Don't underestimate the cost of comfort, safety and convenience. My first
car in high school was a bugeye. Less than 1500 lbs. 30-35
miles to the gallon and you could fix it with a hammer and baling wire.
The closest thing today is a Miata, with power steering, abs, aircon, airbags,
etc. Weight is about 2500 lbs. Wanna bet my bugeye left a smaller
carbon footprint? But no one would be crazy enough to drive a bugeye to
work every day now. No doubt cars are much better now than they were 50
yrs ago, but I'm not sure with all the technological advancements, they're
having less impact on the environment.
--- On Sun, 5/25/08, Ron Davies <rdavies1@cox.net> wrote:
From: Ron Davies <rdavies1@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Gas Prices
To: insptwo@msn.com, healeys@autox.team.net
Date: Sunday, May 25, 2008, 6:59 PM
Bill:
I guess you are right. I went to: http://www.measuringworth.com/ppowerus/
A very fun site that lets you plug in what things cost then and now.
The computer said: "$1.38 in the year 2007 has the same "purchase
power" as
$0.259 in the year 1970.".
So that's what a gallon of gas should cost if we didn't have to bid
against
India and China for it and drill anywhere we wanted. Still, a gallon of
Starbucks still costs more than gas does. Also, a $50,000 house in 1970
should cost $266,500 today. We all know that doesn't fly in California. Try
$1.5 to $6+ million on the coast for that same house. Location, location,
location. If we only knew.
Ron Davies
SoCal
--------------------------
Really makes you miss the good old days. When we moved to Florida in 1970,
the
gas was 25.9 cents per gallon and they used to have price wars which took it
down to 17 to 18 cents a gallon. Of course income was a lot less in those
days, but percentage wise, gas was still dirt cheap.
Bill
BJ7
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