Yeah we dont have any subsidizing by the governments here and we have loads of taxes on the gas price aswell. Gas is about half the price but then taxes like carbon tax and vat and other crap like that put on top of the base price on gasoline.

and yes our buses and other modes of public transport actually works quite decent if you live in the cities. If you live in the north of Sweden or far from the cities, then well they just arent an option just like Oz said it wasnt for him.
We are quite used to the high prices here from a long time of having it. That is not to say that we like it but we have gotten used to it kinda.
Prices is also why we have smaller cars in Europe compared to the US (that includes Sweden that actually has the largest cars in Europe) but in places like Italy and France the small cars are mostly due to there not really being enough space and in Denmark where the cars are so heavily taxed if you want a bigger car, and so many cars that run on Diesel fuel.