[PRCo] Re: infographic from 1941!

Fred Schneider fwschneider at comcast.net
Wed Feb 8 16:56:22 EST 2012


$4 in constant dollars, not in inflated dollars.   If you mean $4 in 1941 dollars, I would love to see that.   We are no where near that.  Right now, for example, gas is just a tad more expensive than 1958 at normal inflation.


On Feb 8, 2012, at 4:21 PM, BobDietrich wrote:

> Then again in 2012/2013 when gas prices hit $4.00 or so.
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> Schneider
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> Wouldn't you love to see the same item in 1944 at the height of the war with
> gas rationing and then again in 2011?
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> On Feb 8, 2012, at 12:01 PM, Derrick Brashear wrote:
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>> Pittsburgh Regional Planning Association noted how people got downtown in
> 1941:
>> http://nullspace2.blogspot.com/2012/02/traffic-then-traffic-now.html
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>> Derrick
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