Price of gas in oil rich Venezuela: $0.12, Saudi Arabia: $0.91, Lime Village, Alaska: $8.55

[gatorboy]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Think you're feeling pain at the gas pump? Consider the residents of Lime Village, Alaska, an isolated Denaina Athabascan Indian community where gasoline prices have hit $8.55 a gallon.

The price is severely curtailing movement around the interior Alaska village, where four-wheelers are sitting idle, said Ursula Graham, administrator for the Lime Village Traditional Council.

"Nobody's going on joy rides, that's for sure," Graham said.

Alaska, despite its status as a major crude oil producer, has the highest average gasoline prices of all U.S. states, according to the American Automobile Association. Alaska prices averaged $4.65 a gallon for regular gasoline on Friday, compared with a national average of $4.10, according to AAA.

[TomInTib]

1. Hey! We're down to $4.43!

Everyone is out riding around.

It's really eerie. A mere year ago, the suggestion that price would reach this point would have paralyzed traffic.

Now, people are out, cruising around.

Weird...

[Arctic Dave]

2. My parents live a mile from a refinery and the

gas station across the street from it is the highest in the town. Tell me how that computes? The could pipe gas from the refinery to the station and not even have a shipping cost. When prices go up the local politician alway cry for an investigation. Unfortunately it never goes anywhere.

[safeinOhio]

3. Here is how price is now fixed

What ever the suckas will pay.

[SammyWinstonJack]

4. Yep.

x(

[neverforget]

5. The gas in those countries is subsidized unlike here.