US gas prices reaching new heights as war in Iran drags on

Here's my deranged conspiracy theory (as a foreign observer of US politics; previously out of curiosity, now as a sick f*****): f*** things up so badly now that Congress goes completely blue, Congress blocks further "progress" but everything gets tied up in the Supreme Court and spend two years blaming house Dems for a worsening situation enough to cause a Republican backlash at the 2028 presidential election, just in time for phase 3 of the dictatorship project.

Republicans love sales taxes (and tariffs are a sales tax) because it passes the burden onto the lower and middle class. They hate income taxes because the upper class has to pay more. Also, sales taxes are spread out so you don't notice them as much as income taxes that are an annual lump sum.

Canadian here, can confirm. Thanks a lot, chucklefucks and child rapists .

Highest I've seen today is 11 dollars per gallon (2.60 euros per liter). Most gas stations sell at 10 dollars per gallon (2.35 euros per liter). This is in the Netherlands 😁

Its World gas prices. But its the US Iran War (+Israel)

Oh, and here's something else scummy Major fossil fuel companies made nearly half a trillion in profits in the four years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, according to an analysis by non-profit Global Witness in February. Were being royally screwed

This is what the administration considers a booming economy.

And they won't be happy unless they make more than that per second next year.

We gotta start learning from the French. They had an incredible answer to this type of filthy shit

There is a limited supply and a demand for oil. If you reduce the supply there isn't enough oil to go around for everyone. The oil there is goes to the highest bidder which makes the prices go up. As the expenditures of the oil companies don't go up their profits will increase as a result. Even if you ignore the prices, there just isn't enough oil to meet demand so someone will have to reduce their consumption. Prices are they way that this happens in the market. At some point someone will be priced out and are forced to reduce their consumption.

embarrassing that they are so short sighted. It tracks with US automakers’ terrible long term bet to not invest in EVs

Man am I glad I bought a hybrid

Waiting on my EV delivery as we speak. Right now I'm rolling with a Prius Plugin, getting around 3.9 Miles per kWh for a combined fuel economy of around 110-150 MPGe. When I can charge at home and the office I'll only switch to hybrid to sip fuel above 65 mph. Generally I'll get 1200 miles on a 10 gallon tank. Once I got 1600 miles and didn't refuel for 6 weeks of daily driving. We need that flexibility in more vehicles.

every time I watch the price of gas tick up twenty cents I have to pull a fresh twenty dollar bill out of my Bolt's glove box to wipe a tear from my eye

It’s actually cheaper to dcfc evs vs the U.S. average vehicle mpg now.  It’s always been waaay cheaper to plug in at home, but even for those who can’t plug in at home it’s very likely cheaper to own an ev than an ice car , fuel wise atm. 

I’m think six months is very optimistic.

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In addition to all the other silent taxes due to monopoly and corruption. In a consumer economy, this is doom. Just a matter of time now.

I was trying to explain that concept to somebody.  I've worked at a gas station for decades in the past, and lived thru the trends ( started when gas was measly 49 cents a gallon).  But diesel is an infrastructure fuel. Everything gets moved around by diesel trucks, trains, and ships. so when diesel is high and stays high, you know that the gas prices are going to follow. Same if diesel prices go down, but the fuel companies will just keep the price high ...

And they’ll never reduce prices after all this BS is over.

My industry is projecting that this will go on for way longer than 6 months.

Kenwood Ohio, just saw 5.25 on the Ohio sub. It will keep going higher too cause I think the summer flavored gas costs more too.

I'm on an island for a month and it's $9.47 a gallon

In the netherlands we are at like 9,00 (mostly higher) dollar per gallon, converting everything.

You also weren’t paying up the ass for everything else too in 2007.

I overheard a guy saying that at work when the tarrifs first hit. He made a comparison to how people in America had to compromise a bare a burden during WWII. F****** clowns.

The morons are just getting started. Buckle up.

Get a brain, Morans!

They're taking "or go broke" very seriously.

It's gonna hit $5+ over the summer for sure (national average). Thing is when it ends up being $5+ in places like Oklahoma (where its typically the cheapest) THEN people will get pissed, Red state voter or not. A long summer of $6-8/gal gas and everyone will be ready to flip out. People are garbage and are ok with a lot of horrible stuff until it impacts them personally. End of the day people vote with their wallet.

Watch the Hank Green video about why the economy hasn’t crashed yet.

Hey, at least all the R's in my life have finally STFU about "Biden's inflation."

This is the “two Santa’s” strategy that Republicans have been running since Reagan. When a Republican is in office they cut taxes (mostly for the rich, but smaller temporary cuts for everyone else), lower interest rates, and drive up the national debt. In the short term this makes the economy *feel* like it’s doing alright to the average person. Then when a Democrat is in office Republicans scream about the national debt and inflation while simultaneously accusing Democrats of ruining the economy when they raise taxes, raise interest rates, and try to balance the books. It’s puts Democrats in a catch 22 situation where they either cave in to maintain stability, or they double down to call the GOPs bluff and risk the entire situation exploding. Democrats consistently choosing the first option is why things have deteriorated to the point we’re at now. Republicans also have total control of the mainstream media narrative now, so it’s even easier for them to get away with compared to before.

He was campaigning against gas being outrageously expensive when gas was $3.30 to $3.50 nationally. Now, his supporters are all talking about how $4.39 gas is totally fine, while he's up there claiming gas being above $4 is fake news.

I hear people still hoping the president will fix the gas prices Biden caused, I literally heard this yesterday. Folks are too dumb to be allowed to vote.

They could be living in cardboard boxes still cheering for their great leader. Like Stalin's fans.

trump can't stand anybody who gets more praise than him - especially Obama.

And we have always been hearing about how "dangerous" Iran's nuclear ambitions are for us, but Iran doesn't really seem to want to nuke us, but have a deterrent for instigators regionally (looking at you, Israel).

I paid $3.79 Monday and now it’s $4.99 in Indiana. Insane jump.

$5.45R/ $5.69P in CA (these are Costco prices too)

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And this time we can absolutely draw a connection between prices and the president.

The Sentra is a hot pile of garbage unfortunately. If Nissan could make something worth more than a pile of bolts, they could come out of this in a very good position

I owned a Fit. It never got 40 mpg. More like 30. Still better than a shitkicker truck, but not super fuel efficient either.

Did they even think that far ahead? I believe they thought they’d quickly topple a nation with a standing army who has been training for us to attack them for decades. It’s what happens with a reality TV show government

"King Pedo Stole Your Gas Money" is the headline. DJT's lawbreaking habits are yesterday's news.

you misspelled "eliminated".

Did you hear, gas prices don't matter and it's worth the cost. Says republicans who are worth millions. Who are probably making bank on gas stocks.

This was supposed to be the day everyone stayed home from work and school in a May Day protest.

To steal your gas money.

Yes, the Democraps were just about to tax the hell out of our broke asses. Now we proudly pay 3x more for everything instead! But can you imagine if a trans person entered a public restroom or something?