

We'll answer that in two steps.







How many minutes it takes to buy a gallon of gas.





Back in the day, it took just 80 minutes.

How many minutes of work it takes to fill up your gas tank



The number of hours it takes to buy a year's worth of gas.


And if you work 2000 hours per year, then it means that about 8.5% of your working hours just go to filling your gas tank

The percentage of work time you spend on buying gas.


And finally, one last chart.

Let's assume that the average person is awake for 5840 hours per year (16 hours a day times 365). Then it turns out that 3% of every waking hour is spent towards working to just fill up your car.

The percentage of your waking life devoted to working to afford gasoline.