US looks for options to reduce gas prices amid ongoing Iran war

best thing would have been not getting involved in the war to start with

diversifying our energy resources would have been a nice way to insulate us from these impacts, but this admin did everything it could to keep us on oil and gas.

Here's their answer btw, just dilute the gas - https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-vote-to-dilute-gas-as-prices-rise-above-4-50-11949494 > House Republicans passed a bill on Wednesday that would allow nationwide year-round sales of E15, a blend of gasoline mixed with 15 percent ethanol, also known as Unleaded 88—a product that refiners and retailers normally cannot sell in around half the country during the summer months due to air pollution concerns. > Ethanol, a clear, colorless, volatile, and flammable alcohol produced by fermenting sugars from agricultural crops such as corn or sugarcane, generally reduces greenhouse gases, but E15 can produce more smog-forming emissions when it evaporates in heat. > However, while the E15 rollout can lower prices, ethanol does contains less energy than gasoline, so eventually with E15, a driver will end up burning more fuel for the same amount of distance, albeit fuel which is slightly cheaper than standard gasoline. Basically this 'solution' to the price rise from the Iran war produces smog, burns faster than regular gasoline so you will have to fill up more often and pollutes at a higher rate than gasoline over a longer period of use.

Idk maybe pull out our troops and stop blockading and bombing them? Orange dude just admit you fucked up for once

We were going to be so rich from that tariff money, though.. This is the Oops! All Mistakes administration

Yet the clear and obvious answer: "stop the war and unfuck the mess they created" never occurred to them.

But my President said gas prices are down and really its not a big deal, and really really this is a good thing, and really really really we are willing to make that sacrifice, oh and really really really it doesn't matter to him, the finances of Americans doesn't matter to the American President it irrelevant.

Have we tried impeachment of the president yet? Removal from office, congress growing a spine, arresting child rapists, ending the war, anything? Nah, they tried nothing and are fresh out of ideas

Fake title, there is no “ongoing” war it’s a brand new war just with the same countries in the same region and the same armies and navies without any real difference. /s

Stop bombing oil producing countries at the whim of Israel's dictator, for starters.

“Who’s a man gotta bomb to lower gas prices around here?”

I don't mean to sound like an Iran apologist, but the best bet for gas prices to go back to pre-war levels would be ending the war in Iran today, acquiescence to their Hormuz demands, and a heartfelt apology for this stupid war. This course of action would reopen Hormuz tomorrow but even then we'll have to wait months or years for production to ramp back up. That will never happen though and this will go on until someone breaks and that means that everyone on the planet has to suffer while we play chicken with Iran.

Maybe like stop bombing Iran? I know it’s crazy as f*** but why not try that?

"Looks for options" while ignoring the blindingly f****** obvious one

Have they considered inventing time travel and *not* getting us into an unnecessary war? Or, even better, inventing time travel and *not* electing the liar who told them he wouldn't start any wars, only to start a war?

Have they tried not war? I hear not war was good for gas prices.

Bull. They are looking at a war with Cuba, keeping their power in Venezuela, Greenland, Canada, murdering fishermen, entering Mexico to allegedly combat the Cartel, demanding 10 billion for trump, demanding one billion for A gaudy ballroom, another 300 million for more illegal war in Iran, insider trading in oil futures. All of this to drain you of any future plus a distraction from Epstein.

What if we reduced demand by creating and enforcing a law that sets fuel economy standards for cars. Then increasing the minimum level every year. You could call it CAFE or something.

That's easy. Yankee GO HOME

I don’t know, maybe, *end the war?*

“We’ve done nothing and we’re all out of ideas.”

They are looking in much the same way they are looking for options to eliminate school shootings. Which is to say, they are staring at a completely obvious solution and discarding it because it would make a bunch of rich people unhappy.

Little late for that eh?

Maybe stop the f****** war and cut a deal that rightfully makes us look like fools so we can at least stop the bleeding?

Congress could do their job and stop the war…

How about not being at war with Iran?

Spit ballin here, maybe should have ended that shit about a month or 2 ago? That might have done it? But what do I know?

Have they tried using a time machine and avoiding an unnecessary war?

Trump will come up with some magic pixie fairy dust that you put in your gas tank and mileage doubles overnight. And MAGA will believe it and give testimonials about how it tripled their gas mileage...

There are so many options they just don’t wanna do any of them.

We are the biggest exporter of fuel world wide so why? Sounds like we are going to pay off corn farmers with this stupid plan.

There’s absolutely nothing to gain politically… $0.18/gal will be lost in the next immediate pricing adjustment and nobody will ever forgive them when they eventually have to reinstate it. Plus in the meantime this $ is ESSENTIAL to fund transportation infrastructure repairs. It goes to show how hard their backs are pressed against the wall.

Maybe....ending the war?

1) Impeach the president and his administration 2) Elect someone with a working brain.

Option 1: stop being a c***

If only we had a reality tv star, face pancaked in makeup…a real alpha male, to negotiate.

How about nationalisation of the oil industry?

Idiotic government. They had zero reason to start a war

Maybe just leave the Straight and go home and let the middle east figure out how to coexist or not on their own. God this is so dumb, SO DUMB - and the president is getting absolutley played like a fool in China...bringing CEO's of companies that China is about to be able to separate from...

Crazy idea, we negotiate an end to this stupid ass illegal war

Tell em to buy calls as a hedge

I mean not starting useless wars with no plan would have been a great place to start. However longer term thinking might have helped too. If only we had the ability to make energy without oil. Like from wind or solar or something crazy like that. And if we had a program to make cars that ran off that alternative energy. And then if we had an incentive program to help convince people to buy these cars that did not need gas, like a tax rebate or something. What am I thinking? That is clearly crazy talk.

How about not having a war?

Watch them offer ev credits again and go full circle

I would say impeach AND remove Trump (impeachment does no good by itself) but the Republican party would have to extricate their heads from Trump's rectum and we know that won't happen. Therefore I suggest voters extricate Republicans from their positions of power in November. Redistricting to try to steal the election won't work if anti Republican turnout is massive everywhere.

And there are still people in the US believing that the prices will come down eventually

Socialist and communist policies… no way, lol.

How about making small economy cars again eh? Those enviro laws have been on books for 30+ years and all they did was making huge SUVs gas guzzlers a norm ,not an exception. While at it,would it be possible to make econo EVs? All EVs on market are luxury vehicles -not one is actually affordable to general population.

I'd recommend sending Iran a sincere apology, paying war reps, and getting the f*** out.

A good start would be impeaching Trump...

Give us more money, duh.

How about you end this stupid blunder of a war.

> suspending the federal gas tax, a step that would knock 18 cents a gallon off motor fuel prices currently averaging more ‌than $4.50 a gallon nationwide. I think they’ll need to lower the prices a lot more than 18 cents to stop people from being upset.

How about gtfo of Iran and get Trump out of office for starters?

Have they considered, no new wars?

i thought we owned venezuela now?

Option 1. Drop off dear leader in Tehran. No return flight til he negotiates a deal to replace the one he scrapped that was working.

I remember a short few years ago, Joe Biden got gas prices down without resorting to watering down gas. Too bad Trump refuses to do anything that has Joe Biden's name attached to it, like not getting into a major war in the middle east and playing OPEC against each other. Trump's benefactors in Saudi Arabia amd UAE are making bank with high prices and they dont want to see them lowered.

No more Trump would be a good start...

Maybe stop f****** around. Because we're entering the finding out zone.

I spent $70 for half a tank the other day. It sucks and I am single, work remote and paid well. I simply cannot fathom how other people living check to check and HAVE to commute are doing $100 weekly for a full tank

Does anyone honestly believe diluting fuel will lower prices to pre-war numbers? Maybe a slight decrease, but these companies will keep prices up with the decrease in fuel quality, wringing every single cent out of consumers as they have to fill up more often with reduced fuel quality.

Hrm.. It's almost like we have a completely rational electric energy transportation model that doesn't tie us to hostile foreign nations and that is readily available to the public vs. gasoline.

Somehow, someway they would probably drop after we get unredacted Epstein files.

Hmm oh whatever could we do

Suddenly telework is back on the menu

I'm glad I have an old motorcycle as backup.

I thought it wasn't a war...

Can't wait for student loans to rip us a new a******

One cool way is to go home.

Yes, oil prices are part of a "global" market, but we could just use the oil WE produce and not try to maximize profits for oil executives. There's that. 😕

Is *not* being a warmongering fascist on the table?

It's odd how Netanyahu and Trump both found wars aa their popularities waned. It's a proven strategy.

Enforce remote work for those who can

Maybe not start it in the first place?

Anybody tell the admin to just like stop what they’re doing?

Or...you know...oil companies collecting oil from the US could use it domestically.  Oh wait thats not the greedy way.

If a certain orange fascist dropped dead, gas prices would probably go down pretty quickly.

Well, there was something interesting happening when there was competition for fuel with EVs, but, I guess it's just a coincidence EVs are getting cancelled again and gas is up.

Aren't US burning massive amount of gas in flares just because they cannot find buyer for it? Maybe start processing this.

Stop selling oil to other countries.

Maybe not creating the war?

Best time to plant a tree 30byears ago, second best time to plant a tree, today. GTFO of Iran now.