I don't know exactly why but Washington state gas is crazy high. Normal is $4.50 since ~ 2019. How come we can't get cheap gas? Doesn't matter now. Soon you'll have $5 gas and we'll have $7 gas. I want to see us go full Europe....$10 gas!
If gas gets expensive maybe it will make Americans reconsider how much their lives are revolving around cars and help push for more green alternatives and better urban planning.
You can't reconsider having to walk 3 Miles uphill in freezing rain to get milk and water. In other places you can indeed ride a bike to various places.
That's true yes, but potentially even more impactful is that the Pacific coast of the USA is essentially independent of the rest of the country's petroleum production and distribution. The Sierras and Cascades historically made overland distribution difficult and expensive, and maritime distribution from elsewhere in the country is also difficult because of geography (gotta do Panama canal or a long haul around South America). Because of these realities, petroleum extraction, refining and distribution in the west developed seperately and even today operate mostly independently - while technical solutions are now plausible, regulatory issues and moneyed interests that prefer the status quo continue to prevent development.
Yesterday gas in my neighborhood was $3.49 and this morning it is now $3.79. I fully expect it to keep wildly jumping up daily until the public either starts burning stuff down or strikes.
It's sick that his many crimes, overt corruption, protecting pedos (and being one) somehow is less revolting (pun intended) than fucking gas prices to the American populace.
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Treczoks@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 177d
If this rallies the American couch potatoes to finally rise up and get rid of him and his cronies, fine with me.
altphoto@lemmy.today · 11 pts · 177d
Oh, yeah last week I could see many locations still below $5.00
Now there's only one left
beelzebum@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 177d
wow, $3.29 right now at costco here in georgia
altphoto@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 177d
I don't know exactly why but Washington state gas is crazy high. Normal is $4.50 since ~ 2019. How come we can't get cheap gas? Doesn't matter now. Soon you'll have $5 gas and we'll have $7 gas. I want to see us go full Europe....$10 gas!
Kirp123@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 177d
If gas gets expensive maybe it will make Americans reconsider how much their lives are revolving around cars and help push for more green alternatives and better urban planning.
altphoto@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 177d
You can't reconsider having to walk 3 Miles uphill in freezing rain to get milk and water. In other places you can indeed ride a bike to various places.
sneakypersimmon@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 177d
24_at_the_withers@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 177d
That's true yes, but potentially even more impactful is that the Pacific coast of the USA is essentially independent of the rest of the country's petroleum production and distribution. The Sierras and Cascades historically made overland distribution difficult and expensive, and maritime distribution from elsewhere in the country is also difficult because of geography (gotta do Panama canal or a long haul around South America). Because of these realities, petroleum extraction, refining and distribution in the west developed seperately and even today operate mostly independently - while technical solutions are now plausible, regulatory issues and moneyed interests that prefer the status quo continue to prevent development.
sneakypersimmon@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 177d
b34k@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 177d
I dunno where this is, but these prices seem only slightly elevated above normal to me.
altphoto@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 177d
This is west of Seattle Washington. The prices haven't been this high since the pandemic.
Aviandelight@mander.xyz · 6 pts · 177d
Yesterday gas in my neighborhood was $3.49 and this morning it is now $3.79. I fully expect it to keep wildly jumping up daily until the public either starts burning stuff down or strikes.
GutterRat42@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 177d
It won't rise daily, it will rise with each truckload. So, twice a day or so depending on where you live?
how_we_burned@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 176d
What doesn't make sense is the price is going up seeing that US refiners don't use Persian gulf crude.
The US refineries aren't even configured to use Persian gulf oil. Your prices should be going down considering Trump opened the strategic reserves.
Akasazh@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 177d
It's sick that his many crimes, overt corruption, protecting pedos (and being one) somehow is less revolting (pun intended) than fucking gas prices to the American populace.
Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 177d
Many of them have no empathy, so gas prices are the only thing that directly affect them.
Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 177d
There’s going to be pretty good deals on things that can tow pretty soon