Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote in
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On 6/29/2012 2:10 PM, Han wrote:
z wrote in
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On Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:44:16 -0700, Larry Jaques
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On Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:18:51 -0500, Leonlcb11211@swbelldotnet
wrote:

On 6/26/2012 9:29 AM, zzzzzzzzzz wrote:


Lew

Did you notice the strictly decreasing trend since 5/15/12?
The newsman said maybe $3.00/gal by fall.

I paid $2.92 Sunday.


I paid "zip" today.

I got a pleasant surprise at the pumps today. I only paid $3.49.9 a
gallon. My last tankful was $80 and today it was $60. Me like
this trend.

Just remember, four years ago it was $1.80ish.

Need to keep things in perspective. Inflation-adjusted prices show
that gas today does not cost all that much more than in previous
decades. If you count in that the Iranians have been inflating the
price by their rhetoric and crazy behavior, gas is really cheap.
Count the upswing in domestic energy production, and prices should
come down more. Certainly if the Keystone pipeline morons finally
come up with an approvable route.


Let see here regular in 1972 was 20 cents. Typical family car $3500
Typical home $25000

Now regular $3 and typical family car $27000 Typical family home
175000.

I see gas as 15 time more expensive, family car 8 times more expensive
and typical house 7 times more expensive...

That fits that gas is relatively speaking twice what it was. Of course,
regular gas wasn't 20 cents in Mass (where I lived around that time), it
contained lead, no EtOH or whatever additives it has nowadays. I made
$5.7K/year (wife more) and we had savings. Our daughter was born, and
under our insurance (thank you Harvard) the delivery was free (except a
$25 charge for a phone). But a phone call to our parents in Holland
needed an operator ...

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Best regards
Han
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