[Az-Geocaching] Interestingly strange
Regan Smith
listserv@azgeocaching.com
Mon, 19 Apr 2004 19:02:11 -0700
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Fact file Pinched at the pump?=20
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The nationwide average cost of unleaded regular rose to =
$1.75 a gallon in March 2004. How does that compare with U.S. gas prices =
during the past 85 years?=20
Year Cost at the time Cost in 2004 dollars=20
1919* $0.25 $2.75=20
1929* $0.21 $2.34=20
1939* $0.19 $2.52=20
1949* $0.27 $2.10=20
1959* $0.31 $1.96=20
1969* $0.35 $1.77=20
1979* $0.84 $2.21=20
1989** $1.02 $1.48=20
1999** $1.17 $1.27=20
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Source: U.S. Department of Energy prices (adjusted for inflation)
*1919-1979 prices are for leaded regular.
**Prices from 1989 to the present are for unleaded regular
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<TD align=3Dleft width=3D80>Year</TD>
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<TD align=3Dleft width=3D80><B>1929*</B></TD>
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<TD align=3Dleft width=3D95 bgColor=3D#eeeeee>$0.19</TD>
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bgColor=3D#eeeeee>$2.52</TD></TR></TR>
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<TD align=3Dleft width=3D80><B>1949*</B></TD>
<TD align=3Dleft width=3D95>$0.27</TD>
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<TD align=3Dleft width=3D95 bgColor=3D#eeeeee>$0.31</TD>
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<TD align=3Dleft width=3D80><B>1969*</B></TD>
<TD align=3Dleft width=3D95>$0.35</TD>
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bgColor=3D#eeeeee><B>1979*</B></TD>
<TD align=3Dleft width=3D95 bgColor=3D#eeeeee>$0.84</TD>
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<TD align=3Dleft width=3D80><B>1989**</B></TD>
<TD align=3Dleft width=3D95>$1.02</TD>
<TD align=3Dleft width=3D*>$1.48</TD></TR></TR>
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<TD align=3Dleft width=3D95 bgColor=3D#eeeeee>$1.17</TD>
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