I still have some trump ones in a drawer somewhere. Pissed off half the damn town last time I broke them out. Though they never knew who did it!

We have too many damned US-style “trucks” here in Australia now.

Our fuel prices have just crossed the equivalent of $5 USD/gallon ($1.90 AUD/litre); it will be interesting watching people squirm at the petrol pumps when the price inevitably increases another 50% or so.

War really is bad. My fuel is expensive now 😢

The gull of these Fucking terrorists

My xB gets about 31 mpg. This still hurts. I'm so sick of winning.

I watched some local news yesterday where they covered the various explosions across the Middle East. They discussed the activity, the damage, the losses of life.... then they pivoted to a local news reflection on what this all would mean for us at the gas pumps. "Gas prices expected to rise" as the chief takeaway for us to ponder how it affects us, immediately after discussions of hundreds of human beings being literally exploded. Makes me sick.

the US mostly self sufficient with oil, big oil wants this war so they can make extra stupid money gaming the oil futures markets.

once you've reached end-stage capitalism, where there's no real room for organic growth, all that's left is rent-seeking and smashing windows to "increase liquidity" in the markets (from sane/smart actors who have to hedge, even if they do know it's all a game). the ones who don't see the full picture or are over-leveraged go out of business and act as distressed assets to be bought out by established players.

this is what republicans do every time they're in power, they're abject disaster capitalists, proud in their cruelty.

$2.75 to $3.19 today. I'm betting on $3.75 by the end of the week.

Hello California

RIGHT

I was talking to the owner of an independent petrol station the other day who's petrol is usually a good 30% cheaper then the big chains.

I straight out asked him how he was able to consistently out compete them like this. He laughed and said it was because he wasn't greedy. He explained it was straight up greed at the retail level. Especially jacking the price up whenever the news said that oil prices had gone up.

Yeah, but you guys pay more because it includes taxes which go towards things like health care. We pay way more when you take into account what we don't get.

I paid $2.35 on Saturday, and I was pissed because the day before it was 2.25.

It was always more expensive in California. I don’t know why but when I visited the US, I was quite shocked to see how big the price difference was between California and literally all the other states I’ve been to

That's crazy, I live in Colorado and haven't paid over $3 for years. About a month ago it was $2.15 for regular at the gas station I go to

They have unparalleled cognitive dissonance skills

Came here to be like "fuck I wish it was down to $3/gal out here..."

It's $6 a gallon in the UK, I think a good chunk of that is tax/duty tho.

Well yeah, but it doesn't make a loud vroom vroom noise, therefore you're gay

In what location? In the US, directly after 9/11, has was pegged at .99/gallon because Bush made some kind of deal with oil execs. But they did raise it eventually. Not to 8/gallon though. Unless you're speaking of Europe?

Are you thinking of Katrina? Granted, I wasn't old enough to drive when 9/11 happened, but I don't recall gas prices spiking. But they sure as hell did after Katrina.

Uh, do you realize that with costs like that EVERYTHING will get more expensive? Every single good you buy anywhere has fuel costs baked into their price.

It is fun to watch them tear up at the filling station.

Hmm.

I own a 2015 Hyundai Sonata (base model) which is a sedan, not an SUV. The gas tank capacity is 18 gallons.

I also own a 2025 Subaru Forester (Premium model), which is an SUV and has a gas tank capacity of approximately 17 gallons.

Difference is roughly the same between a sedan and an SUV and both use 87 octane.