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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 2488279, member: 19165&quot;]You really can&#039;t compare any of those things to today... Technology has changed, which has made manufacturing and drilling more efficient. Supply lines have improved efficiency. Demand for each of those things, both on a local and global scale, has changed each industry in different ways. Governmental regulation has added a significant amount of taxes to each of the things you listed (and not all the same amount. For example, I read a recent study which said that on average, $80k of the price of a new house is due to government regulations, taxes, fees, and permits). </p><p><br /></p><p>And, inflation happens. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m really not sure what the point of your post, or this thread, is. At all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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