Gas prices

[jan.didden]

Yes it is shocking that Americans have to pay almost half of what we pay in my part of the woods. Can't imagine how they get by 😎

Jan

 

[andy2]

Americans on average live in much larger cities compared to their european counterparts, therefore they have to drive quite a bit longer for their work commutes. Most americans don't have the luxuries of "riding on a bike" to work as in europe.

 

[vinylkid58]

They use twice as much, so it all works out. 😉

jeff

 

[JRKO]

D‘oh! Didn’t convert to dollars 🤔

It’s $7.87 per gallon 😱

 

[wg_ski]

Yes, Americans drive too much. Too many @#$&(%+&$#@ cars on the road when I’m out trying to ride my bike - even in places where you used to see two or three cars an hour 5 years ago.

 

[PRR]

20 year old Honda Civic or Toyota as my next car. As long as it has manual

I have a 2002 Accord 5sp and I'm not thrilled. Aside from a surging idle which can't be fixed (but is calmed by extra-Premium??), the exhaust system fell apart all in one day and it cost TWO THOUSAND dollars to replace. Not all of that the cat. And not an expensive mechanic. Mostly single-source parts.

Oddly the 1996 Odyssey mush-a-matic is doing OK. It wants a steering box which, with massive labor, will cost a grand, and it leaks oil kinda alot, but runs and runs and doesn't even drink that much more gas than the smaller manual sedan.

 

[andy2]

I live in Los Angels and it is about $5.30 per gallons. I think US gallon is different vs. English gallon.

In the Americas, a gallon is equivalent to 128 fluid ounces or 3.785 liters (American spelling).
But in the UK, it's 160 fluid ounces or 4.546 litres (British spelling)

 

[JRKO]

My favourite silly memory from the States was seeing a lady getting into a massive 4x4 truck with a v10 diesel to drive 300ft to a recycling bin with a single plastic 1 gallon milk jug. And then back home 🤦🏻‍♂️

 

[soldersmoker]

Let's ride!

 

[techtool]

 

[AVWERK]

Beverly Hills shows 7.29$ a gallon

 

[kodabmx]

The BMW i4 is over 80MPGe... Life is too short to drive a 50MPG Prius 🙂

https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a39259837/2022-bmw-i4-m50-by-the-numbers/

 

[oreo382]

Beverly Hills shows 7.29$ a gallon

If that doesn't say gouging i don't know what does.

 

[Cal Weldon]

I run mine on 91 or 94 so the price is now $9.00 USD for an imperial gallon.

 

[Cal Weldon]

I live in Los Angels and it is about $5.30 per gallons. I think US gallon is different vs. English gallon.

Even the ounces are different sizes.

 

[jackinnj]

Until they make universal batteries for EVs you'll be stuck for hours to charge them.

Until they make an EV with a 500 mile range, will stick w gas or diesel. I guess they can do this with LiFePO4.

I paid $4.19 in Lewisburg PA this morning. Still inexpensive by European standards, diesel was $1.00 more expensive. An old economics adage -- "nothing cures high prices like high prices."

 

[mkane77g]

Maybe the price will keep going up and the single occupant truck driver will cease to exist.

 

[andy2]

It is scary to think of what will happen to human civilization when oil will finally run out.
But one possible optimistic scenario:
1. We human will finally be able to harness the power "nuclear fusion".
2. We can use the limitless supply of nuclear fusion power to make "synthetic petroleum".
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...trol-from-air-and-water-idUSBRE89I0V720121019

 

[Galu]

I read that the Imperial gallon is about 20 per cent greater in volume than the American gallon.

 

[Evenharmonics]

Glad that kids these days cannot drive a stick.

Heard about that.