With everybody hot and bothered about the record price of gasoline, it's time once again to put a little perspecitve into the equation. Rob Cockerman at Cockeyed.com ranks 47 products from the least-expensive (tap water, $0 per gallon) to the most-expensive (scorpion venom, $38,858,507.46) - and a bunch of stuff in between. Gasoline, as always, remains a relative bargain, so let's stop the bellyaching, OK?
ITEM   PRICE PER GALLON
tap water $0.00 
Folgers Coffee $0.70 
Kool-Aid $1.85 
lowfat milk $3.79 
Coffee Mate $5.54 
Evian spring water $6.40 
Budweiser $8.88 
Hershey's chocolate syrup $13.23 
Kikkoman soy sauce $15.33 
Jamba Juice $21.82 
Red Bull energy drink $30.69 
Absolut Vodka $58.26 
grapeseed oil $69.47 
fresh squeezed wheat grass $124.80 
Penicillin $301.49 
human blood (processing fee) $1,514.79 
insulin (Humulin L) $9,411.76 
Chanel No.5 perfume $25,600.00 

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   Mark Lacter created the LA Biz Observed blog in 2006. He posted 
until the day before his death on Nov. 13, 2013.
Mark Lacter created the LA Biz Observed blog in 2006. He posted 
until the day before his death on Nov. 13, 2013.