Thanks Brian for the forward!
I actually saw this T-shirt when on my honeymoon last November (our layover flight was in Milwaukee). I almost bought it, but after careful consideration - resisted.
At the time I was thinking - IT IS!!! $3 for a gallon of gas, $2 for an Old Style at the bar.... Then I started thinking more deeply on it (it was a 3hr layover). Really comparing a gallon of gas to a pint of beer isn't a fair comparison. Granted you can't get very far with only 1 of each, but it takes 13gallons to fill my tank and if I had that many at the bar - I wouldn't get home.
So I did some math. My favorite cheapest of the cheap beers is the High Life. In my book, the champagne of beers provides the best bang for the buck. Last time I bought High Life it was ~$12 for a 30 pack of cans. Doing the math that comes down to ~$12 for 2.8gallons or $4.26/gallon of beer.
Currently the price of gas in these parts is around $3.25/gallon. I can't recall the highest it has gotten, but I know we haven't broke the $4 mark yet. Now I realize other parts of the country have had higher gas prices than Nebraska, but they pay more for their beer too. Therefore, I predict it will take 1 more year before beer is actually cheaper than gas!
At the time I was thinking - IT IS!!! $3 for a gallon of gas, $2 for an Old Style at the bar.... Then I started thinking more deeply on it (it was a 3hr layover). Really comparing a gallon of gas to a pint of beer isn't a fair comparison. Granted you can't get very far with only 1 of each, but it takes 13gallons to fill my tank and if I had that many at the bar - I wouldn't get home.
So I did some math. My favorite cheapest of the cheap beers is the High Life. In my book, the champagne of beers provides the best bang for the buck. Last time I bought High Life it was ~$12 for a 30 pack of cans. Doing the math that comes down to ~$12 for 2.8gallons or $4.26/gallon of beer.
Currently the price of gas in these parts is around $3.25/gallon. I can't recall the highest it has gotten, but I know we haven't broke the $4 mark yet. Now I realize other parts of the country have had higher gas prices than Nebraska, but they pay more for their beer too. Therefore, I predict it will take 1 more year before beer is actually cheaper than gas!
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I don't know, I found a keg of PBR online for $50.00. Thats about 3.23 per gallon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And PBR is drinkable!!!!
Well slap my ass, I can't believe I forgot to account for cheapening effect of keg beer. I bought a $50 keg of PBR just last summer. It was my work fishing/camping outing and we loaded it + 3guys into my canoe and went out on the lake.
I actually was going to post a comment about the yahoo news headline showing gas at $4.45/gallon. Guess it's safe to say that beer is in fact cheaper than gas. The t-shirt was right!!!
According to the Journal Star today, Nebraska has hit a record price for gas at an average cost of $3.49/gallon. Jason thanks to your astute calculating - that puts BEER < GAS by $0.26/gallon.
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