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That's $3.00 :)

by Luc 10y ago

That's $3.00 :)

lr4444lr 10y ago
Thanks - makes much more sense. I haven't had my coffee yet. According to the Dept. of Energy that'd be about 7 gallons. (http://energy.gov/eere/vehicles/fact-915-march-7-2016-average-historical-annual-gasoline-pump-price-1929-2015 http://energy.gov/eere/vehicles/fact-915-march-7-2016-averag...) Not sure what typical passenger car engine efficiency was in those days, though.
- CapitalistCartr 10y ago
  I remember the '73 embargo vividly. Rationing was based on license plate, even or odd. My parent's two autos were one of each. Of course, a station wagon and pickup truck. So my dad would get up about 4:30, put the snub-nosed .38 under the seat, and go get in line. Those who waited until the station opened were too late. Stations had big signs up if they had no gas. Gas was always pumped by the attendant. When you got to the pump, he would tell you how much gas you could have. Five gallons was common. My parents were small business owners. The embargo put their business at the edge.
  - JoeAltmaier 10y ago
    Wow I never knew that. I lived through it too - but on a farm. We were exempt from any sort of rationing. So I didn't get any notion that things were that tight. I thought the lines (on TV) were just panicky folks rushing to fill up, like they empty the grocery store every time a storm is coming.
  - apaprocki 10y ago
    More recently, the even/odd license plate scheme was put in place in NYC in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.[1] Local refineries were shut down and every station ran out of gas eventually. There were far away deliveries being trucked in but they were gobbled up almost immediately. People were waiting in multi-hour lines to get gas from the handful of stations that got a shipment in. [1]: http://www.nyc.gov/html/om/html/2012b/pr406-12-static.html http://www.nyc.gov/html/om/html/2012b/pr406-12-static.html
  - xenophonf 10y ago
    I don't understand why Nixon and subsequent administrations didn't push _hard_ for total energy independence after that, as in moonshot-levels of investment into alternative energy (whether alternative sources of oil or research into nuclear/renewables).
    - vox_mollis 10y ago
      Carter tried, and he learned the very valuable lesson that you NEVER level with your electorate. Always feed them happy, optimistic fantasies or your career is over.

That's $3.00 :)

by Luc 10y ago

That's $3.00 :)

Thanks - makes much more sense. I haven't had my coffee yet. According to the Dept. of Energy that'd be about 7 gallons. (http://energy.gov/eere/vehicles/fact-915-march-7-2016-average-historical-annual-gasoline-pump-price-1929-2015 http://energy.gov/eere/vehicles/fact-915-march-7-2016-averag...) Not sure what typical passenger car engine efficiency was in those days, though.

CapitalistCartr 10y ago
I remember the '73 embargo vividly. Rationing was based on license plate, even or odd. My parent's two autos were one of each. Of course, a station wagon and pickup truck. So my dad would get up about 4:30, put the snub-nosed .38 under the seat, and go get in line. Those who waited until the station opened were too late. Stations had big signs up if they had no gas. Gas was always pumped by the attendant. When you got to the pump, he would tell you how much gas you could have. Five gallons was common. My parents were small business owners. The embargo put their business at the edge.
- JoeAltmaier 10y ago
  Wow I never knew that. I lived through it too - but on a farm. We were exempt from any sort of rationing. So I didn't get any notion that things were that tight. I thought the lines (on TV) were just panicky folks rushing to fill up, like they empty the grocery store every time a storm is coming.
- apaprocki 10y ago
  More recently, the even/odd license plate scheme was put in place in NYC in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.[1] Local refineries were shut down and every station ran out of gas eventually. There were far away deliveries being trucked in but they were gobbled up almost immediately. People were waiting in multi-hour lines to get gas from the handful of stations that got a shipment in. [1]: http://www.nyc.gov/html/om/html/2012b/pr406-12-static.html http://www.nyc.gov/html/om/html/2012b/pr406-12-static.html
- xenophonf 10y ago
  I don't understand why Nixon and subsequent administrations didn't push _hard_ for total energy independence after that, as in moonshot-levels of investment into alternative energy (whether alternative sources of oil or research into nuclear/renewables).
  - vox_mollis 10y ago
    Carter tried, and he learned the very valuable lesson that you NEVER level with your electorate. Always feed them happy, optimistic fantasies or your career is over.