How much is gas where you're at?

[Uncle Ted]

Bo paid $8.71 per gallon and Mo paid $8.51. Considering what it was when I lived in Germany over 20 years ago, I would say that we here in the States are closing the gap.

So about the same as what you would expect to pay in California.

[Donuthole]

Wait, gas is more expensive in Europe, too? I thought this was an American problem created by Biden.

[Uncle Ted]

Biden admitted that it is all part of his plan for an "incredible transition" for "the world"...

“[When] it comes to the gas prices, we’re going through an incredible transition that is taking place that, God willing, when it’s over, we’ll be stronger and the world will be stronger and less reliant on fossil fuels when this is over,” Biden said during a press conference in Japan following his meeting with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

https://www.nationalreview.com/corne...le-transition/

So you best get your electric car and a library card so you can check out a lot of books so you have something to do while waiting for it to charge...

I Rented an Electric Car for a Four-Day Road Trip. I Spent More Time Charging It Than I Did Sleeping.
Our writer drove from New Orleans to Chicago and back to test the feasibility of taking a road trip in an EV. She wouldn’t soon do it again.

I thought it would be fun.

That’s what I told my friend Mack when I asked her to drive with me from New Orleans to Chicago and back in an electric car.

I’d made long road trips before, surviving popped tires, blown headlights and shredded wheel-well liners in my 2008 Volkswagen Jetta. I figured driving the brand-new Kia EV6 I’d rented would be a piece of cake.

If, that is, the public-charging infrastructure cooperated. We wouldn’t be the first to test it. Sales of pure and hybrid plug-ins doubled in the U.S. last year to 656,866—over 4% of the total market, according to database EV-volumes. More than half of car buyers say they want their next car to be an EV, according to recent Ernst & Young Global Ltd. data.

Oh—and we aimed to make the 2,000-mile trip in just under four days so Mack could make her Thursday-afternoon shift as a restaurant server.

Less money, more time
Given our battery range of up to 310 miles, I plotted a meticulous route, splitting our days into four chunks of roughly 7½-hours each. We’d need to charge once or twice each day and plug in near our hotel overnight.

The PlugShare app—a user-generated map of public chargers—showed thousands of charging options between New Orleans and Chicago. But most were classified as Level 2, requiring around 8 hours for a full charge
[...]
We pull into New Orleans 30 minutes before Mack’s shift starts—exhausted and grumpy.
The following week, I fill up my Jetta at a local Shell station. Gas is up to $4.08 a gallon.

I inhale deeply. Fumes never smelled so sweet.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/i-rente...ng-11654268401

What are you waiting for? Go get your EV!

[Uncle Ted]

The Brits have something to really celebrate now... The "incredible transition" to EVs is coming thanks to $10/gallon gas!

Petrol breaks £8-a-gallon barrier for first time EVER: British drivers face 'frightening' 180p-a-litre 'within days' after price at pumps shot from 174p to 177p in just four days over Jubilee amid Ukraine crisis

• Petrol prices in Britain have broken through the £8-a-gallon barrier for the first time ever, after bank holiday
• The average price at the pumps hit 177.88p a litre yesterday, weekend's jubilee celebrations down to earth
• Drivers are being warned that 'frightening' petrol prices will exceed an average of 180p per litre this week

[....]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...itre-days.html

But what's this about the Ukraine crisis? Is the "Big Guy" not getting his 10%?

[Uncle Ted]

Feeling the pain at the gas pump? The solution is simple... Just stop being poor!

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And get you one of those new coal powered cars.*

OK, to be fair... it is only 95% coal powered:

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[Commando]

Wait, gas is more expensive in Europe, too? I thought this was an American problem created by Biden.

That's correct. Trump also kept prices low in Europe and as soon as Biden was elected he tore down all of Trump's righteous, benevolent global policies that were keeping gas prices low and raised them because he's wicked and God won't protect his people from high gas prices when we use our agency to elect wicked men.

[Moliere]

That's correct. Trump also kept prices low in Europe and as soon as Biden was elected he tore down all of Trump's righteous, benevolent global policies that were keeping gas prices low and raised them because he's wicked and God won't protect his people from high gas prices when we use our agency to elect wicked men.

Wait, I thought the oil companies were artificially keeping prices up? I guess the state run oil companies are doing it as well??? Crazy!!

[Bo Diddley]

That's correct. Trump also kept prices low in Europe and as soon as Biden was elected he tore down all of Trump's righteous, benevolent global policies that were keeping gas prices low and raised them because he's wicked and God won't protect his people from high gas prices when we use our agency to elect wicked men.

Let's not kid ourselves that Biden isn't having a negative impact on the cost of gas at the pump, particularly in the US.

[Donuthole]

Let's not kid ourselves that Biden isn't having a negative impact on the cost of gas at the pump, particularly in the US.

What impact is he having? Please do tell.

[Bo Diddley]

What impact is he having? Please do tell.

Spencer Cox has been harping on it for a year and a half now. Moritorium on oil and gas leases on federal lands.

Also regulation touched on here:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbl...d-gas-expands/

[Bo Diddley]

And Romney has something to say about it as well:

https://www.romney.senate.gov/bidens...sen-inflation/

[Donuthole]

Spencer Cox has been harping on it for a year and a half now. Moritorium on oil and gas leases on federal lands.

Also regulation touched on here:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbl...d-gas-expands/

Aren't there lots of oil and gas leases on federal lands which are currently not being used by oil companies? Why would we grant more leases when all the ones granted aren't being used? Seems like the leases need to be reworked to say that if you aren't using a lease to full capacity, you lose it. So it comes back to capitalism. These companies are intentionally not maximizing oil production because it benefits them. Republicans love themselves some big oil, until it hits them in the pocketbook when a Dem is in office.

Re: the article you linked, that sounds like a future issue, but definitely not what has caused prices to spike in the last 6 months.

[Moliere]

Aren't there lots of oil and gas leases on federal lands which are currently not being used by oil companies? Why would we grant more leases when all the ones granted aren't being used? Seems like the leases need to be reworked to say that if you aren't using a lease to full capacity, you lose it. So it comes back to capitalism. These companies are intentionally not maximizing oil production because it benefits them. Republicans love themselves some big oil, until it hits them in the pocketbook when a Dem is in office.

Re: the article you linked, that sounds like a future issue, but definitely not what has caused prices to spike in the last 6 months.

Um, they are drilling and pumping as much as they can. They aren’t stupid. Oil is at record highs so they are going like crazy but you can only drilling if you have materials, which materials are either crazy expensive or long lead times. They aren’t intentionally holding back. The red tape to drill on some of those leases is ridiculous. Conoco’s Willow Project is a great example.

Its not Biden specifically that is causing the problems. It’s a decade worth of a thousand cuts with a global pandemic added on top. But it’s fair to say it is the democrats fault as they like to work in synch with climate groups and the like.

[Bo Diddley]

Aren't there lots of oil and gas leases on federal lands which are currently not being used by oil companies? Why would we grant more leases when all the ones granted aren't being used? Seems like the leases need to be reworked to say that if you aren't using a lease to full capacity, you lose it. So it comes back to capitalism. These companies are intentionally not maximizing oil production because it benefits them. Republicans love themselves some big oil, until it hits them in the pocketbook when a Dem is in office.

Re: the article you linked, that sounds like a future issue, but definitely not what has caused prices to spike in the last 6 months.

Agreed, each of the players have an impact. Let's not pretend Biden doesn't.

[Northwestcoug]

You don't even want to know what I paid for gas recently in Calgary, the epicenter of Canadian oil and gas exploration.

Let's up the ante here. It's Biden's fault, it's the dems fault, but they have to be in lockstep with some global cabal that can influence prices outside of the US. C'mon, think big!