<VV> Gas Price Question - Slight Corvair

[J R Read_HML]

Gas in the mid 60's was around $0.30 per gallon.

Later, JR

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From: "Bob & Kathy Gilbert" <bgilbert at redshift.bc.ca>
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Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 9:44 PM
Subject: <VV> Gas Price Question - Slight Corvair


> Hi,
>
>
>
> Just curious: has anybody out there in Corvair land sat down and 
> calculated
> what fuel costs were on a cost per mile basis back in say '66 (my car's
> year) vs. now in equivalent dollars?
>
>
>
> As bad as multi-dollar per gallon (heck even dollar plus per liter here in
> Canada!) gas sounds I wonder if it is really that much worse than say 40
> years ago once you factor in inflation and use some constant metric such 
> as
> cost per mile?
>
>
>
> I'd do it but I don't know what the rate of inflation has been 
> cumulatively
> over the last 40 years. Are there any economists out there with access to
> this information?
>
>
>
> Bob
>
> 66 180
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>
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