HISTORIC VEHICLE ASSOCIATION GO FIGURE: WHAT A GAS


$0.36 $3.49 $9.50


Average cost of a gallon of gas in the United States in 1971 (Source: U.S. Department of Energy)


Average cost of a gallon of gas in the United States in 2011 (Source: American Petroleum Institute)


Average cost of a gallon of gas in the UK in 2011 (Source: The Guardian)


Number of U.S. refineries in the early 1980s


(Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration) 149


Number of U.S. refineries in 2000 (Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration)


121,446


Current number of gas stations in the United States


(Source: U.S. Census Bureau) 12,684 2


Number of states that don’t allow self-serve gas stations (Oregon and New Jersey)


(Source: The New York Times)


Current number of gas stations in Canada


(Source: Canadian Business/ canadianbusiness.com)


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