• Akasazh@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    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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      28 minutes ago

      Many of them have no empathy, so gas prices are the only thing that directly affect them.

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    13 hours ago

    If this rallies the American couch potatoes to finally rise up and get rid of him and his cronies, fine with me.

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    13 hours ago

    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.

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      11 hours ago

      It won’t rise daily, it will rise with each truckload. So, twice a day or so depending on where you live?

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        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!

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          13 hours ago

          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.

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            12 hours ago

            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.

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          13 hours ago

          Washington, similar to Cali, has a lot more gas tax built into our prices which is why they’re higher than most states. I think like .55/gal is taxes alone.

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            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.

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      11 hours ago

      I dunno where this is, but these prices seem only slightly elevated above normal to me.