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fill up on gas every chance you get because gas prices will only go up. (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/showerthoughts@sh.itjust.works
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backstory is that i try to fill up my tank more when gas prices are at a low and less as prices go up to make my long term average cost per gallon lower.

now given current events, and empirical reality, gas has only been going up and will continue to go up. we could assume different curves(only constraint being that price per gallon goes up as time goes forward), but if you buy your gas now you will spend less money then you have if you bought it tomorrow, day after, or week down the road. my estimate is that it will be month minimum before it gets cheaper.

now that I have put this out there into the world you should fill up asap, I already filled up before making this post and other people will come up with this idea independently of me.

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[–] [S] 0 points 6 months ago (7 children)

uhm prices arent gonna go down? if i believed that i wouldn't bother with my post. technically it would be in collective in this case fediverse to pay the least amount for gas for presumably the next month.

and you dont have to pay for gas prices when they inevitable go up. really the assumption of you buying asap is for you to avoid paying more for resources as you put it. the higher gas prices is for everyone that doesn't read my post or ignores my advice (not that im wishing its would be an objective consequence)

but its all mental gymnastics on your end to i guess shame me, im still going to tell me to fill there tanks as soon and as much as possible to save them money and well i pulled the trigger already so other people are gonna do it.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (6 children)

    It's not to shame you. It's to point out that collectively it's a bad tactic. Using less fuel, rather than more is better.

    Also, if you spend all that time refueling, you'll likely waste more time than the dollars you save, based on an hourly rate.

    You do you, though.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 6 months ago (5 children)

    I'm not even seeing how it's a bad tactic collectively. The only alt to buying cheaper gas now would be more expensive gas later that would be true for an individual, entire, family or your neighbors. It's mathematics.

    I already pointed that you should be using less fuel regardless of Trump's illegal war with Iran or when gas prices where cheaper. That's strategy not mutually exclusive to tipping off, but independent and complimentary to topping off

    You wouldn't be spending all your time refilling you'd just detour to the gas station once a day on your commute because gas prices stay the same for an entire day. I should say fuel up once a day right before you park your car for the day

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (4 children)

    Driving to and from the gas station multiple times is not using less, lol. Detours is more driving. Plus the time to do so.

    You're basically advocating for hoarding. Letting your tank go to empty and only purchasing small amounts that you need would have the same effect, while spending less and consuming less.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 6 months ago (3 children)

    It actually wouldn't. Because you'd because when gas prices get too much for you to afford you'll only have a partial tank instead of near full

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

    But you'll have a full tank worth of dollars in your pocket.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    Man this is desperation on your end. The idea of a car is that you use it to drive to work so buying gas is a necessity and more important than hording cash

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    Lol, the idea of a car is to drive to wherever you would want to go. It's very American to default to work.

    Hoarding cash is not what I'm saying. I'm saying reduce demand, not increase it. The added bonus is that you have cash flow increase and time increase.

    Spend time looking at alternative transport. Walking, cycling, WFH.

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