[ale] OT: gas going up this weekend

[Tom Freeman]

Sean

Thanks for the perspective. I was purchasing fuel then, and I'm still 
purchasing it now. I'd be a whole lot better off if I didn't need to drive 
quite so much...

On Wed, 27 Apr 2011, Drifter wrote:

> 
> 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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