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onenote

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9. That isn't how most people think about prices.

Reply to Woodycall (Reply #5)

Sat Nov 23, 2024, 02:06 PM

Nov 23

First, citing the price of gas 57 years ago isn't going to mean much to the vast majority of gas-buying consumers.
Second, what the vast majority of gas consumers remember, rightly or wrongly, is that in November 2020, gas prices were around $2.00/gallon -- a dollar less than today and several dollars less than what gas cost at its peak in 2022.

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