> > for what it's worth, I used Excel to calculate the "real energy > > price" for the US from 1959 to 2004. (Data are from the ECONOMIC > > REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT, table B-60.) > > > > results: using XL's graphing facility, the linear and exponential > > trends over this period were slightly downward. The logarithmic and > > power trends were slighly upward, with most of the increase > > happening in the early 1960s. The 6th degree polynominal shows > > lower real prices in the 2000s than in the 1960s. > > Jim, is the graph at your website? > > Yoshie Furuhashi
no, but I can send you a copy. -- Jim Devine "Blessed are the pizza-makers."
