I remember back in the 80's. The price was around 65 cents. Can you believe it? The price has gradually increased with time. Today, the price is a whopping $1.49!
What?
Where can you get gas that cheap?
You thought I was talking about gas? Oh yeah, I said fuel. I meant that other precious liquid, Pepsi. Today, the price has increased to $1.49 for a 20 0z. Bottle. This is over $9.50 per gallon! How much do you suppose the ingredients for a bottle of pop cost, a nickel? I figure that at $75 per barrel, the raw ingredients for a gallon of gas cost $1.90. This doesn't include refining, or transporting the gasoline.
A gallon of gas supplies enough energy to move my 5000 pound vehicle 17 miles. A gallon of soft drink will just make me fat. Just a little perspective on the comparative value of gasoline.
I am not cheering gas prices higher, or saying oil companies aren't making huge profits. I just wonder at the selective outrage. If anyone is gouging, it is Pepsico and Coca Cola.
you did not even mention the cost of bottled water. Many time the cost of gasoline for the most abundant and renewable resource on the planet. $7 per gallon for a product that is so plentiful that it literally falls out of the sky onto us.
ReplyDeleteExcellent point, I hadn't thought of that!
ReplyDeleteGood point on the bottled water. I didn't think of it because I never buy it.
ReplyDeleteOf course, people usually spend far more on gas than on soda pop.