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On 05/22/2015 10:22 AM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per philo:
Dang, the lowest I ever remember gas was 29.9 cents a gallon unless
there was a "gas war" and it would drop a few cents.

Now when it's $2.50 it seems cheap


30 cents in 1965 dollars = $2.50 in 2015 dollars, so it's
really not that much more expensive.... unless somebody has been on a
fixed or some other non-inflation-responsive income.




Yep, you are absolutely right.

Relatively speaking gas is still the same bargain that it was...and even
when it gets above $2.50 a gallon, the cars today get better gas mileage