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Thursday, February 01, 2007

49: Gas Prices

 I used to be a libertarian, largely because of John Stossel. I still think he's the bomb. These figures are from his book "Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity"

After you account for inflation, the price of gasoline today (about $2.26/gallon) is 67 cents cheaper than it was in 1922. It's 69 cents cheaper than it was in 1981. The record average was set in March of 1981: $3.12 per gallon.

24 oz. bottles of water often go for about $1.29. That's $6.88 per gallon.

Pints of "premium" ice cream run for about $3.39. That's $27.00 per gallon!

Yet if you ask people which costs more--gasoline, water, or ice cream--gas always wins.
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sweet book! though I gotta say...it costs more to fullfill your need/want of gasoline than it does for water/icecream. :silly;
Posted 2/1/2007 2:04 PM by eiramami - reply

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That... is awesome. I love books that point out ironic facts.
Posted 2/1/2007 4:14 PM by Hinkybelle - reply

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But complaining about ice cream prices doesn't give you that delicious feeling of political self-righteousness :)

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Gosh. Maybe we should start reducing our dependency on foreign ice cream.
Posted 2/3/2007 3:09 AM by pratumlatum - reply


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