In 1991, gas was .79 cents a gallon. Was going through my daughters

[greenbriar]

baby book with some family and man, when I saw that, I just sighed

would not that be awesome today?

[Selatius]

1. Wasn't it high for the period because of the Gulf War?

What was it like in, say, 1993?

[bluestateguy]

4. gas was very high in the run-up to the Gulf War

After the shooting started, gas prices plummeted.

[TheFarseer]

2. Those are just fuzzy memories to me now

although in the late 90's it was almost that cheap. Maybe we'll invent something to put in our cars that will be that cheap again someday.

[whistle]

3. In Dec 1971 when I moved my family to Florida unleaded gasoline

...was $0.19 a gallon and as I recall it stayed in the low to mid $0.20s throughout the following several months. Sometime in late 1973 however, OPEC called the first oil embargo and gas shot up to $0.60 and $0.70 a gallon. But far worse was the fact that gas was being rationed and all across the country long gas lines were being experienced and many gas stations simply ran out of gas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_oil_crisis

[no_hypocrisy]

16. Winter 1974. Gas was 35 cents and you could only buy it every other

day according the odd/even number as the last number of your license plate. I remember walking to my 8 o'clock math class in the dark (the winter w/o a daylight standard time) past lines of cars on the side of the road, waiting for the gas station to open.

[whistle]

18. Yes I remember the odd/even number rationing

[klook]

5. Link to history of U.S. gasoline prices

Lots of interesting stats here:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/aer/pdf/perspectives.pdf -
See page 6, Petroleum Consumption and Prices.

Also see http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/gasprices/FAQ.shtml for more fun facts!

[fleabert]

6. really? It was .95 -.99 in San Antonio in 91, the year

I graduated from high school- I remember it going over a dollar very soon after I graduated, I was pissed.

[hfojvt]

13. yeah but it was 85.9 in Iowa

until about January of 2000. Surprised the heck out of me. It was about 1.20 in 1996 when I bought my car it went up and down a little bit for a year, then started a downward slide in 1997 or 1998. I kept topping off my tank expecting it to go up, but it did not do so for a long time.

[greenman3610]

7. nope that would not be awesome

Actually, I look forward to 7.00 a gallon,
which might be able to shake some sense into
the idiots in SUVS

[The Straight Story]

8. I drove from Ohio to CA for $88/in gas - in late 90's

Still have the notebook detailing my gas stops.

My projections today:
2264 miles, say (being nice) 30mpg, = 75.5 gallons. @ 3/gal = $226.4

On edit: I think I was avg'ing 26mpg then, which would be about $262 in today's rate (or, $174 more, one way).

[TlalocW]

9. I was in middle school when Bush I was leading us into Iraq Part 1

And I remember gas going up to $1.30, and people going to the local pump n' munch place to fill up before the invasion.

TlalocW

[beyurslf]

10. I lived in OKC in 1997 and gas was in the .70's the whole time.

It dropped to .69/gallon one weekend. I only remember because we young and partying and thought it was great to see .69/gallon. :)

[Rageneau]

11. I miss Clinton.

[The2ndWheel]

17. He controls geology?

I know the guy is God, and he gave the world peace in the 90's, but damn!

[Spider Jerusalem]

12. No, 79¢ a gallon would not be awesome at all.

It would just encourage people to drive more, and to drive less fuel-efficient automobiles, and to pollute the atmosphere (we had 14 days of 'unhealthy' air quality in Atlanta in July...the skies were a mottled yellowish grey-brown from the auto exhaust), and to use up a non-renewable resource even faster than they are already...if anything, it's too cheap at $3 a gallon, because there doens't seem to be any significant demand destruction as yet.

[SoCalDem]

14. In 1967, I paid 19.9 a gallon.. Filled up my 8 cyl Dodge for under $5.00

Those were the glory days of teenaged "cruising"...just like in American Grafitti...

[GreenTea]

15. They are milking us, sadly, that's all that matters to them...n/t

[latebloomer]

19. I was watching "Sideways"

which I think was made in 2004, and i saw a glimpse of a gas station where the price read $1.71.

It's nearly doubled since then.