I've not finished the article yet but I have just read this:

"(with gasoline in the United States reaching an insane price of $1.80 per gallon)"

In the UK I am paying roughly $11.65 a UK gallon for Diesel. :w00t:

(1.30 GBP per Litre * 4.54 and converted on the Web at XE)

Back to the article.

Dave J