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While I hate having to pay higher and higher prices for petrol the current price is still relatively less than it was when I first started driving 60 years ago. A gallon of petrol in 1953 was 3/10. Average wage was about 9 pounds about 2.1% of the weekly wage
Current price of 672 c pergallon is only 1.4% of the average wage at $500 per week.
In addition to this cars do closer to 30 MPG now compared to 16 MPG in 1953 for an equivalent size of car.
Pardon me for using imperial measures. Do your own conversions if necessary. Get used to it! It will go a lot higher yet.
Barry
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