Good point!

Swedish daily gas use is slightly lower, but I have not seen figures that it declines.
We pay $6.45 a gallon.
Where I live roughly half of the residents commute over 10 miles up to 40 for some, the rest bike or walk about 2 miles to town center.
Everyone complains but keeps buying the big cars.

Maybe something is starting to happen, 10%+ of new cars are labeled greens. Meaning Petroleum and Ethanol or Petroleum and Biogas/CNG or Petrol/electric hybrids.  
We have ethanol on most bigger gasstations.
Biogas or CNG in most towns.
Just seen a few priuses yet.

Major City NorthEast Brazil
$4.73 Per Gallon of Natural Gas(using an exchange rate of 2.1 Reals to 1 dollar, & a price of 2.66 Real´s per liter.