was grounded by lack of fuel. The one thing that confuses me is why does gas seem to be affected more then other products?  Obviously consumer prices have gone up across the board since 1919 including everything from a loaf of bread to a gallon of gas.  But gasoline has more then doubled in the last 10 years, so why haven't we seen the same thing happen to a loaf of bread?  If inflation is the real reason for the steady increase in gas prices, why does it seem to be going up at a rate unlike everything else? Please advise. If I understand the "Nominal and Adjusted" graph (next to last), the next graph should be normalized to CPI -- so the CPI line shows as flat.  20% over $0.20/gal (left side of the graph) looks like about the same as $0.20, whereas 20% over $2.00/gal. (right side of the graph) looks hugely bigger.  If the graph is normalized to plot over/under CPI normalized 1.0, it will show the 20% in proportion at both ends. Articulating the reasons and justifications for the price of gas being what it is, is not reality!  Reality is waking up one day and finding out that gas prices have more than doubled, yet your salary has not.  Going to the grocery store and having to pay more than 4 dollars for a gallon of milk when yesterday you only paid 2.5.  So, you can CPI everything to death, it still does not make