For starters, 30 cents in 1973 is about $1.32 today

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Tom Brosz — 5/25/2005 9:25:10 PM (archived)

So it isn't as horrible as it seems. Prices go up. Oil is not getting easier to come by, and it's illegal to drill almost everywhere in America where we know there's oil. Thank your local environmentalist, and Jeb Bush, by the way.

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Anybody notice SPIKE in GAS PRICES, then...... - carl - 5/25/2005 2:02:13 PM
- Fuel is still too cheap, but getting nearer to the replacement cost level. - David F Mayer - 5/25/2005 7:38:04 PM
  - Any info on that COOKING OIL FUEL? - carl - 5/25/2005 8:12:05 PM
    - No. - David F Mayer - 5/27/2005 2:27:44 PM
- What's really funny... - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2005 5:51:46 PM
  - ANY IDEAS on what really started this mess? - carl - 5/25/2005 8:15:38 PM
    - re: ANY IDEAS on what really started this mess? - Larry J - 5/26/2005 3:05:30 PM
    - For starters, 30 cents in 1973 is about $1.32 today - Tom Brosz - 5/25/2005 9:25:10 PM
- Interrupting this rant with facts - p - 5/25/2005 2:57:24 PM
  - speaking of facts............. - Publius - 5/25/2005 3:33:56 PM
    - Its $1.89/gallon here. Well over $2.00 in neghboring high gas tax Illinois. - Scott Evil - 5/25/2005 4:46:28 PM
      - You don't think crude prices of $51/bbl have a critical effect? (n/t) - alcaray - 5/25/2005 9:07:36 PM
        
        Somewhere about $80 to $100 per barrel is the crossover point. - David F Mayer - 6/1/2005 6:24:35 PM
        
        There is no magic point - alcaray - 6/1/2005 8:59:55 PM
        
        There IS a magic point. - David F Mayer - 6/2/2005 4:40:56 PM
        
        Then that magic point was passed a long time ago. - alcaray - 6/2/2005 5:49:13 PM
        
        It certainly has an effect. - Scott Evil - 5/26/2005 2:24:53 PM
      - Make that Its $1.81/gallon here. Just fueled up with the ethanol blend. (n/t) - Scott Evil - 5/25/2005 6:40:03 PM
    - $2.01 - p - 5/25/2005 4:04:27 PM

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