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[-] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 13 points 9 hours ago
[-] quarrk@hexbear.net 60 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

It is remarkable that the “I did that” Biden sticker on gas pumps was one of the Big Things from Biden’s term, over a worrisome but not apocalyptic inflation rate. And now Trump is doing the specific worst thing possible for gas prices.

[-] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 35 points 17 hours ago

It's fine though because this time it's not woke!

[-] Abracadaniel@hexbear.net 32 points 18 hours ago

Life comes at you fast.

[-] FloridaBoi@hexbear.net 53 points 19 hours ago

All I’m saying is that a gentleman, a 60-year-old man, 59-year-old man, 75-year-old man, doesn’t need 37 gallons of gas.

I don’t think that a beautiful man needs — that’s 61 years old — needs to have 30 gallons of gas. I think they can have three gallons or four gallons because what we were doing with China was just unbelievable.

[-] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 24 points 17 hours ago

30 gallons of gas? where are you planning to go with 15 gallons of gas?

[-] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 32 points 18 hours ago
[-] barrbaric@hexbear.net 10 points 10 hours ago

It's a reference to Trump's thing about how girls don't need 37 dolls and so inflation is fine.

[-] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 24 points 17 hours ago

Art of the deal

[-] john_brown@hexbear.net 39 points 19 hours ago

it's one gallon of fuel, michael. what could it cost? ten dollars?

[-] Blakey@hexbear.net 14 points 16 hours ago

Diesel is currently going for AUD$3.30 a litre in AU. I think that's just under USD$10- a gallon but not quiiite there yet. Give it time, though...

[-] ConcreteHalloween@hexbear.net 34 points 19 hours ago

There are so many things that Trump AND Biden said where the proper response was "you're the fucking president!"

You're the fucking president, rising fuel costs in you're nation IS YOUR PROBLEM!

[-] deforestgump@hexbear.net 26 points 19 hours ago
[-] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 16 points 18 hours ago
[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 36 points 20 hours ago

I don't drive folks, I got a driver, what do I care? 9 or 10 dollars, big deal trump-anguish

[-] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 24 points 20 hours ago
[-] DogThatWentGorp@hexbear.net 17 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

r/fuckCOMBUSTIONcars

so-far

(I've been riding a massive high over having a chevy bolt the last month but I know that gas prices will cut into electric eventually anyways)

[-] Blakey@hexbear.net 26 points 16 hours ago

Nah, EVs are also a problem. You shouldn't listen to the assholes who say they're worse than ICE vehicles overall, but manufacturing a car is a dirty process, and EVs are to my knowledge much worse on that front. There's a reason we say "the cleanest car is the one you already have"; it may not be universally true but it's close enough to be used as a rule of thumb. We still need them in much of the world but we really, really need to make changing that a top priority.

[-] quarrk@hexbear.net 10 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Tire particle pollution and brake dust are problems regardless of powertrain. Worse, even, for EVs, due to their weight.

Also the environmental damage from paving roads in general.

[-] ChaosMaterialist@hexbear.net 1 points 24 minutes ago

Remember during :corona: everybody stopped driving and suddenly the skies above cities became clear? :sicko-wistful:

[-] DogThatWentGorp@hexbear.net 9 points 15 hours ago

Yeah that's all true but I was just talking about happy I was not to be paying $6/gallon

[-] Blakey@hexbear.net 7 points 9 hours ago

Totally fair!

[-] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 29 points 18 hours ago

i'm an EV centrist but they do share a variety of shortcomings with ICE vehicles and aren't a societal level solution.

[-] Runcible@hexbear.net 8 points 16 hours ago

yeah, car infrastructure and societal design around cars is just awful. Wouldn't be good even if you were using a Flintstones car

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