To: Mr. Bird
" We were paying $1.25 a gallon thirty years ago...."
Interesting point.
Figuring in inflation and the much improved gas mileage of today's cars, we're getting a bargain in comparison.
12 posted on
08/22/2003 5:45:43 AM PDT by
MaryFromMichigan
( If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?)
To: Tooters
From "How Stuff Works", a breakdown of prices adjusted for inflation only (no mileage comparisons).
1950 - $1.91 per gallon
1955 - $1.85
1960 - $1.79
1965 - $1.68
1970 - $1.59
1975 - $1.80
1980 - $2.59
1985 - $1.90
1990 - $1.51
1995 - $1.28
2001 - $1.66
14 posted on
08/22/2003 5:49:14 AM PDT by
Mr. Bird
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