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Some gas stations "out of diesel" as prices surge (www.newsweek.com)

submitted 1 month ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] Monument@piefed.world 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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[–] CodandChips@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago*

It’s funny, because the U.S. uses the metric system for a lot of things. (Like soda or street drugs!)> Dollars and cents!

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[–] thallamabond@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

It's also the actual basis for our non metric system. Since 1959.

International Yard and Pound

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_yard_and_pound

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