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Automobile Enthusiasts

OxQQme

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5. 1940

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Mon Aug 27, 2018, 08:44 AM

Aug 2018

1940
Price per gallon (inflation adj.): $0.18 ($2.52)
Price per barrel (inflation adj.): $1.02 ($13.98)
U.S. oil production: 4.1 million barrels per day

My high school graduation year:
1958
Price per gallon (inflation adj.): $0.30 ($1.99)
Price per barrel (inflation adj.): $3.01 ($19.73)
U.S. gas consumption: 1.4 billion barrels
Per capita consumption: 325.3 gallons
U.S. oil production: 6.7 million barrels per day

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What a gallon of gas cost the year you were born [View all] Rhiannon12866 Aug 2018 OP

I was born in 1941.... chillfactor Aug 2018 #1

Thanks for the recollection! It really has gone way up in recent years. Rhiannon12866 Aug 2018 #2

For anyone else unwilling to click thru 89 slides: jxla Aug 2018 #3

I did change this post to that article, but changed it back when I noticed there wasn't a photo Rhiannon12866 Aug 2018 #4

1940 OxQQme Aug 2018 #5