Gas Price History

Does anyone in the world remember when the cost of gasoline was controlled in the United States?
Well if you owned a gas station in the 60's and 70's you would.

Time warp 1973

The handy corner Service Station is allowed by law to make a maximum of 5 cents per gallon. The price of gas Does Not change 15 times a week but only goes up when the station receives it's next load of gas. Now for that nickel a gallon you get your oil checked, windshield washed, tire pressure checked, fan belts & hoses checked, and a free map if you ask for it. You can get a tire fixed, the oil changed and a new set of snow tires at the station.

Gasoline cost about 3 times what was charged for kerosene.

TODAY

The Sevice Station is gone. It has been replaced by an over priced mini mart with a set of gas pumps out front.
For the price of the hour you get the enviable opportunity to pump your own gas in whatever weather God decides you deserve for your automotive sins. But the "Station" with a heart does give you a nice big roof to do it under! Yes, that $400 suit or the $500 gown that you are wearing to the big wedding makes a much better impression when it smells like Exxon unleaded. Get a flat fixed? Buy an ice scraper? Hell No! What are you crazy? You can buy Kotex Tampons which I guess could be considered a form of leak stoppage, but they are hardly interchangeable. Tires? The only thing they sell made of rubber is the 23 different types of condom they have on display beside the rack of rolling papers. They're being sold to all those poor teenagers that need to roll their own cigarettes because they can't afford Marlboro.
In order to keep track of the price of gas at the pump you need a ticker tape display above the register to know when to buy or sell. I once made a $25.00 profit on a tank of High Test that I sold to a guy with an Explorer just by under cutting the price on the pump by 2 cents. I had just filled up and bought a Coke 10 minutes before that. The guy wouldn't buy the Coke.
Kerosene is now 30% higher then gasoline without any of the road taxes that the oil company claims makes diesel fuel so high.
All of this Joy can be traced back to our wonderful past republican presidents. They are the one's that de-regulated the oil companys. So now every station can reach into your pocket as deep as they please.
Remember when we were told that all the oil company "Wind fall profits" would be used to find oil replacements and make new jobs. So how well does YOUR hydrogen powered car run?

Oh and by the way, that map that used to be free is now $5.