The price of a gallon of regular gasoline climbed 31 cents in the past week, spiking to an average of $4.48 per gallon Tuesday, according to AAA.
    • megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      1 month ago

      87 to 121 cents per liter roughly, prices varied widely around the country, but roughly that as an average. 3$ per gallon to 4.50$ per gallon.

  • DarkFuture@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    All because of one low IQ pedo and the members of Congress and the public that support that pedo.

    • Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works
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      1 month ago

      Unfortunately, gasoline woes will ripple through nearly every commodity or grocery that you partake in. If you’re truly off grid, it probably won’t do much. But as long as you shop from grocery stores or buy things period, you’re gonna feel it a little. Not as much as a gas-guzzler, but you’ll feel it.

      • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        I mean I’m just piss posting and I’m deeply concerned for how it is going to impact my community, which is extremely impoverished and working class, and often have super long commutes.

      • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
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        1 month ago

        It’s a good thing the government is also actively hostile to any alternative to fossil fuels /s

        We could have dulled the impact by converting the grid to renewables 5 years ago, but Joe Manchin thought that might hurt his constituents.

        Clearly Joe Manchin only considers the mine owners his constituency…

    • deft@lemmy.wtf
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      1 month ago

      It’s not just gas. Any plastic.

      My job is already seeing disposable gloves explode in price

      • halcyoncmdr@piefed.socialEnglish
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        1 month ago

        Half of the modern world is reliant on petroleum based products. Gasoline and Diesel are about 70% of modern crude oil usage, but that remaining 30% is everywhere.

          • idiomaddict@lemmy.world
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            1 month ago

            The sentinelese are always laughing at us.

            You know that meme about how we’re meant for eating fruit on the beach but instead we have to pay taxes? I’d violently defend my ability to opt out of that as well.

            • arrow74@lemmy.zip
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              1 month ago

              Idk modern medical care and pain relief is also pretty nice. There are some pretty brutal ways to die that we can avoid with modern technology

      • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.caEnglish
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        1 month ago

        Not any plastic. For example, much of the ethylene used to make PE is a common byproduct of natural gas production, that occurs in such quantity that producers almost have to pay to have it taken away.

      • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        Perhaps ethane based plastics not affected very much in the USA at least. Its a “waste product” from shale gas extraction. There are laws on how much producers can burn, and if they don’t have a home for it they have to stop extracting methane. So they price it so cheap its essentially paying people to take it so they can go back to extracting methane. The USA produces 40% of the worlds ethane. This is also one of the reasons plastic recycling isn’t financially feasible here. Ethane is just too cheap to make virgin plastic vs the costly process of collection and recycling of non-virgin plastics. source

    • Freeposity@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      Yeah a friend of mine was shocked when she asked me about my position on data centers and I basically told her IDGAF. I then had to remind her that I have a 21KW solar array and 45kwh of battery storage. My carbon usage is net negative.

  • Reygle@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Thousands killed, Schools bombed in “brown people” countries, neighbors deported to prisons, countless international crimes
    Republicans: Crickets
    Filling the tank on their 2023 EarthDestroyer costs 45% more than they expected
    Republicans: “THAT’S THE LAST STRAW”

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      Republicans: Crickets

      Crickets? More like thunderous applause.

      Hell, even some SuckDems were getting in on the “They probably bombed themselves with their own Tomahawk missiles. But even if they didn’t it all worked out because dead child Iranians can’t grow up to be adult terrorists.”

    • Reygle@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      I’m with you but a little more extreme: I hope Aermica contracts a virus or genetic condition that limits reproduction to .05% of previous so the world can start to heal without nuking us,

      Where is Jessica Hyde?

    • BlueCollarRockstar@sh.itjust.works
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      1 month ago

      Real question, no shade at all, just ignorance - why premium? What sort of vehicle is that ideal for, and what is the advantage?

      Yeah I could Google but I’m more interested in a human’s thoughts

      • Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        I have a tune that requires 93. The thing that was interesting is when I put gas in last week I paid 4.79.

        Initially regular spiked while premium didn’t move much, it seems like premium has caught up.

      • halferect@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        Its kinda a weird naming thing, premium doesn’t mean better it’s just the rating and you should always use what grade is recommended for your engine

      • woodsie@ani.social
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        1 month ago

        Any vehicle with a performance motor needs premium fuel to avoid damaging the engine.

        These engines run at a higher compression in order to get more power, and the premium fuel prevents engine knock or pinging, the result of premature combustion from less stable fuel in lower octane ratings.

        A vehicle with a performance motor doesn’t need to be some luxury line BMW or supercar, either. More common, reasonably priced sports cars also fall into this category.

          • blitzen@lemmy.ca
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            1 month ago

            Many people drive reasonably priced sports cars as their primary vehicle. For them, it’s just their car the way anyone else’s is. My 8 year old VW GTI takes premium, but it’s a reasonably standard four dour hatchback that you wouldn’t otherwise call a “toy.”

      • hawgietonight@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        Motorcycle engines also can benefit, especially ones with high compression engines. By memory I recall my F850GS is rated 5hp less using low octane fuel. It was also recommended to use premium to solve a jerky low rev response I was having, and surprisingly it worked. Not sure if because of the additives (had to seek another brand that had premium) or because the octane.