income is around $8.5 per hour. So this is 1.5 working days for your 15 gallon tank for the average worker. BTW, someone already did the relevant calculations: https://www.globalpetrolprices.com/articles/85/ https://www.globalpetrolprices.com/articles/85/ -- feel free to compare the situation in the US to other countries.