For math dummies. At $4.50 a gallon for gas, the economy of the United States will collapse. Kids and people working a job that they stay at for 4 hours will stop working that job because it will cost too much to to get there. If they use 4 gallons of gas to get to and return from that job, it will cost $18.00 for gas alone. At $6.00 an hour and a paycheck for that 4 hour job of $24.00, subtract taxes and gas and it leaves about fifty cents. WHY WORK that job then??? No one will be working these 4 hour jobs and the economy is going to collapse. It is starting to happen already. Oil prices need to go lower somehow and people need vehicles that get at least 50 m.p.g. like diesel cars and toyota prius. The world needs to wake up and do something about this soon like yesterday.