Thanks Bruno. We have become spoiled by inexpensive fuel prices (relatively speaking on the world scale).
Mention was made about cheap middle-east oil kept development of oil production down in U.S. Middle east oil goes for about $11/barrel because it is not sweet oil and isn't used as much in this country as we are led to believe and when it is, it has to be refined to get the sulfur out so as not to pollute as much. This drives the price of refinement up to the point that it is almost as expensive as U.S. oil...almost. Our fuel prices are less than Europe's because our federal taxes are less than theirs are. Always have been. Another BIG factor in current fuel prices is the decline in the value of the dollar. So much is the decline in value that the middle-eastern countries are considering going to the Euro as their standard of currency instead of the dollar. This decline has affected the price of all imported oil, not just middle-eastern oil.
Is it the end, no. Is it the end of Prevost and the like...well, if you can afford the price of the coach you have no problems with the price to operate it.
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If they can figure out how to put a man on the moon...
Perhaps they'll also be able to figure out how to make a lighter Airstream, so that a smaller engine will be able to pull it so we can still go down to visit the coconut palms ever winter.
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Try a Safari Sport.