Houston Chronicle says gas is cheap--compared to a gallon of Starbucks

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Nice try on their part...why not compare gas prices per ounce to platinum? THAT would REALLY make us feel better.

March 26, 2005, 10:34PM

$2, like it or not
But compared with the cost of other must-haves, gasoline doesn't look so pricey
By LYNN J. COOK
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle

RESOURCES
WHAT OTHER 'ESSENTIALS' COST BY THE GALLON
1 gallon = 128 fluid ounces; 1 liter = 33.8 fluid ounces

• Starbucks Chantico (6 ounces)
Price: $2.65
One gallon: $56.53
• Coca-Cola (2 liters = 67.628 ounces)
Price: $1.69
One gallon: $3.20
• Pepto Bismol (12 ounces)
Price: $4.99
One gallon: $41.58 should be $53.23
• Castelas Olive Oil (16.8 ounces)
Price: $29.99
One gallon: $228.50
• San Pelligrino (25.3 ounces)
Price: $1.50
One gallon: $7.59
• French's Yellow Mustard (14 ounces)Price: $1.25
One gallon: $11.43
• Visine (1 ounce)
Price: $7.39
One gallon: $945.92
• Off mosquito spray (6 ounces)
Price: $5.49
One gallon: $117.12
• Windex (24 ounces)
Price: $3.19
One gallon: $13.11 $17.01

If you think gasoline is expensive, be glad your SUV doesn't run on double half-caf mocha lattes.

At $32 per gallon, the popular Starbucks brew can make today's prices at the pump look like a real bargain.

Even so, a lot of drivers who complain about gasoline prices in excess of $2 per gallon seem to have no problem plunking down $3 or more for a designer cup of coffee.

What gives? In the United States, people spend so much time telling themselves they deserve to be pampered, they sometimes forget the basics, says Michael Solomon, a professor of consumer behavior at Auburn University.
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