{"id":94691678,"date":"2011-05-19T09:56:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T09:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/travel-and-leisure-finds-the-world-s-highest-gas-prices\/"},"modified":"2011-05-19T09:56:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T09:56:00","slug":"travel-and-leisure-finds-the-world-s-highest-gas-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/travel-and-leisure-finds-the-world-s-highest-gas-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel and Leisure Finds the World\u2019s Highest Gas Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<strong>$4 gas? What a bargain!<\/strong>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<p>\nAmericans might be grappling with the reality of paying $4 for a gallon gas but many people in the world would consider that quite a bargain. In many places, filling a standard size 16-gallon tank could set you back more than $150.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nTo put things in perspective, <em>Travel and Leisure<\/em> recently compiled a list of the World&rsquo;s 10 Highest Gas Prices. The title of world&rsquo;s highest belongs to Istanbul, Turkey where regional unrest has launched gas prices close to the $10 mark; residents are currently paying $9.63 a gallon. Nipping at Istanbul&rsquo;s heels is Arimea, Eritrea, where a gallon of fuel will cost you $9.59.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nRegional instability isn&rsquo;t the only factor that leads to high prices. Citizens of eco-friendly cities like Oslo, Norway and Copenhagen, Denmark can blame their pump woes on high taxes. Residents fork over $9.27 and $8.42 per gallon respectively. Check out the <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.travelandleisure.com\/articles\/worlds-highest-gas-prices\" target=\"_blank\"> full list here<\/a>. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; $4 gas? What a bargain! &nbsp; Americans might be grappling with the reality of paying $4 for a gallon gas but many people in the world would consider that quite a bargain. In many places, filling a standard size 16-gallon tank could set you back more than $150. &nbsp; To put things in perspective, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94691678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94691678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94691678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94691678\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94691678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94691678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94691678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}