new math
August 31, 2005
1. How much does it cost to fill up your tank when there’s an incompetent administration in power?
13.91 gallons x $3.19 = $44.52
2. How much does it cost to drive a car?
a. If you need a car to give you the illusion of being safe and powerful because said incompetent administration has made sure that you’re scared out of your mind?
$3.19 / 8 = 39.8¢ per mile
b. If you bought a domestic car with the employee discount?
$3.19 / 19.4 = 16.4¢ per mile
c. And if you managed to get through the waiting list and score a Prius?
$3.19 / 55 = 5.8¢ per mile
3. And for the inquisitive student: As the pump price goes up, Bush’s popularity goes down. What is this relationship called?
4. Bonus question: does it cost more per gallon to fill up in Ann Arbor or LA?
Answer for 3: INVERSE!
Exactly. I was also thinking JUSTICE or WAKE UP CALL might work too.
Economically, #3 sounds like complementary cross-elasticity. That is, demand for GWBush decreases as the price of some other good that is required in order to run GWBush (like gasoline) increases.
Demand for GWBush requires cheap oil. Is anybody surprised?