• David_Eight@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Are Hybrids that popular that they would cause any real shift in the market?

    $4.43 a gallon in September, according to ​AAA, compared with $3.20 a year earlier.

    Holy shit did this idiot fuck the whole world. I knew it was bad but never actually looked up the numbers. America should really be broken up into 2+ different countries.

    • THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      So we can have two morons ruining things? Ehhh. I like when it’s just one moron I have to hate. But I see your point.

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      1 month ago

      If you want another holy shit moment, go look at what’s happened to the price of diesel – which is rather important for shipping basically everything…

      We hit a rather disturbing milestone in California last month: https://fortune.com/2026/09/10/9-999-maxed-out-california-diesel-prices-overwhelm-pump-displays/ – and we hit the highest recorded average price nationally of $6.5276/gallon about a week ago according to this source.

      Shit is absolutely fucked right now.

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        1 month ago

        I have a constant desire to buy a 500 gallon tank and fill it with diesel to help with the inevitable (I’m expecting) no fuel signs at the pump.

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          27 days ago

          I listed prices in USD per gallon – converting: 2.35 euros per liter (the alarming price showing up in California – a state where we literally pump oil out of the ground) seems low to you?!

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            27 days ago

            by my calculation and a few online converters too it’s more like 1.3 to 1.5 euros per liter and yes it’s low, ours is around 2.4 euros last time I saw.