Re: [DML] Re: Alternate Fuels..

[Stephen Rice <stevedmc@xxxxxxxxx>]

You people are silly.  Why don't you sit back and be thankful gas is
only $3.70 a gallon and be happy.  Complaining about gas prices is
nothing new and people will continue to complain no matter what the
price of gas is.

I remember back when I was a little kid how gas was less than a dollar
and it seemed my dad would always complain about the cost of gas.  If
I ever grow up and have kids, I will probably complain about gas
costing $16/gallon, and they will complain to their kids about gas
costing $64 a gallon.

People will always complain when the cost of gasoline rises but you
will seldom hear a person complain about minimum wage increasing.


On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 6:59 PM, content22207 <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> A 1970 dollar is not equivalent to a 2012 dollar. Adjusted for inflation (CPI Index), 40 cents in 1970 is equivalent to $2.34 in 2012. Using your data, inflation adjusted per mile fuel costs are about half today than in 1970: 10 cents per mile versus 21 cents per mile.
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> Here are some graphs that show historical pump prices adjusted for inflation:
> http://inflationdata.com/inflation/images/charts/Oil/Gasoline_inflation_chart.htm
> http://zfacts.com/sites/all/files/image/energy/Gas-Price-History.png
> http://www.randomuseless.info/gasprice/gasprice2.png
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> Prices really aren't as bad as people think.
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> Whether or not the stuff is running out, whether or not we are polluting ourselves into extinction, whether or not we are grinding to a congested halt, etc are valid concerns irrespective of pump price.
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> Bill Robertson
> #5939
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> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "cbl302@..." <cbl302@...> wrote:
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>> It's all irrelevant..back in the early 1970's when I was driving around with late model 1960's era GTO's the average fuel mileage was between 9-11 miles per gallon and the price per gallon was about 40 cents per gallon...or 2 1/2 gals a dollar
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>> Today the average is 35 miles per gallon and the average price per gallon of fuel is $3.50 or about 1 1/4 quarts per dollar
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>> Which was the better deal outside of straight line performance...
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>> Assuming only accounting for gasoline expenses...
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>> Bottom line NOTHING has really changed...
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>> When gas Mileage was poor Gas was Cheap...
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>> When Gas Mileage becomes good Gas Becomes Expensive...
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>> It's all irrelevant..It's all based on what the Average Consumer drives per year and their expendable income..
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>> If you make fuel too expensive the average consumer cuts down on their driving..causing a surplus..if you make it too cheap..the average consumer increases their use of driving...
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>> It's a fine line to hold...
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>> Claude
>> 1024
>> Bric
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