Syrup For $60 And Ink For $1,400: Putting Costs Into Perspective
We buy stuff in familiar increments — gas by the gallon, eggs by the dozen, internet service by the month. But those conventional units can distort something’s value. Here’s a new way to look at the prices of everyday goods and services.
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I love gassing up my car these days. My trusty ’97 Taurus wagon is a great machine. It’s been dependable for 115,000 miles so far. Although slightly battered now, it was a deluxe ride in its youth, with leather seats, a sunroof and all the goodies. And it’s a great highway cruiser, getting about 25 mpg [...]
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Hypermiling. Ever heard of it? Neither had a guy at my office until another co-worker told him that’s what he was doing with his efforts to conserve gas and increase his miles per gallon (MPGs). All I could think of when he described how he was trying to cut down on gas consumption by accelerating [...]
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