FUEL PRICES - By the Numbers

They say gas is expensive. Get over it. Petrol is pricey. The lifeblood of your transportation costs major money - we all feel your pain. Statistics manifest some frightening facts, and some more that ought to make you thankful. Here are today's Numbers, seen with Canadian and U.S. dollar perspectives.

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1.05 - average price of gasoline per litre in the USA in Canadian dollars, between 20 and 30 cents cheaper than the cost per litre in Canada

2.60 - average price of gasoline per litre in France in Canadian dollars

2.89 - average price of gasoline per litre in Turkey in Canadian dollars

320 - percentage increase in the cost of fuel for Spain's fishing industry over the last five years

887,000,000 - total vehicles on the planet's roads today

553,000,000 - total vehicles on the planet's roads fifteen years ago

170 - percentage increase in the price of gasoline in America over the last five years

90 - percentage increase in the price of gasoline in France over the last five years

18,000,000,000 - fewer kilometres driven by Americans in the month of March/2008 compared with the same period in 2007

28 - fewer American cents needed to purchase a gallon of gasoline in Russia than in the USA, with Russia being one of the world's largest oil producers

12 - total American cents needed to purchase one gallon of gasoline in Venezuela

2.84 - typical price of one gallon of E85 ethanol (in USD) in Brazil, about half the price of gasoline

Imperial Oil (ExxonMobil) refinery in Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia