For those who haven’t been to Florida recently the recent increases in the price of petrol might come as a bit of a surprise.

The cheapest I saw(last Wednesday) was $2.58 and the most expensive $2.95. In the 3 weeks I was there prices increased at my local gas station by 32 cents. It doesn’t seem that long ago when there was a fuss over gas hitting the $1 per gallon mark

Now I appreciate by UK standards 38p – 44p a litre is cheap. However drive a big SUV, with auto gearbox and Aircon always running, and you are probably paying as much for per mile for fuel as a motorist in UK with a small family car.