Think the $4 per gallon we're paying on average in the United States is bad? Take a look across the pond in Great Britain, where prices have skyrocketed due to a fuel shortage. Supplies are short, stations are closing up shop with dry tanks, and those that who do have fuel left are demanding exorbitant sums of $14.76 per gallon.

The problems began following a strike by Shell tanker drivers in a dispute over pay. Prices are expected to go back to normal once the Union can reach an agreement, but in the meantime Brits are panicking, snapping up as much fuel as they can, making the demand, and price, jump even higher.