Steven D. Levit who wrote the article “Hurray For High Gas Prices!” said that “Because I don’t pay the full costs of my driving, I drive too much.” which makes sense because if your getting cheaper gas than everyone else in the world why not take advantage of this? The bad thing about this is people have become accustomed to driving all the time and now that the prices are going up due increased consumption of oil we are not use to having to pay full price for our gas like everyone else in the world , so we are fighting for our prices to stay low when we should be trying to find alternative sources of fuel that are cheaper and better for the environment. And if you look at all the cities in Europe who do have high gas prices, they have come up with more energy efficient ways of getting around. Like the subway, and the use of alternative fuels like hydrogen, and electric and are working on other fuels as well. This is a good example of what we should be doing in America. We should be putting our money into investing in infrastructure to build subways and other mass transit alternatives, instead of funding wars to secure oil interests. “According to a recent study by a research firm that tracks cost of living data, the U.S. gas prices are the 45th cheapest out of 155 countries surveyed.” Reporter Heather Biance said in may, 4 2008