A thread to cry about the ever increasing gas prices

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Took a look at the US gas prices today, holy moly.

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What's going on, IL-bros?
 
My DD gets 21mpg on 93 and my toy gets 16mpg on E85. I could ride my motorcycle which gets 35mpg but it's too fucking hot for that crap. None of this would be a problem if my commute wasn't 40mi each way. Oh well, could get worse I guess, and probably will.

For your consideration, a comic featuring high gas prices of yesteryear which has been collecting electron dust in my hard drive for many years.

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Bitches be seething over the price of gas caused by Putin being so heckin' unwholesome, while I'm sitting here on my fat ass passing enough gas to rival the Holocaust
 
I can't get gas in my area for less than $5 a gallon. I'm paying about $30 a day in gas to go to work. Thankfully I'm well compensated. It's still really gay.
 
I'm trying to remember how high gas got for me back during the 2008 recession. I had just gotten my license and I remember losing my shit at the prices back then and I think the highest it ever went was $4.10 or so?

Gas was $4.89 a gallon today.

*sigh*
 
T0oCoolFool dijo:
I'm trying to remember how high gas got for me back during the 2008 recession. I had just gotten my license and I remember losing my shit at the prices back then and I think the highest it ever went was $4.10 or so?
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In my part of Kiwi Land, gas went up to $4/gallon for the first time in 2008 and it was around the same time most gas stations here added 10 cents a gallon for credit card purchases because of the higher processing fees. I was thankful my job at the time was a very short commute.

This was also the same time where many businesses that made customer deliveries added "temporary" delivery/fuel surcharges on their bills that ended up becoming permanent to this day even when gas prices plummeted two years ago when fewer people were on the road due to COVID restrictions.

As you said, gas prices didn't get much higher beyond the $4.00 mark and dropped shortly thereafter. Stations still kept the 10 cent credit card add-on though and it never went away. Only two stations in my immediate area don't charge extra for credit cards and it's no surprise they also have the best price by a good 15-20 cents a gallon as compared to other nearby stations.

If I heard correctly tonight, 20 of the 50 US states now have an average price above $5 a gallon. I'm curious what will happen in terms of public opinion if and when the majority of the country hits that mark.
 
Went on vacation, literally had to pay $50 to fill up the tank every two, three days. The trick is to drive cruise control. Gas was cheaper down South at 4.39 compared to 4.99 here in Ohio.

Don't even get me started on the groceries.
 
T0oCoolFool dijo:
I'm trying to remember how high gas got for me back during the 2008 recession. I had just gotten my license and I remember losing my shit at the prices back then and I think the highest it ever went was $4.10 or so?

Gas was $4.89 a gallon today.

*sigh*
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In my neck of the woods, it only went up to about $3.50 but that was enough. I remember how much people cut back on driving, roads were basically cleared, similar to the early days of COVID-19. Now it’s $5.50/gallon and roads are packed.

It’s a weird situation. A friend of mine just sold his boat for $30k over asking price. Another friend told me his bank was encouraging him to take out a HELOC for $250k and that his housing assessment went up 30% in the last two years. I think the country is so desperate to avoid a crippling recession that they are hoping any idiot who can sign his name (and even then…) to get yuge and bigly loans so the party can keep on going for just a little while. It explains why people are throwing around so much cash while inflation is raging.
 
So. For the past few months, gas has been stuck at $3.09. I wouldn't say I was happy about this, since it's still too fucking high, but I did get used to this price.

In the past week, it's suddenly gone up to $3.19, and today it went up to $3.29

Is this the start of ever increasing gas prices again?

Kiwis, I can't take much more of this :'(
 
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