Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed for May 15, 2013

American gallons are 3.8 litres

I felt the same way when gas briefly went down to $1.50 a gallon several years back.

Alas. Chicagoland has the highest gas prices in the country, at around $4.25/gallon (more or less) for regular….

This was the 80s, you say? Never would’ve guessed.

I worked in a gas station in the 60’s and the price was 19.9 cents a gallon. 5 gallons for under a dollar.

The craziness still exists. Gasoline – a dangerous, toxic substance that has to be discovered, extracted and refined – is still cheaper than bottled water!

When I started driving gas was 35 cents a gallon and cigarettes were 35 cents a pack. A gallon and a pack are still priced the same? No gas is cheaper than cigs. Good thing I don’t smoke anymore.

god i remember 69 cents a gallon. i am old

In 2002 gas was 99 cents per gallon at Blue Hills market in Spring Valley Az.

It may not be an option for everyone, but if the price of gas is a problem then maybe try more economic means of transportation – like a fuel efficient car and living closer to where you work. Even at over $4 a gallon, I’ve never spent more than $35 to fill up my tank and it lasts over a week.

Was 17.9 a US gallon when I first had a car. But not everyone had a dollar…

I’m old enough to remember when it was 19.9 CENTS a gallon. You could cruise the whole weekend on a buck!!

I worked in a gas station in the early 70s and drove a 1931 Ford Roadster with a big Oldsmobile motor with 2 4 barrel carb’s My dad managed a bunch of the stations for the company we worked for and bitched at me for buying gas at the standard across the street because it was .33 cents a gallon and ours was .28 cents there’s was 105 octane and ours was 98 and I made a whole $1.18 an hour!

Oh, to be a kid again and fill up my old Toyota jeep at 75.9 cents per gallon.

Because I am on Disability, I pay $45 per year on Public Transit and I often cringe while the poor bus drivers have to deal with the idiots behind the wheels. I will have to remember “the loose nuts behind the wheels.”

The incident depicted in this comic was during the peak of the Iran/Iraq War. Both countries were selling oil as fast as they could to pay for their conflict. As a result, the price of gasoline dropped considerably.

It had nothing to do with any U.S. government policy.