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**1990new** · 04-01-2011, 07:31 PM

Originally posted by navdoc101 View Post

.$38 a gal when I started driving, & I had a'62 Galaxie convertible with a 352 ci 4bbl.:male:

Got my unrestricted license at 14 in SC back in 1958.

At that time, I remember gas being as low as .18 a gallon during the gas wars.

Grew up on a farm, so I had been driving tractors, pickup and car around the farm since I was 10. Also we had a 500 gal gas tank for farm use fuel (a little cheaper because of the tax exemption.)

**1990new** · 04-01-2011, 07:54 PM

Originally posted by kartracer46 View Post

I remember that, but we have a whole new "Green" kettle of fish now.

As history shows, laws that were passed to correct a problem have often made the problem worse.

Here is an interesting link about the law and unintended consequences.

Unintended Consequences - Econlib

http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/UnintendedConsequences.html

The law of unintended consequences, often cited but rarely defined, is that actions of people—and especially of government—always have effects that are unanticipated or unintended. Economists and other social scientists have heeded its power for centuries; for just as long, politicians and popular opinion have largely ignored it. The concept of unintended consequences is one […]

**200KGPGTP** · 04-01-2011, 08:34 PM

Originally posted by freshtiva View Post

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