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I constantly run the inflation caculator when people point back to complain about prices. Like the classic photo from the early 1970s showing a woman fueling a car with the price listed at 49 cents... but that puts gas at just under todays rate, inflation adjusted. Even more, measuring fuel efficiency, our current gas is 50% cheaper per mile. Then factoring the environmental impact of smog.... then factoring the lifetime drivability of the car etc. etc. etc... driving a car is significantly cheaper per mile than 50 years ago.

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