[ale] OT: gas going up this weekend

[Drifter]

A little perspective:
In the Fall of 1973 gas suddenly jumped from .30 - .35 per gallon to $1.00 
per gallon in less than two weeks. There was panic in the streets.  Gas 
would have to reach $4.85 per gallon today for the price to be the same in 
constant dollars.

As a percentage of the total cost per gallon, the taxes on gasoline are 
far less today than they were 38 years ago.

Sean

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On Wednesday, April 27, 2011 09:53:21 am Tim Watts wrote:
> 3-5 cents/gallon I can deal with. And at least I know it's coming. It's
> the random/inexplicable 25-45 cent/gallon hikes that grab me by the
> shorts.
> 
> On Wed, 2011-04-27 at 08:15 -0400, Geoffrey Myers wrote:
> > Hey folks, you'll want to fill up your tanks before the weekend.  The
> > GA legislators are permitting a tax increase of 3-5 cents on a
> > gallon of gas May 1st.
> 
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