I just found this amazing set of historical maps of the southland: The David Rumsey Map Collection. I’m still looking over all of these, but so far this is my favorite. This map is titled, “Map of Los Angeles, California. Copyright, by E.F. Hill. (inset map) City of Inglewood.” The degree of detail is astounding.Continue reading “The Westside in the 1920s”
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The Prices of Crude Oil and Automotive Gasoline
I’ve been wrestling with a thought experiment for the last couple of months and I think I’ve finally made some headway in resolving it. This all started when a barrel of crude oil was hovering around $100 per barrel. Round numbers like that make doing the math on this problem a lot easier. From whatContinue reading “The Prices of Crude Oil and Automotive Gasoline”
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