"Pop" wrote in message
...
...
And about the price of fuel ... in real terms, adjusted for
inflation and compared to other consumer commodities, gasoline
is
not expensive compared to past decades.
...

That is patently untrue regardless of ANY valid-year's dollars
used for comparison, which is the only way to do it. Please post
something to verify the comment, or retract it. What is the
source?

Pop


OK, "Pop", try these two, and be sure to let us know what you find out By
the way, what does "patently untrue" mean?

http://www1.jsc.nasa.gov/bu2/inflateCPI.html

http://qrc.depaul.edu/ndcruz/cpiexpln.doc

Cam