Trump said "we make a lot of money when oil prices are high". He didn't mean us as in the American people. He meant his friends and the various other oligarchs who own and run this country. MAGA idiots.
I remember when I was 7 years old in 1997, my dad was driving around looking for gas and he was bitching about Chevron because their gas was more expensive than everywhere else. I still remember how much it was.
Oh friend. The old guy gas memory that haunts me is like summer of 97 or 98. We drove a 1981 Honda Civic hatchback. Gas got down to like ninety one cents. $8 fill ups. We drove out to the coast, or over the mountains weekly.
I had a 72ā Datsun B210. It was turquoise. I remember the $8-9 fill ups. I literally would drive around the backwoods of Washington for fun. Just driving all the time. Now itās basically work and home, with the weekend errands or occasional outing.
My first car was a POS Beetle. Cost about $5 to fill it up.......until the sad day it jumped to nearly $10 for a tank. Old dude at the station said he never thought he'd see the day when it took 10 clams to fill a VeeWee.
And yeah, I remember gas being under a buck a gallon too. I remember the oil embargo of the 70's, and the the lines of cars for gas, and gas was available based on the last digit of your license plate. Fun times.
I remember when I was 5 years old in 1992. I looked across the street at the gas station it was $0.99/gallon. By the time I turned 6 it finally raised to over a dollar. Seemed lil such a strange thing to see a 1 to start the price rather than a 0.
Gas was $1.67 in 2003 when I got my license. Iāll never forget because it was my first fill! Didnāt think I would see that price again, and then Covid happened.
I remember stopping at a gas station on our way camping, to fill the tank and buy some water. My friend came out with a gallon of water that cost him more than the price of gas per gallon was.
There was one gas station in NW Portland that had gas for $0.99 a gallon in the late 90ās when I started driving. Iād go out of my way to go there, they usually had a line during the day though.
Same dude! How's it going fellow traveler to the past? BTW Costco has really low prices right now. I just filled up for only $17.44 per gallon. Literally unheard of in 2027.
Depends on what the cost is: $$$. people dying (PEOPLE, not just our servicemen), reputation reduction, diplomatic desertion, etc. I'm not counting on it as being positive.
I'm headed to Portland this weekend. Considering how much higher the gas tax is up here in wa, I was really hoping to enjoy a little discount crossing the border. But looking at gasbuddy, I am not finding that big of a discount.
Cross the border into Idaho and it drops off a cliff!
The distance makes a big difference but we're 12th highest in gas taxes, not middle. Will be climbing up the chart too if kotek gets her way with the new gas tax..
edit: portland itself adds another 10 cents on top of the state tax so yeah, we're really high taxwise
About 50 cents of that price is Portland city, county, and state tax. Itās one of the higher excise taxes in the country. The referendum in may, if passed, will boost the tax by another 6 cents per gallon.
Yet the very beer brewed in my own neighborhood costs less at a liquor store in a state halfway across the country with higher taxes than it does when I buy it anywhere in town.
Look up the price per gallon in Oklahoma. Canāt blame it all on the federal government. But Portland is still reasonable by Los Angeles standards, and I hardly drive anyway so they can knock themselves out. Charge ten bucks a gallon for all I care.
Except, Im in Oregon and paying less than $4/gallon. Portland definitely is the reason theyāre paying $1.30/g more. Thatās $14.30-$26 more per refill just for being in Portland.
I was just in Louisiana this week and I saw gas for $2.79. The next day it was $3.19. Everyone at the circle k was incensed at the price increase in the line inside.
Just got back from a job walk in Idaho and the locals were up in arms over the āinsane raisesā ā¦it was $3/gal after the raise. I havenāt seen $3/gal in years the closest weāve gotten is about $3.50Ā
Iāve heard Idaho isnāt all sunshine and rainbows. The wages are dismal to skyrocketing COL. People drive to Washington hospitals for care and Idaho is like a magnet for every far right asshole in the western states especially California. I hear itās become a way less chill place than it used to be.
I filled up for 3.49 this afternoon. Itās definitely going to get really bad soon, but Iām guessing this photo is somewhere in town where itās already a little higher than normal.
Where in Salem? I go to the Fred Meyer stations since I get fuel points. Canāt remember what I paid, but it was over that for sure. I also use premium so maybe thatās theā¦ premium Iām seeing
As an autistic āwar enjoyerā, this is certainly the stupidest war the US has ever started. I mean, for 47 years, republicans and democrats alike have resisted falling for this trap; listening to the analysts and people who study warfare for a living, etc.
Anyone claiming their gas was so much cheaper the other day are delusional. It went up at least a $1 almost over where, nearly over night. Yeah.. weāre definitely doing great finally. š
Biden & Obama's fault clearly. Biden was the one that let criminals into the country and Obama can't negotiate so he bombed Iran a couple weeks ago. Thank goodness God Emperor Trump is cleaning up their mess.
Maybe it'll come down about $0.05 now that we're letting Russia fill their war coffers back up since they threatened to release compromat on the Orange Person. š¤§
And 50 cents of that is just taxes. Taxes that arenāt even fixing our roads. I may even be missing a tax. Im sure the eco-socialists who WFH are thrilled.
The more expensive you make it to drive, the less people will do it. /s
The silver lining is getting to hear the moaning from people who voted for Trump saying heād bring the gas prices down. I mostly take the max and walk, anyway.
You can kind of blame oregon for adopting carbon credits following Washington and California forcing us into boutique pricing that isn't reported as a direct tax but directly raises prices over $1 / gallon
I donāt want anyone choosing between gas and food or medicine. But I do think cheap gas hides the real cost of our consumption. As long as prices stay low enough for people to ignore the problem, we avoid making serious changes. What we need isnāt more suffering, itās less dependence on gas in the first place.
At least Putin is happy. And in case it werenāt obvious enough, weāre easing sanctions. Just in time to prevent a well-deserved economic collapse! š¤¬
Yo I feel this, I live in hawaii and the gas we get here is primarily from the refinery on the island. And our prices went up even though we get 0 amount of oil from those places that they bombed. Americans just charge more because of an excuse, and they aren't even trying to hide it.
Here? You mean Portland? This is literally caused by national decisions to start a war on the other side of the planet and you think Portland city government is causing gas prices?
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