Point...and a real good counterpoint

A friend sent me this forward to show why we shouldn’t cry foul about petrol becoming so expensive. It has good logic. This is what it says:

I filled up my car's fuel tank, and I thought fuel has become really expensive after the recent price hike. But then I compared it with other common liquids and did some quick calculations, and I felt a little better.To know why, see the results below – you'll be surprised at how outrageous some other prices are:

• Diesel (regular) in Mumbai: Rs.36.08 per litre
• Petrol (speed) in Mumbai: Rs.52 per litre
• Coca Cola 330 ml can : Rs.20 = Rs.61 per litre
• Dettol antiseptic 100 ml Rs.20 = Rs.200 per litre
• Radiator coolant 500 ml Rs.160 = Rs.320 per litre
• Pantene conditioner 400 ml Rs.165 = Rs.413 per litre
• Medicinal mouthwash like Listerine 100 ml Rs.45 = Rs. 450 per litre
• Red Bull 150 ml can : Rs.75 = Rs.500 per litre
• Corex cough syrup 100 ml Rs.57 = Rs. 570 per litre
• Kores whiteout 15 ml Rs. 15 = Rs. 1000 per litre
• Cup of coffee at any decent business hotel 100 ml Rs. 50 = Rs. 500 per litre
• Old Spice after shave lotion 100 ml Rs. 175 = Rs. 1750 per litre
• Pure almond oil 25 ml Rs. 68 = Rs. 2720 per litre
• And this is the REAL KICKER... HP deskjet colour ink cartridge 21 ml Rs.1900 = Rs. 90476 per litre.Now you know why computer printers are so cheap? So, they have you hooked for the ink!
  So, the next time you're at the pump, don't curse our honorable Petroleum minister – just be glad your car doesn't run on cough syrup, after shave, coffee, or God forbid, printer ink !
  
  BUT THEN....
  However, there is another side to the story. A litre of Listerine lasts a month, at least. If you drink a litre of Corex at one go, you might die of codeine poisoning. One litre of Old Spice can make the whole army smell good. Who uses a litre of almond oil anyway? A litre of Pantene shampoo ....well, that’s a bottomless shampoo pit. One ink cartridge can colour a whole wall. If you drink a litre of Red Bull, you might make it to outer space. A litre of Dettol can treat at least one injured army unit in Saichen. With a litre of Kores whiteout, you can make the whole history of the Holocaust or Jalianwala Bagh disappear. One litre of Coca Cola can easily get you through one rum binging session. And a litre of radiator coolant could keep Myanmar’s Junta cool.
  Which simply means: Oil companies/ OPEC/ US and the govt must stop screwing us. And that it does not take away from the fact that petrol/ diesel is expensive and with a litre of either you can’t even go to the movies and come back without refilling your tank. In short, fuel is too damn expensive.