Six years ago it was up to about 1.20 a litre, then down to below 1, ... But that was over a period of six years. Think about what's happened to the prices of houses and cars and most goods in that period -- they've gone up 2-3 per cent a year. In real, inflation-adjusted terms, we've seen oil come down.
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