Thread: USA Gasoline Prices ..... Did you ever notice ......

Well, seeing as flyboy was referencing the Norwegian prices in his post, I figured I'd give the Norwegian minimum wage to him. Yes, it is about USD 25 in most lines of work a bit more in many areas. With a degree you' get more

When I got my drivers license at age 16 ( 1972 ) the min.wage was 1.60 us and gas was .39 cents .So with some simple math, 1 hour of my labor would buy me 4 gallons of gas. Today the min.wage here is 7.50 and gas today is 3.38 or less than 2 gallons for 1 hour of labor, I like the good old days !!!!!!!

Originally Posted by nessmuck

When I got my drivers license at age 16 ( 1972 ) the min.wage was 1.60 us and gas was .39 cents .So with some simple math, 1 hour of my labor would buy me 4 gallons of gas. Today the min.wage here is 7.50 and gas today is 3.38 or less than 2 gallons for 1 hour of labor, I like the good old days !!!!!!!

oops a little more than 2 gallons

I remember when the minimum wage was $1 an hour and gas cost 26 cents a gallon.

Of course horses don't eat gas so I suppose that's why gas was so cheap back then.

On a side note:

I get a kick out of us comparing gas prices between European countries and America.

In Europe, many of th countries tax oil insanely high because they have the infrasructure to provide alternatives - like high speed trains. Moreover, Europeans as a whold don't travel the expansive distances Americans do.

If prices for gas in America ever went as high as our European brothers - America and the world would fall into a depression on a scale that would make our past "recession" seem like the good old days lol!!

Originally Posted by Birnando

Well, seeing as flyboy was referencing the Norwegian prices in his post, I figured I'd give the Norwegian minimum wage to him. Yes, it is about USD 25 in most lines of work a bit more in many areas. With a degree you' get more

Holy carp!