Gas is now 5 dollars a gallon almost everywhere.

[KennyAtom]

I thought you were going to do something, Biden. You said that you were going to lower gas prices.

I never thought I'd say this, but I miss the good ol' days under Trump, when gas was 2 dollars a gallon, and not this expensive behemoth that'll raise costs of living to the point that multiple people will become homeless.

 

[naddel81]

Gas is still way too cheap for the harm it does to the planet. Here it is at 10 dollars a gallon. Although we pay in liters, but it is almost twice as expensive as in the US. and still too cheap!
We are spoiled by the status quo. Fortunately that is going to change very soon. So sad it needed a war to get there ("thanks, Putin", I guess).

 

[DarknessPlay3r]

Thank the Oil industry as a whole, not just one section of government.

Political color means nothing when the currency under it is black gold.

 

[KennyAtom]

Gas is still way too cheap for the harm it does to the planet. Here it is at 10 dollars a gallon. Although we pay in liters, but it is almost twice as expensive as in the US. and still too cheap!

You can walk everywhere else in the world, here we rely on cars.

Basically we're fucked at this point, people are going to become homeless, people are going to kill themselves because they're facing homelessness, we're all fucked.

It doesn't help that Biden said he'd help, but he hasn't helped.

 

[SG854]

I would gladly raise the gas price to $10 a gallon if it means saving the planet.

 

[KennyAtom]

Thank the Oil industry as a whole, not just one section of government.

Political color means nothing when the currency under it is black gold.

that makes sense. still sucks.

I would gladly raise the gas price to $10 a gallon if it means saving the planet.

Honestly, I'd try and push the edge towards cleaner alternatives, make them cheaper, more viable, before raising gas prices as a whole.

Straight up raising it automatically will quite literally kill people at this point, whether self inflicted because facing homelessness or killed while homeless.

 

[UltraDolphinRevolution]

It is not just the Ukraine conflict. Nothing was solved or overcome in 2008. The amazing stock market during the Trump years was also fake, i.e. disconnected from the real economy.
It does not matter how much a potato costs. What matters is whether there are enough potatoes to go around. "Gas is too expensive: I know, let´s increase wages and pensions and welfare"
The only way out is suffering, a restart or letting the interest rate go beyond the inflation rate (but the federal reserve won´t allow it).

 

[mightymuffy]

You can walk everywhere else in the world, here we rely on cars.

Nnngh, must resist.... the temptation... (but he's set it up that well haha!)
Works out at $7.39 here in the UK, less than I expected, mostly due to the piss poor value of the pound at the moment though (£1 - $1.26? WTF..)
Price rise has got feck all to do with who's in power over on your side of the pond, Trump was just lucky in that respect.
I will add however, when you were all crying into your boots at the price going up to $4 a gallon (not that long ago), it was approx $6.48 here in the UK at that time... so since then ours has gone up by 14%, whereas yours has gone up 25%?? That's quite the difference..

 

[SG854]

that makes sense. still sucks.


Honestly, I'd try and push the edge towards cleaner alternatives, make them cheaper, more viable, before raising gas prices as a whole.

Straight up raising it automatically will quite literally kill people at this point, whether self inflicted because facing homelessness or killed while homeless.

You Americans rely too much on gas

 

[naddel81]

the rich times are over. I guess now comes recession again. but this time it is not "only" financially as in 2008.

 

[subcon959]

Nnngh, must resist.... the temptation... (but he's set it up that well haha!)
Works out at $7.39 here in the UK, less than I expected, mostly due to the piss poor value of the pound at the moment though (£1 - $1.26? WTF..)
Price rise has got feck all to do with who's in power over on your side of the pond, Trump was just lucky in that respect.
I will add however, when you were all crying into your boots at the price going up to $4 a gallon (not that long ago), it was approx $6.48 here in the UK at that time... so since then ours has gone up by 14%, whereas yours has gone up 25%?? That's quite the difference..

Not to nitpick but I think you might be using imperial gallons instead of US gallons.

 

[emigre]

Not to nitpick but I think you might be using imperial gallons instead of US gallons.

Metric system FTW

 

[Deleted member 586536]

Had the United States lobbying issue been fixed. (and subsides changed earlier before this point) This likely wouldn't be nearly as much of a problem. Since eletric cars are still far more expensive then they really should be. I'm sure the 20 billion dollars in subsidies for oil companies could of been used else where. But no, gotta keep a industry that is declining propped up because money.

 

[mightymuffy]

Not to nitpick but I think you might be using imperial gallons instead of US gallons.

Wrong, I used US gallons... an imperial gallon is 4.54 litres, which would've given me a figure of $8.69

 

[FAST6191]

El presidente does have some influence over how things work -- strategic reserve levels (which are now some of the lowest known), pipelines cancelled and whatever else does play into it. War has some effect even on largely self sufficient places (I can sell it to my neighbour but if bob overseas is willing to pay more than somewhere along the line things change). At the same time the way the oil industry works did change too (and not because of hippies, save that those hippies were also those that forced people into their homes for a while for dubious reasons) and easier in some ways to produce less and charge more.
The abysmally designed towns and cities -- harsh zoning, suburbs as a general concept, "single family homes", laughable public transport, no option to walk anywhere really*, excessive distances because easy at one point... these all add up to make things far worse than they could be.
It is what it is though and in many ways you have to play the game that is being played so while I can look on and laugh at having to take a car a considerable distance to go shopping it never the less remains what you kind of have to do.

*I can and do walk considerable distances cross country all the time and have very little fear of death. Hated walking in the suburban US though, and most of that was western Washington state which is hardly some downtrodden hole somewhere in the south. If you were unsteady on your feet/not fit and cared about potentially being wiped out then no chance.

As far as environment... means little when most of Asia is doing what it does. Concerns mostly raised there for I R good boy points than anything useful from where I sit (and anybody really concerned would be going both feet into nuclear if they were).

 

[Veho]

Thanks, Obama

 

[ghjfdtg]

It's mainly the oil industry trying to rip all of us off under the excuse of the war. I don't buy it at all the war is causing these prices when crude oil is back to pre-war prices and they are making record profits. It's time to abandon oil.

 

[subcon959]

Wrong, I used US gallons... an imperial gallon is 4.54 litres, which would've given me a figure of $8.69

Yep, I had it the wrong way round lol
Btw, where are you getting petrol so cheap? I can't find any less than 1.62.

 

[UnderJinx]

In Denmark it's almost 3$ converted from DKK for 1 liter Oktan 100 Benzin
Glad that i dont have a car

 

[Sypherone]

In Germany we pay actually average 2,15 Euro for 1 Liter. By 3,785 Liter per gallon its around 9 USD for 1 Gallon.

Thx goes to Russia. But good that we are on the way for Electric cars to be more independent from it.

Begging these Year it stands by 1.60€ , but raising constantly since years to get the people to look for alternatives. With begging of the Electric Vehicle there is one, now.