VanC
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Frankie":jsuw9yx6 said:aplusmnt":jsuw9yx6 said:Ps. Gas is $2.82 here now, which brings it cheaper than it was in the 80's. huh Frankie ;-) :lol:
Nope. Prices for gas recently hit an all time high, even figuring for inflation.
According to the cited graph, this is a false atatement. It clearly shows gas was more expensive in the early 80's when adjusted for inflation.
Frankie":jsuw9yx6 said:And when George W. Bush was elected president gasoline prices were way less than $2 here. But you go ahead and be grateful for $2.82 gasoline. I'm not.
I'm not either, but I'm not so partisan and short-sighted that I blame everything on the President. There have been many reasons cited on here recently on why gas is becoming so expensive. Two biggies, IMO, are the increased demand from emerging nations such as India and China, and the fact that we Americans refuse to change our ways and conserve more. The fact that someone as intelligent as you takes such a simplistic approach to a very complex problem is mind boggling.
Frankie":jsuw9yx6 said:http://www.randomuseless.info/gasprice/gasprice.html
This is hilarious!! :lol: :lol: You're citing as evidence what ONE PERSON in one area paid for gas over the past 25 years??!! Speaking of pitiful! While the graph does show the average price of gas nationwide, it doesn't show it as adjusted for inflation. I would find that much more useful, and it still wouldn't change the many reasons for the increase.