• BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    30 days ago

    A year from now, after we’ve been paying $5 a gallon for gas, we’ll find out the oil companies had the biggest record profit year in their history. Then they’ll announce layoffs.

    • 8uurg@lemmy.world
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      29 days ago

      Here in the Netherlands it is 2.08€/L (9.10 U.S. dollars / US gallon) at its cheapest and 2.48€/L (10.84 U.S. dollars / US gallon) at its most expensive. While a lot of that is taxes, we are well past that mark.

    • Jarix@lemmy.world
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      30 days ago

      Fyi Canadians pay well over 5$ a gallon. I’m sure others pay significantly more as well.

      Just explaining so you know that many people won’t understand your comment

      • MartianRecon@lemmus.org
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        29 days ago

        I live in Los Angeles, and the price of gas for premium is like 5.60 or higher. It’s ‘high’ for us but not insane.

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      29 days ago

      Cute, in Austria it’s at 7€ now, Germany is higher. But we don’t drive gas guzzling tanks.

      • Eril@feddit.org
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        29 days ago

        Hitting 8€ in Germany now, which apparently is 9.23 USD. But I lived without a car for a long time now and will get an electric car soon, so I will “only” feel the indirect consequences 😂