Well, Gas Is Still Cheaper Than The Champagne Of Beers…

By May 22, 2008

With gas prices topping $4.00 a gallon in Chicago, Chicagoist started wondering how much gallons of other liquids cost. Turns out gas is still cheaper than the Champagne of Beers…

Milk $3 (on average)

IBC Root Beer $5.33 ($3 for a six-pack of 12 oz bottles)

Miller High Life $5.33 ($15 for a 30-pack of 12 oz cans)

Ketchup $8 ($2 for 32 oz)

Hydrogen Peroxide: $10.32 ($1.29 for 16oz)

It’s a good think we don’t run cars on Chanel nail polish at $5760 per gallon, huh?

Does anyone have a Geo Metro that runs on milk?

How Much is a Gallon? [Chicagoist]

(Photo: Joy of the Mundane )

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Comments

  1. ekasbury says:
    May 23, 2008 at 5:31 pm

    Too bad I get less than 15 mpg of Miller when I’m on foot. Maybe driving really is cheaper.

  2. bigmac12 says:
    May 23, 2008 at 7:47 pm

    Need to find a way to run cars on nuclear waste hence solving two problems at once….of course the mufflers would be enormous to contain those explosions!!
    Mac

  3. LibertyReign says:
    May 23, 2008 at 10:38 pm

    @chewiemeat:

    “a better deal” would be a dollar that is backed by commodities instead of good intentions, and an oil industry that is based on necessity not on global domination. Alternative, renewable fuels might make for “a better deal” as well considering the pollution we suffer and the inevitability of eventually exhausting our resources.

  4. LibertyReign says:
    May 23, 2008 at 10:40 pm

    @nedzeppelin:

    Oil doesn’t cost more, the dollar buys less, and in case you were living in teh woods for the last 25 years, cars run on water now.

  5. Bryan Price says:
    May 23, 2008 at 10:47 pm

    Milk for $3? Only if you cut the cents off. I’ve been paying $3.89 to $4.19 a gallon.

  6. AtomicPlayboy says:
    May 25, 2008 at 12:58 am

    So is that point of the story that in order for folks to keep the price of their drunk driving constant in light of rising fuel prices, they’ll have to go down market on the booze?

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