Sign says $2.84 but gas was around a dollar a gallon in 84. Anyone?
shareThe movie takes place in an alternate universe where the Soviets and their allies control Mexico and NATO has more-or-less disbanded. Presumably, Milius thought gas prices would be higher in this new world.
shareChevron has really high prices for gas.
There is another sign at the gas station around 0:59 of the trailer that said 75¢ and 85¢. But those prices were for motor oil, not gas. Please click on
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In 84, I think it was still under $1.00. I was only 13 then and wasn't paying much attention, but in 88 when I started driving, it was about .89 a gallon.
shareI remember pretty clearly in the 80's when I was a kid that there wasn't even a third digit on gas station price banners. It started going over $1.00 a gallon in about 1988-89.
shareI saw a sign that said 1.24.9.
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I'm just expressing my opinion.
You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas.
The Russians always controlled the price of gas in this country. Don't you recall the Putin Price Hike? Its no different in this movie
shareNot for the US it doesn't.
You may want to study up the US has always produced a fair amount and they started to purchase outside because it was cheaper.
I am just repeating what my college professor told me
shareYou are suppose to question college professors.
A large % are wrong and are pushing especially in US false info.
The whole US education system is the same it's a form of brainwashing and other countries are the same but I found US is very bad for it.
I don’t remember all the specifics about what was happening globally before the Soviet attack, but maybe the US had been supplying oil to our allies’ war effort causing a spike in prices at home.
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