Even though I have a long auto commute I am gladly paying the high cost of gasoline because of the benefits I know it will eventually bring. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
Actually, the true cost of gasoline is much less than what you pay at the pump. (illconsidered.blogspot.ru)
That raises another issue specific to rural education: the problem of transportation, which in recent months has reached crisis levels given the soaring cost of gasoline. (gse.harvard.edu)