This document lists fuel prices from 1962 to 2008 and compares them to other common goods from those times such as jeans, hamburgers, movie tickets, bread, video game consoles, online access fees, and milk. The average fuel price peaked at a record $4.09 per gallon in 2008 due to surging crude oil prices and low refinery capacity.

2. Full price $0.31
In 1962, a pair of Levi’s jeans
cost about $5.00.
1967
Fuel Price $0.33
$0.18 more than a McDonalds Hamburger in
1964.

3. 1977
1972
Fuel Price $0.36
$1.34 less that a ticket to see “The Godfather”.
Fuel Price $0.65

4. 1982
Fuel Price $1.30
$0.80 more that a loaf of
wonder bread in 1980.
1987Fuel Price $0.95

5. Super Nintendo video game console
disputed in the United States at
$199.
Fuel Price $1.13
Fuel Price $1.23
$2.27 less than what users paid AOL for every
hour spent online in 1996.

6. Fuel Price $1.36
Fuel Price $2.80
The average fuel price peaked at a record
$4.09 due to the surging price of crude oil
and low refinery capacity.
2008 also saw Milk prices peak at nearly
$4.00 per gallon.

8. Sources
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nerdcoreblog/8520612159/
http://www.nationwide.com/cps/rising-gas-prices-infographic.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System
http://www.1960sflashback.com/1962/economy.asp
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milk_glass.jpg
http://richmanwisco.blogspot.com/2007_09_01_archive.html
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_McDonalds,_San_Bernardino,_California.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hapgood/85099333/
http://afewshortcuts.com/2012/12/hy-vee-fuel-saver-program/
http://money.cnn.com/2013/02/17/news/economy/gas-prices/

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