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California gas prices rise above $5 a gallon amid US war with Iran
(www.theguardian.com)
BUT I THIUGHT BUDEN DID THAT?!?!’mj
Profit margins must be maintained.
Pretty glad I drive an electric car right now.
Only half joking, but all of the new data centers raising energy prices are unfortunately coming for you too. Still way cheaper than the gas equivalent though.
Jokes on you, I've got an electric car and solar panels. Fuck the grid!
Hot damn I wish I could do that. We recently had our first semi serious look into solar for our place. Maybe someday.
Man I wish I could do that, but I'd be fucked come winter.
I currently have a fixed price deal. The price is not ideal, but it's bearable year-round and I don't use that much electricity in the summer when the market rate is cheaper.
If I had solar panels and wanted it to be connected to the grid (so I wouldn't have to run them on a separate circuit and could also sell back the excess), I'd be forced to the market rate package. Which in the winter can get ridiculously expensive. And it's not like there's a lot of sunshine here in the winter. 6 hours from sunrise to sunset and it's cloudy most days - and if it's not cloudy, it gets super cold and electricity demand goes up even more.
Our household has solar panels, two EVs, and a heat pump located in the Midwest. We still have 1:1 net metering so its nearly the ideal conditions as far as energy harvest and economic landscape. I know this won't last, but I'm enjoying for the years that I can.
We also have a separate deductive meter where we can get about 25% discount on electricity that charges the cars. We only use it during the cold months because car electricity is free during the rest of the year from solar.
We have a small electricity bill in November, then big beefy electricity bills and for when the our location on Earth its tilted away the sun for the very cold months of Dec Jan, and Feb. March we get a bill but its about 1/10 of the cold months, and then usually electric bill until November again.
With the installation of our heat pump we cut off our natural gas connection. So the only energy bill we have is electricity during the cold months. No natural gas bill, no gasoline bill.
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You're still affected by this as nearly everything you buy was transported on a truck.
The thing is EV owners have more money left for food.
Or, in my case, cyclists - a am mid-fifty now, and never hada car. When I feel the need to smile, I sum up the money I have saved this way.
You’re still affected by this as nearly everything you buy was transported on a truck.
Also, Californians pay 3x the national average for electricity too.
What does the truck that delivers your food run on?
No idea, but I feel it a lot more when commuting goes up 50% than when food goes up 20%.
Also, if I can have just one of those, instead of both, why wouldn’t I want that??
Ha. Try 2.40/litre ($11/gallon) in Norway.
True, but density, public transportation, social services, and electrification are very different in much of the US. Fuel prices hit differently depending on where you live in the world.
True, our fuel prices are way higher here in Europe, but we have a solid public transportation network, we have walkable cities and in countries like Norway the EVs are the majority.
From everything I've seen about US cities and American friends I talk to, for most people, if you don't have a car you can't get to work. That is a thought that is hard to process for Europeans.
If you don't have a car you can't get to work
This is it. This is the difference. Along with everything being spread out, and fuel efficient cars being a distinct minority. "Just ride a bike" is something I'd love to do, but I'd get killed by some monster-fueled purposefully stupid prick in a truck. And that person might get a ticket. The very idea of taking a bus or train to work is pure fantasy where I live.
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Something you may have glossed over if you don’t live in California: March is when the state begins to the switch to “Summer-blend” (a mix of spealized petroleum with 10.5% to 15% ethanol) which is required to be available by April 1 and until October 31. The price of gas was going to increase regardless.
Dang the summer blend fuel is gonna be north of $6 gallon then.
Over $6 here
Bay Area
I'm guessing your in the City
San Diego?
The Media: "Dear Leader gets tough with Iran! Victory is coming. But first the latest Taylor Swift news, and MARCH MADNESS!"
Allowing for currency conversion it's USD8.23 / gallon here in Victoria, Australia.
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I like it when gas prices go up, personally.
So all the groceries and everything else that is transported around gets to get more expensive for everyone too?
Why do you hate poor people?
We can stop subsidizing fossil fuels and make EV purchasing affordable. We could even make public transit usable, if we spent $43M/hr on it.
Yeah and if my grandma had wheels she'd be the fastest hooker in her retirement home.
I thought she’d be a bike, personally, but what do I know.
Was omnibus when I was growing up which is funny because the term omnibus was already antiquated by then and outside of that one specific saying, nobody ever used that term, so I didn't even really know it's just a regular ol' bus.
Not when the government is openly and actively hostile toward all of those things
And you honestly believe that might happen during Trump's presidency? Right now we're worried about the rising prices in the here and now. Not what legislation we can pass maybe during the next presidency.
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Since Trumpenyahu's mad war I've been finding out that fertilisers, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, construction all rely on products derived from oil. So as much as its good to see fuel for cars going up. The price of absolutely everything is about to shoot up.
I passed a station that was over $5.50 on my way to a $5/gallon pump (it was just a block away, thank goodness for 7/11). I imagine that average is going to go WAY up.
We destroy our land and will never reap the 'benefits'.
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