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Some gas stations "out of diesel" as prices surge (www.newsweek.com)
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[–] 76 points 1 month ago (13 children)

The gas stations probably need to install new signs that will display four digits so they can charge over $10 per gallon

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  • [–] 17 points 1 month ago (7 children)

    Nah. They'll just do what the rest of the world does, and start charging per litre. Your 12.399/g is now only 3.109/L.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    Friend, I don't think you understand just how much we hate the metric system. We'd stop driving before we measured fuel in liters.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    It’s funny, because the U.S. uses the metric system for a lot of things. (Like soda or street drugs!)
    But.. yeah. For fuel, they’d probably start charging per quart before they tried charging per liter.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Getting there for sure. $8.something a gallon for diesel around here.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago

    It's $7.50+ here in Eastern Washington. I drove to Idaho for the slightly better rate and still cost almost $200 to fill up my truck. I'm ever so thankful that I have kept it in good running condition and basically bulletproofed the 7.3l engine. I got 18.5 mpg and that's really good. But still, I don't think I can keep it up for long. It's a damn shame.

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