A Graph of Gas Prices Since 1919

This will make your Hummer look even dumber…

Remember those really, really high gas prices of the late 1970s and early 1980s? Well, we’re past that and still climbing. From the U.S. Energy Information Administration:

To quote Stein’s Law, “If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.” Of course, when it will stop is the big question.

The really interesting thing in the graph is that until 1998, the long-term trend for real gas prices was down.

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6 Comments

  1. Take a look at this website from GasBankUSA that I found while looking on the web to try and see if anyone offered a solution to the rising cost of gas. The website is located at http://www.gasbankusa.com and discusses a fixed price gas solution and a way to lock in a price for gas and diesel fuels.

  2. [...] – bookmarked by 3 members originally found by tdejong on 2008-10-20 A Graph of Gas Prices Since 1919 http://mtippett.wordpress.com/2008/07/06/a-graph-of-gas-prices-since-1919/ – bookmarked by 2 [...]

  3. I think that this site is a waste of time, people come on gere to see something and all they get is NO information at all anyways.
    This site sucks.

  4. thats right. i came here because google said it had a graph of the gas prices in the united states and all i get is a bunch of crap. damn you google

  5. oopsy sorry for that word


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