[AT] Fwd: Want cheaper gas to keep the old iron running? Sorry, I forgot...

[Ronald L. Cook]

That won't compute everywhere.  My business has lost money 4 out of the 
last 5 years.  Someone should be paying me to use gas at that rate. 
Also I have taken jobs to get me by and the wages are about 7 times what 
I made in 1964.  I paid not over 30 cents for Ethyl then and so I should 
be at $2.10 now according to your calculations.  I must have been making 
too much money in '64.  The tankwagon I delivered fuel in then probably 
cost the company not over $7000 new and more than likely $5000.  They 
are closer to $100,000 now, so your calulations work for the cost of 
equipment.  Highway Diesel fuel was about 18-20 cents in '64 and now it 
is $3.50.  Not far from a 20 fold increase.  Whew!  I gotta stop thinking.

My spray plane burns gas at 35 gallons per hour.  In '64 it cost 40 
cents.  Now it is approaching 5 bucks per gal.  Of course I am old 
enough that I should no longer be doing that stuff, but the fact is, 
fuel costs are a major issue for all businesses and some have no way to 
pass it on.  Danged hard to stay on top of.

Ron Cook
Salix, IA

RonMyers at wildblue.net wrote:
> I wouldn't get into this mess but I thought that all of you might like to
> know this one little fact.
> In 1964 I bought Premium gas for 35 cents a gallon
> Now that wages and most things are at 10 to 11 time what they were in 1964
> we should actually be paying about $3.50 to $3.75 per gallon of Premium
> gas.
> Ron
> 
> Just something to think about.