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November 4, 2006
Forget Crude Oil Prices. How About HP Black Ink #45?
From a post at Gizmodo, the price per mL of various fluids -- with crude oil at the bottom, and HP black ink #45 for printer cartridges waaaaay out in front:
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I wrote a blog called Eau de HP last year - BusinessWeek had a graphic which showed per ounce HP ink was more expensive than Chanel no. 5 and Dom Perignon 1990...
How about this: Visine $1.18/ml
http://www.walgreens.com/store/product.jsp?id=prod1426810&CATID=100216&skuid=sku1426800&V=G&ec=frgl_616621
I have heard of a somewhat similar analysis comparing the price per ounze one pays for popcorn (without the butter) at a movie theatre being higher than the price of an ounze of gold
God, that's beautiful.
(as a side note, I'm pretty sure if my car took Red Bull it'd get about 1000 mpg.)
So, the new slogan must be
NO BLOOD FOR INK!
I liked that chart. It really puts some perspective on the outrageous price of ink! :) Now, I would be interested in seeing a similar chart that puts some perspective on the consumption of those items!
1986 Chateau Mouton Rothschild: $0.79/ml
1929 Richeourg DRC: $10.24/ml
:-)