“When losses happen, somebody’s got to pay for it.”
Called Freedom Fuel Network, the enterprise encompasses dozens of gas stations throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey, USA Today reported, although it isn’t exactly clear which locations are open for business. Plastered in American flag decals and “Freedom Fuel” branding, the gas stations seem to be selling unleaded gasoline for the fixed-price of $3.47 per gallon, about 32 cents cheaper than the current average price in the US.
According to GasBuddy, nearby prices range from $3.85 to as much as $4.49 — no doubt reflecting the slower drip of oil from the president’s costly war on Iran, which burst back into active fighting this week.
As head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy Patrick De Haan told the Philadelphia Inquirer, the current price of crude oil means there’s no way Freedom Fuel’s $3.47 price point can turn a profit.
“Stations selling at this price, it’s not sustainable,” De Haan explained. “Generally, when losses happen, somebody’s got to pay for it.”
De Haan raises an obvious question: who is paying for it? If the stations are losing money on every gallon, somebody has to make up the difference somewhere — whether out of Trump’s pocket, that of a friendly donor, or the taxpayer’s. And if it’s a private company taking the hit, how long until they stop subsidizing Pennsylvania drivers?
Already, the stunt seems to be distorting local markets. As of Wednesday, a nearby Sam’s Club in Dresher dropped its price to match the $3.47 figure — surely good news for anybody buying gas in South Eastern Pennsylvania, but as always, the devil is in the details.
I’m all for hating on Trump as much as the next guy, but gas prices by me are around $3.39 across the board, so I don’t understand how the GaaBuddy CEO can say a price like that is impossible.
“gas”
Trump is going to go down in history as the most successful career criminal ever.
Considering they already lifted regulations on percentage of ethanol added I can only assume this is %15 gas lol
Bottoms up, bois!
This is like something out of a third world country. “Here is some cheap gas so keep supporting me.”
The Roman’s what? If you pluralize that way, why not also write year’s?
I think the practice is more common with proper nouns and abbreviations. I’d take the underlying principle to be “proper noun and/or abbreviation is special, and we can’t just tack on extra letters as we would with other stuff, so apostrophe to the rescue”. To be clear, I am not agreeing with this, it just seems to be the driving logic.
I would argue in some (not all) ways, the US is third world. So…yeah.
This is like something out of a third world country.
In many important ways, the U.S. already is. Especially in certain parts of the country.
We’ve always been a hood rich country
This is all you need to know.
Oh shit
Get an electric vehicle and install solar panels ASAP.
My brother in Christ, I own nothing and am going back to Monke. Like fr fr.
Be the change.
I am being the change. No kids. Electric vehicle. Don’t eat beef. Actively post about climate change. Promote solar/nuclear power. We can’t go back to monke, we must move forward.
Together we have hope. We will never meet and live far away from one another, but we are not alone and one day we will prevail.
Sometimes we need to go back to monke to remember what is is to be man.
One love.
Did you let them take your future family away or did you never want one?
I’ve never wanted one, I’m okay with the burden of knowledge.
Can’t speak for the other being, but I have no desire to inflict this world upon another conscious entity. To do so would just be fucking cruel, knowing what’s coming.
I really take issue with your point of view. It’s fine to think that way, but keep it to yourself. Others believe there will be a future that conscious entities will enjoy. Will lives be as easy as those of American baby boomers? Probably not. Will lives be filled with endless suffering? Probably not. Why would you want to tell people you think there won’t be a future? That’s just unnecessary and a bit cruel, imo.
Government subsidized gas is not an issue. But that’s not what’s going on. Trump is pocketing the money, cutting the gas with something else, selling stolen gas, or using tax payer funds for it (the last of which is whatever), but whatever he is doing isn’t being done out of the goodness of his heart.
All that Venezuelan oil has to be going somewhere. And someone who isn’t the Venezuelan or American Govt is getting paid.
He’s just using it short term to gain fame and when he runs out of gas he says it’s the dems fault. Then the magats cheer
50% water
And making people drive all over looking for it. So you get “E85” (I can guarantee it’ll be closer to the 50% ethanol than the 80% side), long lines, more traffic and a bad reputation for the gas stations where people buy bad gas.
No cars specifically without flex fuel can run on anything over E85. He’s just draining reserves.
Maybe stock but people tune older cars to run on E85 all the time
If you need to tune the car for it to handle the fuel, it wouldn’t go unnoticed is the point.
Willing to wager these gasoline inventories are getting diluted well beyond our normal summer blend thresholds.
He paid a bunch of existing gas stations to change their name and lower their prices. He will make up the difference by subsidizing the gas stations using tax payer money. I guarantee you this will not be noticed by the majority.
not by the trump bumpkins, they see this as a win, eventhough its not.
Maybe trumps gambit will be our first step towards socialism. Stranger things have occurred.
It’s not a thing. Trumpbjust made it up. Source: MrGlobal, on YouTube and substack.
Was wrong! My guy Mr Global just posted. He thinks this is marketing budget being used to subsidies the price. Trump announced a freedom fuel thing July 4 that was fake. Now someone grabbed the name I guess.
Confused where he has got this chearp fuel from - is he selling the reseve?
Venezuela maybe?
Couldn’t you say that all US gas stations are suspiciously cheap? This is just a little more straightforward, but it is a pretty subsidized industry. Unless I’m thinking about that wrong.
Honestly, how do most countries gas stations work, do they purchase fuel from the government?
“Out of Trump’s pocket” LMAO whatever they’re on, I’d like to have some.
https://www.jalopnik.com/2210988/donald-trump-giving-communism-try-government-approved/
When I first heard this story, the article gave me a laugh.
Communism is when gas prices low.
Targeting Pennsylvania metros and other swing states near you!
