A Historical Chart of Gas Prices.

Ah, gas prices ... do you still remember when gas is about a buck fifty a gallon? Those were the good ol' days. Nostalgic chart brought to you by Gas Buddy, a website where you can (try to) find cheap gas. Link - Thanks Carrie B!

Say hello to $4/gal gas soon, America! Link


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