why do people complain about the price of gas per gallon, when it's less than basically every other liquid that is sold to mankind? because their minds aren't capable of grasping the concept that the reason we spend so much money on gas is because we are using it in great quantities. If the automobile industry put in a little effort, they could probably create a process that extracted more energy from the burning of gasoline. If "filling up" for the week only required 5-10 gallons, then 3 bucks per gallon would seem like a steal.