Wednesday, April 22

Gas isn't that big of a deal.

So I remember coming across an article about how gas was cheap (when it actually was) if everything was sold in gallons. You never really consider it until you realize that we don't buy most things in gallons. I figured I'd select some prices about every day objects that are actually incredibly expensive when you think about it.

(Prices may vary)
For comparison the average price of gas in America is $2.06 per gallon.
  • Chicken Egg - 2 ounces per egg - $0.09 per egg - $5.76 per gallon
  • Budweiser - 12 ounces per bottle - $0.83 per bottle - $8.88 per gallon
  • Windex - 67.6 ounces per bottle - $5.39 per bottle - $10.21 per gallon
  • Hershey's Chocolate Syrup - 24 ounces per bottle - $2.48 per bottle - $13.23 per gallon
  • Red Bull - 8.3 ounces per can - $1.99 per can - $30.69 per gallon
  • Vanilla Extract - 8 ounces per bottle - $7.99 per bottle - $127.84 per gallon
  • Liquid Paper - 0.6 ounces per bottle - $0.93 per bottle - $198.40
  • Human Blood (Processing Fee) - 16.9 ounces per bag - $200 per bag - $1,549.79 per gallon
  • Black Ink (Printer Cartridge) - 1.42 ounces per cartridge - $29.97 per cartridge - $2,701.42
  • Mercury - 11.52 ounces per container - $309.00 per container - $3,433.33 per gallon
  • LSD - 0.125 ounces per container - $120.00 per container - $122,880.00 per gallon
And the highest on the list
  • Scorpion Venom - 0.0067 ounces per vile - $2043.00 per vile - $38,858,507.46 per gallon
I did not come up with this list, just summarized it. Here is the full list.