[pctech]

Honestly, I could care less if oil prices are mathcing their inflation adjusted rate. All I know is I pay 3 times the price I paid 5 years ago for gas and it's killing me financially.

[Lunatic Fringe]

Yes, some people don't realize that "adjusting for inflation" doesn't take into account that many of us don't get wage increases that match inflation.

According to inflation calculators, the salary I make today is a couple thousand dollars below the salary I made in 1998.