A Historical Chart of Gas Prices.

1. PeteRepeat
   May 10th, 2007 at 12:48 pm

   $3.08 average? Where can I fill up? The cheapest by me is $3.49!

2. Chris
   May 10th, 2007 at 3:02 pm

   Welcome to Europe!
   France, for example, gas is 5.05 euros per gallon.
   It's roughly the same amount in USD with cost of living, but $6.56 with the exchange rate.

   Were is that $3 a gallon bargain?

3. Chris
   May 10th, 2007 at 3:02 pm

   wHere
   sorry

4. Greg Smith
   May 10th, 2007 at 3:38 pm

   That $4/gal link is from August 2005 and cited hurricane damage to refining capacity as the reason. The only reason we're paying high prices these days is pure corporate greed.

   Watch how fast gas prices drop when Honda or Toyota introduces a fuel cell car here in the U.S. in the next year or so.

   So gouge us while you can Big Oil. I'll be one of the first people in line at the Honda lot planning to stick it to you.

5. NeonCat
   May 10th, 2007 at 4:42 pm

   It would be nice if this chart were adjusted for inflation.

   One of the great things about growing up in Atlanta in the early 90s was the cheap gas. I think the lowest I ever paid was 77.9 cents a gallon.

6. patrick
   May 10th, 2007 at 5:03 pm

   nice to see the low dips around election times!

7. Alex
   May 10th, 2007 at 9:25 pm

   Ya, Patrick - I noticed that too!

8. Hans Persson
   May 11th, 2007 at 1:38 am

   Enjoy your cheap gas while you can. In Sweden, gas prices has peaked at ~$1.5/liter and I don't think it'll get much cheaper. Hopefully for the environment, it won't.

9. Lasse
   May 11th, 2007 at 2:38 am

   Yesterday it was 7,2$/gal in my neighbourhood here in Denmark. I´m beginning to feel like Mad Max.

10. Dan
    May 11th, 2007 at 5:11 am

    A buck fifty!?!?!?

    I remember when gas was 19 CENTS - per gallon!

    And cars still get similar mileage to what they did back then - what's wrong with THAT picture?

11. targus
    May 11th, 2007 at 6:17 am

    HE he, soon Gas international corporation (OPEC like) will be constructed and prices for countries like America will be incredibly huge HA !!!!!

12. coolawacs
    May 11th, 2007 at 5:26 pm

    http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/25opec/sld004.htm Show's us that in 1972 a gal of gas was ~.36 a gal. Using:
    http://www.westegg.com/inflation/infl.cgi that would be $1.73 in todays dollars. A little less then double the inflation rate. Since it is a finite resource, and a commodity, is it really that big of a surprise that prices would rise?

13. Alex
    May 12th, 2007 at 1:03 am

    Dan, a buck fifty was when I got my own car and started to drive around very often, so I remembered that magic number fondly.

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