this cracks me up....don't think you'll be seeing it again either *down* to $4.01 here. I think they should do the psychologically correct thing and lower it to $3.99.
Well the answer is uses smaller cars, walk or bike it where ever possible, the environment most probably be better off, it is bad (priced) regardless of where you are in the world. Europe has been dealing with it for years. :-(
Can't use smaller car as I am using a honda civic coupe. I just bought a house two years ago and so cannot move to where I can bike/walk...
They also live cheek-by-jowl with their neighbors. While there are some in the US that do (Manhattan, I'm talkin' about you!), most do not. Not sure what it's like in Oz.