The price of a gallon of regular gasoline climbed 31 cents in the past week, spiking to an average of $4.48 per gallon Tuesday, according to AAA, hitting the wallets of drivers after rising 50% since the war with Iran began.
The main reason drivers are paying more at the pump is because of the global energy crisis caused by the Iran war. The price of crude oil, which is the main ingredient in gasoline, has been climbing for most of the past two months because the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow passage of the Persian Gulf through which a fifth of the world’s crude oil normally passes, has effectively been shut, and oil tankers have been stranded there unable to deliver crude.
32 Comments
KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca · 28 pts · 136d
So far let's go over the things that didn't sway their core voter base:
That's the power of holding the mouthpiece of truth after epistemic collapse
Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 136d
Apparently didn't really sway Veteran voters either...
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 136d
Here's the thing: Trump knows his base.
His base cares more that he's racist towards brown people than any of the things listed.
He could literally grow devil horns, start chanting in Latin, smell of fire and brimstone and Christ himself could come down from heaven and say, "Donald Trump is the anti-Christ" and his base will still vote for him and worship him so long as he is punishing the right people.
KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 136d
Agreed, most of the modern Republican identity revolves around stoking unexamined hate, anxiety and fear.
outandinburger@ttrpg.network · 23 pts · 137d
Soulphite@reddthat.com · 30 pts · 137d
"Its still not as high as it were when biden was president!!" -actual dumbfuck quote from dumbfuck MAGA
Those factors were NOT caused by that administration, they didn't cause COVID-19 pandemic that increased demand afterward, they didn't cause Ukraine-Russia war.
You know what the pedophile DID do to cause all this mess??? .... yeah.. fucking morons.
Biden wasn't the greatest president last, but let's not pretend the pedophile isn't the DIRECT cause of the entire world's problems right now.
Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 136d
Biden is still the best president we've had since Obama.
Soulphite@reddthat.com · 5 pts · 136d
It was certainly a quieter world politically... whatever this circus act MAGA loves to put on display for the world stage, basically forcing us all to watch with no refunds, is torture.
Lexam@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 137d
It's worth it though. Everyone knows expensive gasoline tastes better.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 136d
Not when it's E15
peanuts4life@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 14 pts · 137d
I feel like the current gas situation isn't as valuable a talking point to Americans as people want it to be. Rent, food, medical care, car cost, etc are all already up by similar percentages or more and Republicans still aren't rioting. They are delusional cultists.
pennomi@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 137d
areakode@riskeratspizza.com · 3 pts · 136d
And more importantly, not their rent.
MrMakabar@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 137d
Winning elections in the US is about mobilizing your base. Very few people actively make a choice to vote Republican or Democrat. Most do between voting or not voting.
Akh@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 137d
The president is a child rapist…
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 136d
4am@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 136d
Gas went up $0.10 overnight here. The big price spike is coming.
Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 136d
Gas here went up about $1.20 in the span of a week.
2 weeks ago i saw 1 place jump to $4.29. when I went 2 blocks down the road there was another station still at 3.89 so I filled up immediately. Within 2 days it was about 4.50 everywhere and a day later 4.99 and holding.
techwooded@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 136d
Impossible! Trump has lowered prices 600%! [sarcasm]
DrBob@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 136d
So much winning. I'm sick of winning. Please sir, stop winning.
lost_faith@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 136d
whining, the correct word is whining
mrmisses@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 137d
Yeah but everything else is worse now too! Oh wait
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 136d
Fucking shame.
I think we need >1000% increases to see some real progress towards total depreciation of fossil fuel infrastructure
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe · 2 pts · 135d
In my area it was $2.74 on the day the bombing started. It was $4.59 yesterday.
newton@feddit.online · 2 pts · 136d
So ?
Here are some Belgium prices
https://www.fuel-prices.eu/Belgium/ 8.11 dollar/ gallon
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 136d
You're also paying for social services with that price. We don't get squat.
newton@feddit.online · 5 pts · 136d
About 65% are taxes, indeed all the advantages we have here in Belgium compared to USA is enormous.
For 40 years, the unions have achieved a lot for the workers through protests and many strikes ,wasn't easy.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 136d
May we be a warning to the world of what will happen if you get complacent!
DioramaOfShit@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 136d
Libs-owned
HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 136d
Maybe a silver lining to this total cluster fuck is that the US will be forced to take green energy/technology (wind, solar, nuclear) more seriously.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 135d
Trump's idea of solving this problem with nuclear is by threatening to nuke Iran.
anon_8675309@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 136d
Heh.
anon_8675309@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 136d
Record profits for the oil industry! Woohoo!
Treczoks@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 133d
And thanks to the US, the same is happening worldwide. Thank you for voting the worst human being into the White House.