Okay you bleeding heart liberals. Shut up already about the gas prices cause I'm going to puke. Do your research
before rather than after you spout your bullshit thank-you-very-much.
Annual Energy Review 2001 - Energy Perspectives In nominal (unadjusted for inflation) dollars, Americans paid an average of 65ยข per gallon for motor gasoline in 1978. The 2001 average price of $1.53 was 135 percent higher than the 1978 rate but, adjusted for inflation, it was 4 percent higher.
*** 4 Percent ***
Also,
When the United Nations approved the use of force against Iraq in October 1990, prices began falling.