Back in the late 1950’s beer was a shilling a pint - equivalent now to 5p. Yes 5p a pint! There was nearly a national strike as the government put an old penny (less than half a new pence) on that cost.
You can now pay more than £5 a pint. That’s an increase of 100 times.
Petrol then cost 4/11 a gallon - equivelent to about 25p a gallon - 3p a pint or 5.5p a litre - yes, cheaper than beer!
Petrol now costs £1.43 a litre if you’re lucky. This represents an increase of 26 times.
If petrol had increased similarly to the cost of beer it would cost £5.55 a gallon.
Would be cheaper to run cars on beer…
Inflation of £1 in 1958 is equivelent to £23.4 today. On that basis beer would at today’s prices would have been £1.17 a pint and petrol 70p a pint or £5.60 a gallon - £1.23 a litre.
Where we might be in another 70 years is anyone’s guess but whilst petrol will be a thing of the past beer won’t!
We will probably be running our transport on Hydrogen pushing out litres of water from which we could make our beer or is that pushing the green agenda too far?