Ouch! We're around $3.90 by my me. We were at $2.75 on the day the war started.
Thanks, Trump. We won't forget.
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And somehow, Europe pays much more for gas because of an american war.
You pay more at the pump, but we likely pay as much, just through constant oil subsidies. Without those, we'd be paying more per gallon at the pump. This way, even those who don't drive still pay for oil! Capitalism!
This way, even those who don't drive still pay for oil! Capitalism!
Yet when we suggest doing the same for healthcare it's "socialism" and a bad thing
In Europe, the price is mostly paid by the consumer. In America, the government subsidizes the industry to the tune of billions per year, both at the federal and state levels. It makes gullible people think American fuel prices are lower, when in fact it socializes the cost of fuel onto all of society.
Counterpoint: I live in Europe and pay €0 for gas. I walk, bike, and take transit. That's literally impossible in much of the US.
The trucks that bring your food to within walking distance use a fair bit of if fuel.
A lot less on a per capita served basis than it would take to drive all those people that are served by the truck to the place where the food comes from and back again
Most delivery trucks around here are electric. Most power generation is renewable, importing some nuclear. Some fossil fuels still in the mix, but if the government was smart they would phase it out.
2€ per litre for diesel here in France.
I fill up like 4 times a year though so personally I'm surviving, and it seems Van der Leyen & Co are pushing hard for EU energy independence helped by this, so that's quite cool IMO.
4x a year? When work is busy, I might fill up four times in a week.
I wish it was that dirt cheap here in Europe.
They're technically paying about the same rate now. Gasoline is subsidized via taxes by the government in the USA. So Americans still pay for it, many just don't know it. Even if you don't use a car.
damn i paid just a dime under that about a day south of you last week (SF Bay Area, Costco, low to upper $5s for the prices across my city) and i could have sworn we had it bad.
Big beautiful coal will save us.
C'mon! Letter go to Walmart!
Cleeeeeen coal
Look up gas prices in Europe and you'll feel better. Be aware prices are in liters, not gallons and the Euro is worth more than the dollar. E.g. today in Germany in my region 2.27 Euro for a liter.
£1.40 a litre in the UK at the moment.
I think the difference here is that we aren't fooled by right wing politicians who blame prices on their left wing counterparts.
Trump made petrol prices and inflation a key policy issue that he alone could fix. And now its worse.
Although the fact that he could be brought down by petrol prices and not him being a demented war-mongering kiddy fiddler is deeply saddening.
People don't see him diddling kids. They do see the number on the gas pump though.
If my math is right, that comes out to roughly $10 USD per gallon. Ouch.
Most places in the world don't subsidize oil and gas to this degree at national and state levels. USA is one of the outliers
If you're using public transport in USA, you're paying for the toll free Highway roads and subsidized fuel. In other countries the toll and high taxes ensure you pay for what you use.
We've passed €2.5/l in Denmark. I suspect we'll hit the infamous 20 DKK/l next week. I think it was during the full-scale invasion that gas stations rushed to replace their price counters since they could only go up to 19.99 and now we're about to hit those prices twice in less than 5 years.
may i interest you in slightly sketchy development called using propane as fuel, it's a fair bit cheaper
i read this neat thing about using biowaste to generate your own propane. with these plans i found there's only like a 15% risk of blowing yourself up and that's IF you have recent hazardous materials handling training (which i don't, so like let's up that to 45% for me) and they advise having a fair bit of land to build a small swamp on for some weird reason, but i can send you some diagrams if y'all want.
you can just pull up to gas station and fill dedicated lpg container which you get along with lpg conversion kit, no need to diy it
also that's methane and it's best to use up biogas immediately, there are small powerplants like this here and there, near landfills for example
My trick is syphoning from large trucks with Trump stickers. That’s socialism.
There's only like 5 of those in this area (Seattle). The rest are Cyber trucks.
Hello fellow Washingtonian.
Sincerely, the moths flying out of my wallet
Isn't there like an additional 30 cent tax that Washingtonians voter for?
You know, Moss and pine cones burn pretty good. If only one could frack that stuff cleanly.
Ahh yes! How could I forget! Singas that's popular in Mexico. They use trash and corn I think.
To be honest, I always found that to be extremely interesting. Not very practical, but extremely interesting.
Oh nevermind, looks like Mexico is gonna Cuba soon:
At least fuel is a lot harder to hoard than TP.
I actually could bike 1hr to work and 1hr back. But with the helium industry fucked up and gasoline thru the roof, I think the business will be going under soon. I'll take on carpentry and work from my basement.
Look at Mr fancy pants over here with a basement 😆
Rusty Cage on YouTube has a guide on how to build a lemonade stand.
I dunno about Philip but Josh should be here soon