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Pump guzzling your wallet? Down Memory Lane-fun facts

Discussion in 'Environmental Discussion' started by hb06, Mar 18, 2007.

  1. hb06

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    "Pining for those days when gas was cheap and the place you filled your tank was called a service station?"

    "We'll take you along a trip down memory lane. Here are some fun facts and helpful tips to get you out of the gas-guzzlin' blues."

    Then: "The first time gas prices averaged $1 a gallon nationally was 1980."

    Now: "Turkmenistan has the cheapest gas – $0.08 a gallon. Turkey, the world's highest price is $7.12 per gallon."

    ("If you're craving the old-fashioned treatment of your childhood, you can still get full-serve assistance in Oregon and New Jersey, which have laws that ban self-service gas.")

    Future: "On the horizon are cars powered by ethanol, biodiesel, natural gas, propane and hydrogen."

    http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homep...cle_1623361.php
     
    #1 hb06, Mar 18, 2007
  2. JimN

    JimN Let the games begin!

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(HBO6 @ Mar 18 2007, 07:09 PM) [snapback]408072[/snapback]</div>
    Don't confuse what you receive in NJ with what a "service station" used to provide. The old service station attendant (more often than not) wore a uniform, washed your windshield, and checked your oil while the gas was being pumped into the car at 29.9c per gallon. A turban was not part of the uniform. There was a pump next to the building where one could (for free) pump air into one's tires.
     
    #2 JimN, Mar 18, 2007
  3. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    Ditto... self-serve stations now barely have any clean water for the squeegee.

    Edit: it was 39.9¢/litre back in 1997. Now it's $1.13/litre
     
    #3 Tideland Prius, Mar 19, 2007
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    Mind you, remember the gas jump last year. Here in Quebec, gas hit a high of $1.56/L. Everybody was crawling along on the highway. I didn't have my Prius yet. Almost can't wait to see that price again, if only to see the driving choices that others will make.
     
    #4 spudnique, Mar 21, 2007
  5. charliem

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    I don't know,i guess everthing is relative.I remember during the depression whe my dad got gas for .10 cents a gal,and if you got a dollars worth you recieved two gallons extra.But a dollar was a lot of money back then.Then i remember in around 1950 when gas was 17 cents but we could only afford 2or3 dollars at a time,and thats what i mean by relative.But when i'm filling the prius i do get some smirks and loving loving it.
     
    #5 charliem, May 2, 2007
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