I found the real hockey stick graph!

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Look at the downward trend since 1918 (adjusted for inflation of course), and then... where the hockey stick comes in. I'll let you make your own conclusions.
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You sure you're looking at the graph correctly? Gas prices are pretty stable/flat since 1918 when adjusted for inflation. The black line is basically just the rate of inflation.
 
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In 2016 dollars per InflationData.com: $3.92 in 1918; $1.48 in 1998. That's hardly flat by any measure. Then there is a huge spike in between 2000 and 2002 on the chart. Ignore the black line, we are talking inflation-adjusted cost here.
 
The hockey stick is the black line. The red line is fluctuation around the mean. Hockey stick graph means it was flat for a long time and then went up dramatically. That's the black line. The red line has no trend over the long term, just short term fluctuations.
 
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