Rising gas prices across the United States

[Street Hunger]

NYPost.com: "New Yorkers were paying on average $4.93 per gallon, with drivers who fill up in the five boroughs paying more than $5 per gallon. California drivers were paying the most in the country at $6.19 per gallon, AAA reported. One downtown Los Angeles station is even charging an eye-popping $8.059 per gallon for regular unleaded. Other states dealing with more than $5 per gallon included Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Illinois, Alaska and Hawaii. Georgia and Kansas had the lowest average per gallon at $4.16 and $4.19 respectively."

[Axe]

Well, stay inside your basement to avoid unnecessary huge expenses.

[bladefd]

Unfortunately, what people don't seem to know or unwilling to admit is that most of the world is currently going through massive gas hikes. Not just America, but you know those other countries outside of our borders? Same with inflation. We are not the only ones dealing with it - most of the world is.

I realize American exceptionalism is actually a thing, but still don't forget that there is a whole world out there beyond our borders.

[n00bie]

Everything has gone up like crazy across the world.

Higher gas prices = higher transportation costs for all products.

Higher interest rates = higher mortgage payments.

Only thing not going up are wages.

[Shogon]

Unfortunately, what people don't seem to know or unwilling to admit is that most of the world is currently going through massive gas hikes. Not just America, but you know those other countries outside of our borders? Same with inflation. We are not the only ones dealing with it - most of the world is.

I realize American exceptionalism is actually a thing, but still don't forget that there is a whole world out there beyond our borders.

All fiat is devaluing / inflating.

This is the entire purpose of fiat... to give government the ability to rob you of your labor and time.

Period. No if's, and's or but's about it. That's it. To rob you.

And they all printed/keep printing.


Add the Russian/Ukraine situation on top of that, and there you go.

[Shogon]

Everything has gone up like crazy across the world.

Higher gas prices = higher transportation costs for all products.

Higher interest rates = higher mortgage payments.

Only thing not going up are wages.

Wages are going up as well which is another area that is causing inflation across the board.

People are too stupid to see that the market dictates your actual value to society, not government nor some arbitrary number they throw next to minimum wage.

Minimum wage hikes hurt the poorest the most in the long run as it squeezes people out of the job market for a while and then it also hurts the middle class if they stay with their employer because they're not going to get raises proportionate to the minimum wage hikes, again, without switching employers.

Minimum wage is an exploitative meme and most people on the left gobble that shit up with a spoon.



Let me reiterate this... society dictates your value no matter what you do. If McDonald's is forced to start paying you $30 an hour due to minimum wage laws or something, every other employer is going to follow suit proportionately for new hires eventually or go out of business, which means the middle class will suffer in the mean time during the adjustment period and thus the price of ALL goods and services will go up as things trend back to normal.

Money printing and giving away by government = inflation.
Minimum wage hikes = inflation.

The market is all that matters. You can't go against the laws of nature but for only so long.

[rawimpact]

Well, stay inside your basement to avoid unnecessary huge expenses.

Easy for you to say considering you've stayed down there your entire life.

[Patrick Chewing]

Well, stay inside your basement to avoid unnecessary huge expenses.

The same comment by this moron in every thread relating to gas prices and how horrible this administration has been. Listen, pal. No one is unemployed and still lives with their parents like you. The goal in life is not to become like you, but to be better than losers like you, and then point the finger and laugh at people like you. Just cause you live in a world where your Mother can hear you fapping in the next room over and it's embarrassing for the both of you, it doesn't mean there are others out there like you.

[Off the Court]

Everything has gone up like crazy across the world.

Higher gas prices = higher transportation costs for all products.

Higher interest rates = higher mortgage payments.

Only thing not going up are wages.

https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/fcea6993-960a-4865-9d32-5ac3d3030f26/wages-democratic-chart.png

Wages are rising just not enough to keep up with inflation.

Some sectors are outpacing inflation, restaurant industry, nurses.


And another facet to this is if you are a high salary individual, and you get a 3% wage hike, that could actually be a substantial amount of money, more than enough to cover gas and other things.

I'm not trying to say things aren't bad, prices are concerning, but wages are also rising to some degree.

[BigKobeFan]

Should have saved your stimulus checks for expenses and not on a new wide screen tv

The i told you so is coming

[paksat]

let's go into lockdowns and shut down our economy said demoRATS

let's donate 40 billion to ukraine under massive inflation too

let's not drill our own oil either

saudi arabia thinks we're a bunch of buffoons literally, "they have more oil than we do, but they won't even drill it LOL"

what did lockdowns achieve? Covid still went HAM and AND our economy is crippled, nice work gentlemen

[n00bie]

Biden cancelling that oil pipeline with Canada really ****ed us all.

[Patrick Chewing]

Unless the government gives us all an electric car on the house, then they should give us stimulus money so we can pay for gas. We are suffering at the pump because of their stupidity. But hey, no mean tweets at least!

[Axe]

Easy for you to say considering you've stayed down there your entire life.
Projection. You are still salty af when it comes to various posters itb lol.

[Axe]

The same comment by this moron in every thread relating to gas prices and how horrible this administration has been. Listen, pal. No one is unemployed and still lives with their parents like you. The goal in life is not to become like you, but to be better than losers like you, and then point the finger and laugh at people like you. Just cause you live in a world where your Mother can hear you fapping in the next room over and it's embarrassing for the both of you, it doesn't mean there are others out there like you.
Whatever poopsie. I have work and own a motorcycle that i use to go to the bank daily but at least i'm not whining about costly gas prices. You do realize it's a world problem rn and not something statewide, right? Maybe if you only have lesser cholesterol levels you can understand me some more. :ohwell:

[ZenMaster]

Whatever poopsie. I have work and own a motorcycle that i use to go to the bank daily but at least i'm not whining about costly gas prices. You do realize it's a world problem rn and not something statewide, right? Maybe if you only have lesser cholesterol levels you can understand me some more. :ohwell:

Why do you parot bladed about this being a worldwide crisis and not exclusive to the US, like it's some significant point that makes everything OK?

Western politicians, and especially from the US, has a huge part in the current world instability.
Ukraine HAS to be a part of NATO and the EU, no matter what feathers it ruffles in the East. And to try and make it happen, the West is currently fighting a war with Russia using Ukranian soldiers.

"Not giving up an inch if Ukraninian soil and fighting to the last man is dead" = "Any person who dies with covid is one too many".
These radical opinions are being used the exact same way, which to garner support for extreme decisions towards something unattainable. Instead, you get a long term worldwide crisis.

[SATAN]

:facepalm

[AKA_AAP]

https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/fcea6993-960a-4865-9d32-5ac3d3030f26/wages-democratic-chart.png

Wages are rising just not enough to keep up with inflation.

Some sectors are outpacing inflation, restaurant industry, nurses.


And another facet to this is if you are a high salary individual, and you get a 3% wage hike, that could actually be a substantial amount of money, more than enough to cover gas and other things.

I'm not trying to say things aren't bad, prices are concerning, but wages are also rising to some degree.

How is LowIQoffthecourt wrong on every topic just like AlwaysWrongbladefd? You two are definitely suckers and losers in real life. Inflation is easily over 35%...

[Axe]

Why do you parot bladed about this being a worldwide crisis and not exclusive to the US, like it's some significant point that makes everything OK?

Western politicians, and especially from the US, has a huge part in the current world instability.
Ukraine HAS to be a part of NATO and the EU, no matter what feathers it ruffles in the East. And to try and make it happen, the West is currently fighting a war with Russia using Ukranian soldiers.

"Not giving up an inch if Ukraninian soil and fighting to the last man is dead" = "Any person who dies with covid is one too many".
These radical opinions are being used the exact same way, which to garner support for extreme decisions towards something unattainable. Instead, you get a long term worldwide crisis.
So what should happen instead? Try and impeach the head of the current administration? Is there even any possibility to it nowadays?

And i didn't say it's ok too. You guys otoh ranted about lockdowns before and not being able to roam freely as y'all desire. Then now that everything's slowly going back to normal (albeit with costs), y'all still ranting shit.

Oh and what about ukraine? Idk. You guys seem to know much about this war that you're paranoid it's still happening. Just chill tf out because it's not the end of the world yet, you know. Maybe you can also try to help russia by volunteering for them in the battle.

[HylianNightmare]

Loving my prius now

[Axe]

Loving my prius now
:cheers:

[hold this L]

These prices are f*cking crazy. Good thing I've been WFH the last 2+ years, but we just got a work email stating we have to go back to the office by September.

[Jasper]

I laugh at corrupt politicians blaming other politicians for the inflation as well as the driving force of gas prices.

They will never admit we (as in rich, poor , middle class) are all in it together.

world crisis = Russia

[Patrick Chewing]

New record high today for June 8th, 2022. This is what you monkeys get for voting Democrat.

Funny thing is, you'll be stupid enough to vote Democrat again in 2024 because you're addicted to suffering.

[Jasper]

New record high today for June 8th, 2022. This is what you monkeys get for voting Democrat.

Funny thing is, you'll be stupid enough to vote Democrat again in 2024 because you're addicted to suffering.

confirmed = idiot.
Vote for Trump again and see where that gets us...

1) Either the Arib's will jack the prices higher after Trump buffaloed not only them , but also poopsie , on how much oil USA is sitting on.
2) Our country will look like a mind field , after Trump digs the whole fvckin country up, to prove to himself and dust off his hands " sorry
I thought we had boat loads of oil , I am headed back to my Florida pristine mansion"

[paksat]

confirmed = idiot.
Vote for Trump again and see where that gets us...

1) Either the Arib's will jack the prices higher after Trump buffaloed not only them , but also poopsie , on how much oil USA is sitting on.
2) Our country will look like a mind field , after Trump digs the whole fvckin country up, to prove to himself and dust off his hands " sorry
I thought we had boat loads of oil , I am headed back to my Florida pristine mansion"

If only jasper would take all this hatred out on this joke of an administration instead of constantly making excuses for it

[Patrick Chewing]

confirmed = idiot.
Vote for Trump again and see where that gets us...

1) Either the Arib's will jack the prices higher after Trump buffaloed not only them , but also poopsie , on how much oil USA is sitting on.
2) Our country will look like a mind field , after Trump digs the whole fvckin country up, to prove to himself and dust off his hands " sorry
I thought we had boat loads of oil , I am headed back to my Florida pristine mansion"

:roll:


Ahhh Jasper, you're always good for the laughs you old and senile son of a bitch.

[TheMan]

New record high today for June 8th, 2022. This is what you monkeys get for voting Democrat.

Funny thing is, you'll be stupid enough to vote Democrat again in 2024 because you're addicted to suffering.
Democrats are idiots but come on, man. Don't you remember when gas prices skyrocketed under GWB?

[Patrick Chewing]

Democrats are idiots but come on, man. Don't you remember when gas prices skyrocketed under GWB?

That's Whataboutism 101. The point is, they're at the highest levels they've ever been in history. Gas has never been this higher. PERIOD. So let's take what you said at face value. Gas prices were extremely high towards the end of Bush's term when we had a Recession. So shouldn't our leaders do something to prevent something like this from happening again? Can you agree to that? So here we are 14 years later and our leaders have done nothing to remedy it. These vipers literally want you to have two car payments. The car payment of the car that uses gasoline now, and the car payment of the new electric car they want you to get so that you don't have to purchase costly gasoline. That's their solution to this. I'm sorry, but that's unacceptable. You are not going to turn a bustling country of 350 million people completely reliant on Green energy overnight. You need fuel. Period. And from what I've read, the damage done to the Earth just to create these batteries in these cars far outweighs the damage done by drilling for a natural resource in oil.

What are Democrats doing right now to help ease the pain of costly gasoline? What is their plan? I don't care what Bush did. Don't care what Obama did. Don't care what Trump did. What are the Democrats doing right now? They control all sectors of government. What are they doing? From the looks of it....not a goddamn thing.

[8Ball]

let's go into lockdowns and shut down our economy said demoRATS

let's donate 40 billion to ukraine under massive inflation too

let's not drill our own oil either

saudi arabia thinks we're a bunch of buffoons literally, "they have more oil than we do, but they won't even drill it LOL"

what did lockdowns achieve? Covid still went HAM and AND our economy is crippled, nice work gentlemen

I agree.

Listening to stupid political medical hacks with what to do with the economy was the dumbest thing we ever did as humans.

Nearly hung ourselves with our own rope.

[8Ball]

Loving my prius now

I got a hybrid and fill up gas only once a month. Condense trips so I only need to use car 2-3x a week.

$70 a month not bad.

I'm sure the guys with their big fancy gas guzzling trucks are pumping $100/week like the idiots they are.

Keep buying those F150 you cucks :oldlol:

[8Ball]

These prices are f*cking crazy. Good thing I've been WFH the last 2+ years, but we just got a work email stating we have to go back to the office by September.

How many days per week you gotta go back?

[Axe]

I got a hybrid and fill up gas only once a month. Condense trips so I only need to use car 2-3x a week.

$70 a month not bad.

I'm sure the guys with their big fancy gas guzzling trucks are pumping $100/week like the idiots they are.

Keep buying those F150 you cucks :oldlol:
Lol ford has recently launched the f150 lightning truck which is all-electric too if i'm not mistaken. Can even be used to power homes as well.

[baudkarma]

NPR, 5/19/2022:

"A bill backed by House Democrats would give President Joe Biden authority to declare an energy emergency that would make it unlawful to increase gasoline and home energy fuel prices in an “excessive” or exploitative manner. The bill directs the Federal Trade Commission to punish companies that engage in price gouging."

The bill then went to the Senate, where it failed to get enough votes to pass. Mainly because every single Republican in the Senate voted against it. It's to their advantage politically if gas prices are at an all-time high and people are blaming Biden and the left, and of course that's them only concern. It's much better than actually doing something to help solve the problem.

Oh, and if you're wondering how the oil companies are coping with these difficult financial times, you don't need to worry. Shell posted a record-breaking profit of $9.1 billion in Q1 of 2022. Exxon had an $8.8 billion dollar profit in the same three months.

[8Ball]

CuckBiden killing of keystone to appease the tards like AOC. :lol

[bladefd]

NPR, 5/19/2022:

"A bill backed by House Democrats would give President Joe Biden authority to declare an energy emergency that would make it unlawful to increase gasoline and home energy fuel prices in an “excessive” or exploitative manner. The bill directs the Federal Trade Commission to punish companies that engage in price gouging."

The bill then went to the Senate, where it failed to get enough votes to pass. Mainly because every single Republican in the Senate voted against it. It's to their advantage politically if gas prices are at an all-time high and people are blaming Biden and the left, and of course that's them only concern. It's much better than actually doing something to help solve the problem.

Oh, and if you're wondering how the oil companies are coping with these difficult financial times, you don't need to worry. Shell posted a record-breaking profit of $9.1 billion in Q1 of 2022. Exxon had an $8.8 billion dollar profit in the same three months.

Definitely makes sense. Republicans did the same thing with raising minimum age to 21 to buy a semiautomatic rifle.

Republicans like to see as much chaos as possible so they could use it politically in November. To be frank, Democrats did the same under Trump, and Republicans did the same under Obama. It's been going back and forth since Obama.

[AirBonner]

Bidenomics working wonders for the American people

[Cleverness]

let's go into lockdowns and shut down our economy said demoRATS

let's donate 40 billion to ukraine under massive inflation too

let's not drill our own oil either

saudi arabia thinks we're a bunch of buffoons literally, "they have more oil than we do, but they won't even drill it LOL"

what did lockdowns achieve? Covid still went HAM and AND our economy is crippled, nice work gentlemen

And where did they get the $10+ trillion for the war on covid?

the inflation spike is mainly due to trump's national state of emergency and his approval of the war on covid

this all could've been averted if he said there was no nat'l emergency, ended his travel restrictions (which still go on today btw), told everyone to stop social distancing, stop wearing masks, go open your businesses, and if anyone gives you shit I'm sending the DOJ on their ass. he could've said this in april 2020, while firing fauci and friends from his team. but he did the opposite and we're still in his nat'l emergency / war on covid. operation warp speed baby.

[paksat]

And where did they get the $10+ trillion for the war on covid?

the inflation spike is mainly due to trump's national state of emergency and his approval of the war on covid

this all could've been averted if he said there was no nat'l emergency, ended his travel restrictions (which still go on today btw), told everyone to stop social distancing, stop wearing masks, go open your businesses, and if anyone gives you shit I'm sending the DOJ on their ass. he could've said this in april 2020, while firing fauci and friends from his team. but he did the opposite and we're still in his nat'l emergency / war on covid. operation warp speed baby.

and who was begging him to do all this? You think that your average blue collar working class republican wanted all that?

desantis is about as republican as they come and that man defied everyone and said we are staying open. Trump got enormous pressure from left leaning purple haired freaks during that time to "DO SOMETHING"

even though people like me didn't want any part of masks or anything else.

Only one side wanted all that shit, accept responsibility for contributing to the absolute shit show we are in right now and get over it.

and what the effing fck does travel restrictions even have to do with this? Dude, get your head checked.

[paksat]

NPR, 5/19/2022:

"A bill backed by House Democrats would give President Joe Biden authority to declare an energy emergency that would make it unlawful to increase gasoline and home energy fuel prices in an “excessive” or exploitative manner. The bill directs the Federal Trade Commission to punish companies that engage in price gouging."

The bill then went to the Senate, where it failed to get enough votes to pass. Mainly because every single Republican in the Senate voted against it. It's to their advantage politically if gas prices are at an all-time high and people are blaming Biden and the left, and of course that's them only concern. It's much better than actually doing something to help solve the problem.

Oh, and if you're wondering how the oil companies are coping with these difficult financial times, you don't need to worry. Shell posted a record-breaking profit of $9.1 billion in Q1 of 2022. Exxon had an $8.8 billion dollar profit in the same three months.

I'd like to see this bill

demoRATS love to have 20,000 page bills with something right in the middle of it saying, "AND you must give 20 trillion to gay people as well."

[SATAN]

Trump stans are mentally ill.

[paksat]

Trump stans are mentally ill.

thank you for your always noted and always disregarded opinion

[Cleverness]

and who was begging him to do all this? You think that your average blue collar working class republican wanted all that?

desantis is about as republican as they come and that man defied everyone and said we are staying open. Trump got enormous pressure from left leaning purple haired freaks during that time to "DO SOMETHING"

even though people like me didn't want any part of masks or anything else.

Only one side wanted all that shit, accept responsibility for contributing to the absolute shit show we are in right now and get over it.

and what the effing fck does travel restrictions even have to do with this? Dude, get your head checked.

no, the average blue collar working class republican could see it was a scam from the get-go.

what they couldn't see (and still can't) is that, once again, this all could've been averted if he said there was no nat'l emergency and told the scammers to **** off and protected & did what his base was telling him from the start. instead he did the opposite.

[Off the Court]

And where did they get the $10+ trillion for the war on covid?

the inflation spike is mainly due to trump's national state of emergency and his approval of the war on covid

this all could've been averted if he said there was no nat'l emergency, ended his travel restrictions (which still go on today btw), told everyone to stop social distancing, stop wearing masks, go open your businesses, and if anyone gives you shit I'm sending the DOJ on their ass. he could've said this in april 2020, while firing fauci and friends from his team. but he did the opposite and we're still in his nat'l emergency / war on covid. operation warp speed baby.

Inflation in general could have been averted had Trump done not spent so many Trillions but the high oil prices are mostly Putin's doing. And after that it's on OPEC. US Presidents have had very little affect on oil prices.

[paksat]

no, the average blue collar working class republican could see it was a scam from the get-go.

what they couldn't see (and still can't) is that, once again, this all could've been averted if he said there was no nat'l emergency and told the scammers to **** off and protected & did what his base was telling him from the start. instead he did the opposite.

easy for you to say, you don't got 190 million, or w/e the number is, pink haired freaks screaming at you with endless pressure from the press.

if you remember, he didn't want to do anything. You don't remember him saying it was just a mild flu eventually?

but who cares, what's biden doing about it? All that guy has to do is say "putin's fault" and his ENTIRE voting base just nods their head and goes about their business, no matter what the situation.

[paksat]

Inflation in general could have been averted had Trump done not spent so many Trillions but the high oil prices are mostly Putin's doing. And after that it's on OPEC. US Presidents have had very little affect on oil prices.

gas prices were sky rocketing well before that invasion

WRONG

[diamenz]

and who was begging him to do all this? You think that your average blue collar working class republican wanted all that?

Trump got enormous pressure from left leaning purple haired freaks during that time to "DO SOMETHING"

Only one side wanted all that shit, accept responsibility for contributing to the absolute shit show we are in right now and get over it.

it's not about who wanted who to do what.

it's not about what SHOULD have been done.

it's not about WHO pressured WHO.

it's about WHAT WAS DONE.

let's face it, you wouldn't criticize trump's decision to shut the country down if your own mother's life depended on it.

you know, i used to think conservatives weren't so easily bamboozled like liberals are but the more you motherfu**ers post rationalizing nonsense like this the more i believe otherwise.


I'd like to see this bill

demoRATS love to have 20,000 page bills with something right in the middle of it saying, "AND you must give 20 trillion to gay people as well."

if you think that's unique to democrats alone, then your brainwashing is beyond repair.

[SATAN]

it's not about who wanted who to do what.

it's not about what SHOULD have been done.

it's not about WHO pressured WHO.

it's about WHAT WAS DONE.

let's face it, you wouldn't criticize trump's decision to shut the country down if your own mother's life depended on it.

you know, i used to think conservatives weren't so easily bamboozled like liberals are but the more you motherfu**ers post rationalizing nonsense like this the more i believe otherwise.



if you think that's unique to democrats alone, then your brainwashing is beyond repair.

:applause:

[diamenz]

:applause:

shut the f*** up.

[SATAN]

shut the f*** up.

Are you ok?

[paksat]

it's not about who wanted who to do what.

it's not about what SHOULD have been done.

it's not about WHO pressured WHO.

it's about WHAT WAS DONE.

let's face it, you wouldn't criticize trump's decision to shut the country down if your own mother's life depended on it.

you know, i used to think conservatives weren't so easily bamboozled like liberals are but the more you motherfu**ers post rationalizing nonsense like this the more i believe otherwise.



if you think that's unique to democrats alone, then your brainwashing is beyond repair.

i hated the decision you dumbass, but I understood it because of the backlash he was getting due to people dying.

i also hated the fact he wanted people to get the vaccine, dumbass

now plz stfu

[Cleverness]

easy for you to say, you don't got 190 million, or w/e the number is, pink haired freaks screaming at you with endless pressure from the press.

if you remember, he didn't want to do anything. You don't remember him saying it was just a mild flu eventually?

but who cares, what's biden doing about it? All that guy has to do is say "putin's fault" and his ENTIRE voting base just nods their head and goes about their business, no matter what the situation.

why would you allocate $10 trillion to appease 190 million pink haired freaks and propagandists who hate you? :confusedshrug:

free yourself from supporting that clown. just because, once in a while, he'll verbally say the right thing (eg, say he's designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization) doesn't mean shit when he doesn't back it up with anything meaningful.


gas prices were sky rocketing well before that invasion

WRONG

yup. Off The Court buying into any BS narrative on the Colbert show. "US President has nothing to do with US gas prices... US gas prices are dictated by the President of Russia!" :lol

[diamenz]

i hated the decision you dumbass, but I understood it because of the backlash he was getting due to people dying.

i also hated the fact he wanted people to get the vaccine, dumbass

now plz stfu

strong & convincing rebuttal, bro.

[8Ball]

Trump listened to Fauci about shutting down which was wrong.

Should have kept the 60 year olds at home while letting the virus burn through everyone.

He didn't have the guts to do that.

Fauci ****ed us real hard. Forced economy to shutdown.



Although the pro trump anti vaxxing narrative confuses me. Being an anti vaxxer is just stupid.

[paksat]

why would you allocate $10 trillion to appease 190 million pink haired freaks and propagandists who hate you? :confusedshrug:

free yourself from supporting that clown. just because, once in a while, he'll verbally say the right thing (eg, say he's designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization) doesn't mean shit when he doesn't back it up with anything meaningful.



yup. Off The Court buying into any BS narrative on the Colbert show. "US President has nothing to do with US gas prices... US gas prices are dictated by the President of Russia!" :lol

negative

I hate his twitter rants, i've already stated 2 other things I hated about him...

what I don't hate is easy living, low low prices on everything from gas to food to recreation. Never mind his zero fcks given attitude that todays culture so definitely needs. He's a flawed person with a big mouth, but I can deal with that because it's really not a big deal.

Was your life horrible under trump?

[paksat]

strong & convincing rebuttal, bro.

you said I thought the guy was a living God essentially and I immediately showed you a couple things I didn't like nor support about him.

you said I wouldn't criticize anything about him shutting the country down when I literally said the opposite.

I'm not a demoRAT that supports people blindly no matter what, you won't find a single demoRAT on this forum that has anything to say bad about their dear leaders. I can give you more stuff I don't like about him as well, but I don't need to because I already shut that stupid little piss fest of yours down.

[diamenz]

you said I thought the guy was a living God essentially and I immediately showed you a couple things I didn't like nor support about him.

you said I wouldn't criticize anything about him shutting the country down when I literally said the opposite.

I'm not a demoRAT that supports people blindly no matter what, you won't find a single demoRAT on this forum that has anything to say bad about their dear leaders. I can give you more stuff I don't like about him as well, but I don't need to because I already shut that stupid little piss fest of yours down.

yeah like i said, very convincing. you've criticized trump as many times and with about as much heart as you could throw him. all you did was rationalize his april 2020 decision to shut down. and by that logic, we can't blame biden for ANYTHING. it's solely his advisers' fault for everything going on right now. :confusedshrug:

you're just as lost as the lakerslegends, mr. wokes and millertimes. you just wave a different colored flag.

[Cleverness]

CuckBiden killing of keystone to appease the tards like AOC. :lol

yes. this alone has more to do with rising US gas prices than Putin

[Patrick Chewing]

Although the pro trump anti vaxxing narrative confuses me. Being an anti vaxxer is just stupid.

These people aren't anti-vax. They are anti-mandate. Get the vaccine or not, it's your choice. But you shouldn't lose your job for not getting it.

[bladefd]

Trump listened to Fauci about shutting down which was wrong.

Should have kept the 60 year olds at home while letting the virus burn through everyone.

He didn't have the guts to do that.

Fauci ****ed us real hard. Forced economy to shutdown.



Although the pro trump anti vaxxing narrative confuses me. Being an anti vaxxer is just stupid.

I'm not sure if staying open would have dented current inflation very much. Most of the world still shut down so supply shortage would still have been a thing.

People keep forgetting that much of what we did was also done by most of the world. We import a lot of our goods so much of our imports would still have been shut. Chinese factories/distributors were also shut down, and that is where a big chunk of our imports come in from. Perhaps we would have been in a bit better position than EU nations/England/Australia/China/other countries, but keep in mind that not much was known about COVID when the shutdowns began in March 2020. It's very easy to talk in hindsight once you have all the facts, but very different when you are making a live decision on the spot.

[Cleverness]

keep in mind that not much was known about COVID when the shutdowns began in March 2020. It's very easy to talk in hindsight once you have all the facts, but very different when you are making a live decision on the spot.

Not really. Per CDC March 8th 2020, they projected most Americans would be exposed to the virus by end of 2020 or 2021, median age of death w/ Covid was above average life expectancy; they also knew that there were no known benefits from lockdowns/masks and ETA for vaccine was ~18 months.

Action was taken (15 Days to Slow the Spread) because someone projected a 20%+ rate of hospitalization, but actual rate is ~1% heavily weighted towards people already at high risk of hospitalization, which became apparent as hospitals were eerily empty and field hospitals were torn down and Navy ships sailed out in April 2020 without seeing any patients. Not that there was an excuse for the action taken in March 2020, but if there was, it certainly wasn't warranted by end of April 2020. Trump's National Emergency for Covid-19 is still in effect per Joe Biden.

[Off the Court]

https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/INTERACTIVE-Brent-crude-oil-pricesAJLABS.png?quality=80&w=770&resize=770%2C770

Oil prices plummeted during covid as the world quit driving. As cars slowly took to the road again oil prices crept back to its precovid position. But it wasn't until the Russian War and ban on oil exports that the price sky rocketed to record levels.

[Off the Court]

negative

I hate his twitter rants, i've already stated 2 other things I hated about him...

what I don't hate is easy living, low low prices on everything from gas to food to recreation. Never mind his zero fcks given attitude that todays culture so definitely needs. He's a flawed person with a big mouth, but I can deal with that because it's really not a big deal.

Was your life horrible under trump?

Of course his life was horrible under Trump the entire world shut down and then economy collapsed and had to be bailed out :facepalm

[paksat]

https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/INTERACTIVE-Brent-crude-oil-pricesAJLABS.png?quality=80&w=770&resize=770%2C770

Oil prices plummeted during covid as the world quit driving. As cars slowly took to the road again oil prices crept back to its precovid position. But it wasn't until the Russian War and ban on oil exports that the price sky rocketed to record levels.

it's funny how they plummeted, but never once did we even remotely see that at the pump. It never even got remotely close to the $1.70 average we had at one time under trump. Prices at the pump stayed relatively the same until guess when... around the 30 day mark under biden, where it's been nothing but one huge climb up mount everest since.

i'm not even sure what you're trying to prove here. I guess it's pure coincidence that prices held steady until trump literally left office. I would think we would have started to see the prices creep up slowly at some point. Kinda like today where every other day I wake up it's 18 cents higher.

[paksat]

Of course his life was horrible under Trump the entire world shut down and then economy collapsed and had to be bailed out :facepalm

lol

trump was in office since 2016

lol

next rebuttal go

[paksat]

pay them bills you dorks, it's 5:40 AM and it's time to get up and drop $100 on your car ( if you have one )

a 3 pound bag of chicken at winn-dixie is $22, get to work nikka's pay them bills

i'm tired of this crap, voting for hope and change next election, i'm gonna vote democrat!

patrick isn't it funny, some of these posters are clearly getting tilted. I think it's personally because that's kinda how life goes when you start struggling to pay rent/bills/food/gas.
We told them what was gonna happen, that their emotions and snowflakes aren't gonna mean sh*t when facts/statistics/common sense starts hitting their wallet.


not one mean tweet tho, that's all that counts.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiF6-0UTqtc&ab_channel=DestinysChildVEVO

[8Ball]

Time to trade in your F-150 and trucks and get those little Toyotas :lol

[n00bie]

Inflation numbers just released... 8.6%.. and it'll probably continue to climb.

Good luck everyone!

[rawimpact]

Biden's America!

Who knows how many offshore accounts the Biden's have. His son is sketchy as hell

[paksat]

Inflation numbers just released... 8.6%.. and it'll probably continue to climb.

Good luck everyone!

I laugh at those numbers half of everything has nearly doubled.... Ohhhh but it's single digits LUL

[8Ball]

I laugh at those numbers half of everything has nearly doubled.... Ohhhh but it's single digits LUL

On top of inflation, recession is gonna hit soon.

Double whammy.

[FultzNationRISE]

Dont worry guys, by 2030 youll own nothing and be happy.

In a way Covid and the Ukraine War are great blessings - coincidental ones, of course - which we are fortunate to have pushing us toward the vision set out by Davos back in 2015.

I just hope a transition to UBI/rations gets here to rescue us from this entirely accidental sequence of events. Im sure the higher ups havent decided what to do yet, because there is no playbook on this stuff and theyre just winging it. Theres no way to model or anticipate these things well in advance. We as the public are way too smart not to realize it if that were the case.

I just really hope theres another Orange Man I can hate to keep me interested while I enjoy my rations, or maybe a good new celebrity trial.

It’s kinda crazy bc I think they were just joking about owning nothing and being happy before, but by a accident its kinda happening, which is great.

[TheMan]

That's Whataboutism 101. The point is, they're at the highest levels they've ever been in history. Gas has never been this higher. PERIOD. So let's take what you said at face value. Gas prices were extremely high towards the end of Bush's term when we had a Recession. So shouldn't our leaders do something to prevent something like this from happening again? Can you agree to that? So here we are 14 years later and our leaders have done nothing to remedy it. These vipers literally want you to have two car payments. The car payment of the car that uses gasoline now, and the car payment of the new electric car they want you to get so that you don't have to purchase costly gasoline. That's their solution to this. I'm sorry, but that's unacceptable. You are not going to turn a bustling country of 350 million people completely reliant on Green energy overnight. You need fuel. Period. And from what I've read, the damage done to the Earth just to create these batteries in these cars far outweighs the damage done by drilling for a natural resource in oil.

What are Democrats doing right now to help ease the pain of costly gasoline? What is their plan? I don't care what Bush did. Don't care what Obama did. Don't care what Trump did. What are the Democrats doing right now? They control all sectors of government. What are they doing? From the looks of it....not a goddamn thing.

You're right, they ain't doing a damn thing to alleviate the pain at the pump, fire their asses this Nov

[Off the Court]

Biden can't do anything to alleviate. Very little anyway. He dipped into reserves but that only does so much.

OPEC are the ones that could open the flood gates. Point the finger at Putin and OPEC. Blaming Biden is just tribal retardation.

[Dbrog]

Biden can't do anything to alleviate. Very little anyway. He dipped into reserves but that only does so much.

OPEC are the ones that could open the flood gates. Point the finger at Putin and OPEC. Blaming Biden is just tribal retardation.

We pulled out of the middle east in favor of terrorists taking over again AND basically have an embargo w Russian and BOTH happened within one year (both executed by Biden btw). Where exactly do you think we would be getting oil from?

[Off the Court]

We pulled out of the middle east in favor of terrorists taking over again AND basically have an embargo w Russian and BOTH happened within one year (both executed by Biden btw). Where exactly do you think we would be getting oil from?
The US gets oil from ourselves but it is OPEC that has a strangle hold on global production and they are in favor of high prices. They could loosen their grip and flood the market with oil if they wanted. The US is not part of OPEC.

The US gets virtually no oil from Russia but many country's banning Russian exports have set global prices higher. Again this is out of Biden's control for the most part.

[Off the Court]

Politicians need to square with the American people on gasoline prices (https://www.brookings.edu/blog/planetpolicy/2022/04/20/politicians-need-to-square-with-the-american-people-on-gasoline-prices/)


Members of Congress from both parties are politicizing and spreading bad information on the energy crisis resulting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Given the acrimony in U.S. politics today, this isn’t surprising, but misinformation on the real cause of high gasoline prices is a disservice to U.S. citizens. Democrats blame the oil and gas industry and Republicans blame President Joe Biden, but global market forces are the real culprit. Better understanding of the energy system, among policymakers and ordinary people, is crucial as the United States and world strive to transition to a system with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.

Rising U.S. gasoline prices are the result of global oil market conditions. U.S. gasoline prices reached their highest average level ever (in nominal terms) of $4.41 per gallon in March, but prices have been rising steadily since they bottomed out in April 2020. Global and U.S. oil production decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic, as demand and prices plummeted. Now demand is recovering faster than production, leading to rising prices even before the Ukraine crisis. Since the invasion, Russian oil production generally is not sanctioned (except by the United States and Canada, which are not large buyers). However, buyers are shunning Russian oil because of difficulty obtaining tankers for shipment, fear of running afoul of banking sanctions, and reputational risk in buying Russian oil. As a result, 2% to 3% of global oil supply is off the market today and global oil prices have risen accordingly, with the European benchmark Brent crude reaching $133 a barrel in early March. President Biden describes this as “Putin’s price hike.”


It's time people stop playing tribal politics and just get real about things.

[Patrick Chewing]

Remember folks, higher gas prices and no baby formula and inflation is all because of Putin.
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[BigKobeFan]

We pulled out of the middle east in favor of terrorists taking over again AND basically have an embargo w Russian and BOTH happened within one year (both executed by Biden btw). Where exactly do you think we would be getting oil from?

don't forget he stopped fracking, cut the pipelines, and then ended the drilling leases.

[BigKobeFan]

Remember folks, higher gas prices and no baby formula and inflation is all because of Putin.
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https://c.tenor.com/FUItMRhUz3sAAAAC/chapelle-charlie-murphy.gif

Putin also caused a shortage of chili sauce in the US too

[Off the Court]

Biden didn't stop fracking, hydraulic fracturing is happening all over the US. :facepalm

Misinformation going to misinformation.

[Off the Court]

https://www.ft.com/__origami/service/image/v2/images/raw/https%3A%2F%2Fd6c748xw2pzm8.cloudfront.net%2Fprod% 2F83bd6060-7310-11ec-b2a5-1dd2f1477ac8-standard.png?dpr=1&fit=scale-down&quality=highest&source=next&width=700


US oil production is on pace to break records.

Biden doh.

[paksat]

Biden can't do anything to alleviate. Very little anyway. He dipped into reserves but that only does so much.

OPEC are the ones that could open the flood gates. Point the finger at Putin and OPEC. Blaming Biden is just tribal retardation.

pointing the finger at putin is tribal retardation

OPEC, somewhat sure but but they've always been a stain and very little has changed. Not enough has changed for the gas to go from $1.20 at the pump in 2001 to $4.89 today. This goes way beyond those rag heads

stop making excuses for this garbage administration that goes on VACATION the day after 19 kids died from a school shooter. The tactical maneuvering by some of you in regards to demoRATS is navy seal level.

[paksat]

https://www.ft.com/__origami/service/image/v2/images/raw/https%3A%2F%2Fd6c748xw2pzm8.cloudfront.net%2Fprod% 2F83bd6060-7310-11ec-b2a5-1dd2f1477ac8-standard.png?dpr=1&fit=scale-down&quality=highest&source=next&width=700


US oil production is on pace to break records.

Biden doh.

Take a good look at that graph

what happened in 2016? Anybody know?

[Patrick Chewing]

https://www.ft.com/__origami/service/image/v2/images/raw/https%3A%2F%2Fd6c748xw2pzm8.cloudfront.net%2Fprod% 2F83bd6060-7310-11ec-b2a5-1dd2f1477ac8-standard.png?dpr=1&fit=scale-down&quality=highest&source=next&width=700


US oil production is on pace to break records.

Biden doh.

This graph is meaningless so long as gas prices go up. Like, do you think you have a victory here? This graph shows nothing. I think you're extremely out of touch with the common American.

[Off the Court]

This graph is meaningless so long as gas prices go up. Like, do you think you have a victory here? This graph shows nothing. I think you're extremely out of touch with the common American.

If the common American thinks Biden is responsible for global oil prices being elevated then the common American doesn't know WTF they are talking about.

The US is producing high volumes of oil right now, Biden is not preventing oil production here, prices are going up due to circumstances outside of his control.

[Patrick Chewing]

If the common American thinks Biden is responsible for global oil prices being elevated then the common American doesn't know WTF they are talking about.

The US is producing high volumes of oil right now, Biden is not preventing oil production here, prices are going up due to circumstances outside of his control.

Are we still importing foreign oil? Yes or No?

[Off the Court]

Are we still importing foreign oil? Yes or No?
We are close to energy independence and don't import much but that is irrelevant. Oil prices are global.

If the rest of the world is paying us $120 a barrel then that is what oil companies are going to sell it for. That's how the free market works.

And US exports are soaring right now which is a silver lining in all of this. Oil companies are bringing in lots of foreign money right now. They went from Russia to the US.

[ZenMaster]

We are close to energy independence and don't import much but that is irrelevant. Oil prices are global.

If the rest of the world is paying us $120 a barrel then that is what oil companies are going to sell it for. That's how the free market works.

And US exports are soaring right now which is a silver lining in all of this. Oil companies are bringing in lots of foreign money right now. They went from Russia to the US.

A Democrat who talks about oil companies bringing in a lot of money as being the silver lining..The world truly has gone upside down.

"US establishment politicians pushed for an international conflict with Russia and removed their oil from the Western market, then everything got more expensive and here's why that's that's good thing!"

[bladefd]

We are close to energy independence and don't import much but that is irrelevant. Oil prices are global.

If the rest of the world is paying us $120 a barrel then that is what oil companies are going to sell it for. That's how the free market works.

And US exports are soaring right now which is a silver lining in all of this. Oil companies are bringing in lots of foreign money right now. They went from Russia to the US.

Pretty much.

The only way out of that is for the US government to forcefully take over American oil companies then our government can charge whatever the hell they want for oil. Right now, we are at the mercy of the pricing set by private oil companies, which is up to their business model and also based on the global oil price average is. That is why drilling more oil would not matter - the extra oil would go to the private oil companies who still determine the pricing by global factors. They would pad their wallets more.

OPEC has a huge hand behind global pricing. They are essentially the oil mafia.

[SATAN]

A Democrat who talks about oil companies bringing in a lot of money as being the silver lining..The world truly has gone upside down.

"US establishment politicians pushed for an international conflict with Russia and removed their oil from the Western market, then everything got more expensive and here's why that's that's good thing!"

This was not a smart response.

[baudkarma]

I'd like to see this bill

demoRATS love to have 20,000 page bills with something right in the middle of it saying, "AND you must give 20 trillion to gay people as well."

If you'd love to see it that much, do the research yourself. The information is out there. Available from multiple sources. I'm not here to spoon-feed you and have you spit it out and say "No! I don't like it!"

[paksat]

If you'd love to see it that much, do the research yourself. The information is out there. Available from multiple sources. I'm not here to spoon-feed you and have you spit it out and say "No! I don't like it!"

That's like saying that oil companies have all these leases they're not using when they can't get permits to drill, due to regulations from Biden administration.

That's basically what this comes down to. You want me to dig it up, only so I can find the exact reason why it's not actually gonna work in the way you described. I do all the leg work just to prove some random person on the net wrong? Nah

It's no different then Biden going on Kimmel and saying that they got 9000 lease companies aren't using. When the reality is that all the laws and regulations put forth by his administration is why nothing is being used. All smoke and mirrors, just like what is probably in that bill you say was put forth. Endless deception

[bladefd]

That's like saying that oil companies have all these leases they're not using when they can't get permits to drill, due to regulations from Biden administration.

That's basically what this comes down to. You want me to dig it up, only so I can find the exact reason why it's not actually gonna work in the way you described. I do all the leg work just to prove some random person on the net wrong? Nah

It's no different then Biden going on Kimmel and saying that they got 9000 lease companies aren't using. When the reality is that all the laws and regulations put forth by his administration is why nothing is being used. All smoke and mirrors, just like what is probably in that bill you say was put forth. Endless deception

Which Biden laws and regulations are why nothing is being used? Let's hear it.

[bladefd]

If the common American thinks Biden is responsible for global oil prices being elevated then the common American doesn't know WTF they are talking about.

The US is producing high volumes of oil right now, Biden is not preventing oil production here, prices are going up due to circumstances outside of his control.

US oil companies are currently making record profits by keeping on-hand supplies low. They are freaking loving it and they are hoping it continues.

People forget that oil companies don't just pump oil out of the ground but must also refine it before it ends up at the gas station. US Oil companies have slowed down refining since covid and have yet to return to full scale refining. China is also currently way below refining capacity and Russia has the sanctions (they are the two biggest refiners out there). You can pump all the oil you want, but it will not matter if your refineries are shut down.

[paksat]

US oil companies are currently making record profits by keeping on-hand supplies low. They are freaking loving it and they are hoping it continues.

People forget that oil companies don't just pump oil out of the ground but must also refine it before it ends up at the gas station. US Oil companies have slowed down refining since covid and have yet to return to full scale refining. China is also currently way below refining capacity and Russia has the sanctions (they are the two biggest refiners out there). You can pump all the oil you want, but it will not matter if your refineries are shut down.

Let's go into lockdown and stay 6 feet apart, what's the worst that could happen?

[bladefd]

Here's an article that goes into more detail: https://apnews.com/article/why-are-gas-prices-rising-541819ca1aa4d3dc0a0206271f9f8589


WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?

Several factors are coming together to push gasoline prices higher.

Global oil prices have been rising — unevenly, but sharply overall — since December. The price of international crude has roughly doubled in that time, with the U.S. benchmark rising nearly as much, closing Friday at more than $120 a barrel.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the resulting sanctions by the United States and its allies have contributed to the rise. Russia is a leading oil producer.

The United States is the world’s largest oil producer, but U.S. capacity to turn oil into gasoline is down 900,000 barrels of oil per day since the end of 2019, according to the Energy Department.

Tighter oil and gasoline supplies are hitting as energy consumption rises because of the economic recovery.

Finally, Americans typically drive more starting around Memorial Day, adding to the demand for gasoline.

[Gohan]

As gas prices go up, theyre cutting off welfare. Cant we see the real issue

[Shooter]

As gas prices go up, theyre cutting off welfare. Cant we see the real issue

WarriorFan has entered the chat.

[jstern]

As gas prices go up, theyre cutting off welfare. Cant we see the real issue

I wonder how you feel about tens of billions of your welfare money going to buy weapons for Ukraine, to prolong the war.

[Jasper]

saw this vid - thought he pretty much nailed it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W773a2F8rQM

I remember Europeans 10 years ago where paying $5 a gallon

ESP he was referring to is in reference to Submersible pumps : https://www.boem.gov/environment/environmental-studies/report-specifications/esp-report-and-footprint-specifications

[Shooter]

saw this vid - thought he pretty much nailed it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W773a2F8rQM

I remember Europeans 10 years ago where paying $5 a gallon

ESP he was referring to is in reference to Submersible pumps : https://www.boem.gov/environment/environmental-studies/report-specifications/esp-report-and-footprint-specifications

Jasper, do you know how to imbed YouTube videos?

[kabar]

Hmm let's see. A war with Russia creating disruptions in global oil supply chain and oil producers based in red states with little to no regulation. I wonder why gas prices are so high and it's plastered all over the conservative news outlets. Oil corps and execs fleecing the american people selling to the highest bidder while dipshit partisans argue over who's responsible for high gas prices, the shitshow continues.

[paksat]

Hmm let's see. A war with Russia creating disruptions in global oil supply chain and oil producers based in red states with little to no regulation. I wonder why gas prices are so high and it's plastered all over the conservative news outlets. Oil corps and execs fleecing the american people selling to the highest bidder while dipshit partisans argue over who's responsible for high gas prices, the shitshow continues.


What we need is a strong democrat leader to keep These corporations honest, I'm voting democrat so I can get hope nd change!

[Axe]

What we need is a strong democrat leader to keep These corporations honest, I'm voting democrat so I can get hope nd change!
Cringe.

[kabar]

What we need is a strong democrat leader to keep These corporations honest, I'm voting democrat so I can get hope nd change!
This is manufactured while we subsidize a trillion dollar industry with our tax money to the tune of billions of dollars. Republicans like to use duplicitous tactics fleecing Americans of their tax money and manipulating the market to win elections. The funny thing is I can see this shit clearly and I work remote. I'm not emotionally driven by the prices so it's very clear what's going on is being done purposefully while taking profits. "Biden's fault" almost sounds the same as "orange man bad."

[SATAN]

Is pakRAT still complaining about this? :lol

Fuel is actually more expensive here. Life goes on.

[Axe]

Wonder how the eggs are going today..

[paksat]

This is manufactured while we subsidize a trillion dollar industry with our tax money to the tune of billions of dollars. Republicans like to use duplicitous tactics fleecing Americans of their tax money and manipulating the market to win elections. The funny thing is I can see this shit clearly and I work remote. I'm not emotionally driven by the prices so it's very clear what's going on is being done purposefully while taking profits. "Biden's fault" almost sounds the same as "orange man bad."

Do you smoke when you have these fantasies? What stopped Exxon and Mobil from huuuuuge profits before November 2020? I guess they finally started getting LUCKY !

[Jasper]

What we need is a strong democrat leader to keep These corporations honest, I'm voting democrat so I can get hope nd change!

I see you are still trapped in Trump's skam that US has a gold mine of oil .... :facepalm

I hope you know trump bamboozled the Arab countries thinking that and having them drop their prices. :oldlol:

North Dakota supplies 50% of 1 percent (ONE PERCENT) of USA needs for USA...

Arabs supply us w/60% of our oil needs , and that has been going on for decades.

[Patrick Chewing]

I see you are still trapped in Trump's skam that US has a gold mine of oil .... :facepalm



LOL wut?


The United States has more oil under our feet than the entirety of Europe and the Middle East. Do you not realize how large the United States is you dumb monkey??

[bladefd]

What we need is a strong democrat leader to keep These corporations honest, I'm voting democrat so I can get hope nd change!

Oil companies know there is a big push globally for electric. This is their last chance to real grab people by their balls and overcharge. That is why these companies will never open up those refineries they shut down couple years ago. In a few years, oil supplies will overtake overall oil demand. This is why oil companies are unwilling to spend money on new oil wells and re-opening old oil refineries - both cost investment money to do. They just don't have a compelling reason to in the big picture.

[bladefd]

Biden sent a letter to several US oil companies to open their refineries and lower prices. I suspect they laughed in response or ignored it. Right now, oil companies are making a killing off these oil prices with very high profit margin, and they will not slash their profit margin for the American people. They will juice it as long as possible before eventually supply returns to normal & they have to lower prices automatically.

[warriorfan]

Thanks for the damage control blade.

I hope you feel better now.

[BigKobeFan]

Biden sent a letter to several US oil companies to open their refineries and lower prices. I suspect they laughed in response or ignored it. Right now, oil companies are making a killing off these oil prices with very high profit margin, and they will not slash their profit margin for the American people. They will juice it as long as possible before eventually supply returns to normal & they have to lower prices automatically.

What is their net profit?

[Patrick Chewing]

Thanks for the damage control blade.

I hope you feel better now.

The way he paints Biden it's almost like he's worthy of a second term. :oldlol:

[paksat]

I see you are still trapped in Trump's skam that US has a gold mine of oil .... :facepalm

I hope you know trump bamboozled the Arab countries thinking that and having them drop their prices. :oldlol:

North Dakota supplies 50% of 1 percent (ONE PERCENT) of USA needs for USA...

Arabs supply us w/60% of our oil needs , and that has been going on for decades.


Your dumb shit has gotten so old, a little over 50 percent of our oil comes from Canada, and you wanna tell me 60 of it comes from Saudi Arabia? Try a total of 11 percent comes from OPEC in it's ENTIRETY

[eliteballer]

https://twitter.com/axios/status/1537009959304671232..

[Nanners]

Your dumb shit has gotten so old, a little over 50 percent of our oil comes from Canada, and you wanna tell me 60 of it comes from Saudi Arabia? Try a total of 11 percent comes from OPEC in it's ENTIRETY

Canada sends the US massive amounts of crude oil (mostly in the form of tar sand) because they dont have the refinery infastructure required to process it themselves... a lot of this oil gets sent right back (Canada is the #2 importer of US oil exports, Mexico is #1) https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/oil-and-petroleum-products/imports-and-exports.php

[baudkarma]

What is their net profit?


From The Guardian:

"Largest oil and gas producers made close to $100bn in first quarter of 2022

Shell made $9.1bn in profit, almost three times what it made in the same period last year, while Exxon raked in $8.8bn"

Record high prices lead to record profits. Funny how that works.

[bladefd]

From The Guardian:

"Largest oil and gas producers made close to $100bn in first quarter of 2022

Shell made $9.1bn in profit, almost three times what it made in the same period last year, while Exxon raked in $8.8bn"

Record high prices lead to record profits. Funny how that works.

And if they were to open those extra refineries, not only would it cost them hundreds of millions to open each one but it would also bring down the oil prices. It would be a double whammy to their bottom line. Oil companies are not foolish.

As I said, they are going to juice it as long as possible (probably until OPEC lowers the global oil prices by opening the tap further). However, OPEC also profits big time from this so I have a difficult time seeing them do it with open hands.. The other possibility is for oil demand to stabilize or drop once people relax after entering a post-covid frenzy to travel. Then again, a recession could force everyone's hands into lowering prices.

[baudkarma]

Trump listened to Fauci about shutting down which was wrong.

Should have kept the 60 year olds at home while letting the virus burn through everyone.

He didn't have the guts to do that.

Fauci ****ed us real hard. Forced economy to shutdown.



Although the pro trump anti vaxxing narrative confuses me. Being an anti vaxxer is just stupid.

Yup. Let the virus burn through everyone. People will get sick, people will suffer side effects like no taste no smell, but that's fine. Emergency rooms will be flooded, there won't be enough ventilators to go around, but that's fine. We'll get through this virus! Except maybe we won't.

[AKA_AAP]

Yup. Let the virus burn through everyone. People will get sick, people will suffer side effects like no taste no smell, but that's fine. Emergency rooms will be flooded, there won't be enough ventilators to go around, but that's fine. We'll get through this virus! Except maybe we won't.

Uninformed MSNPC garbage.

[theman93]

Yup. Let the virus burn through everyone. People will get sick, people will suffer side effects like no taste no smell, but that's fine. Emergency rooms will be flooded, there won't be enough ventilators to go around, but that's fine. We'll get through this virus! Except maybe we won't.

Ventilators............

:roll:

[Nanners]

Dems: everyone needs to cut back on their electricity useage because the grid cant handle so many people trying to run their A/C

Also Dems: everyone needs to abandon their gas guzzler and buy a plug in electric car

[glidedrxlr22]

I fill up at the halfway mark. Half a tank $42! Damn. 2015 Honda Accord.

[Nanners]

at the 8.5c per KWH I am paying at home, it currently costs me about $6.37 to fill the battery on my tesla from 0 to 300miles of range...

most modern cars get ~30 miles per 1 gallon, and that gallon is $5+ right now, meanwhile for every ~30 miles of range my electricity costs ~63 cents

not trying toot my own horn or anything (ok i kinda am), that said wasting a bunch of money on my POS Tesla has somehow become one of the better financial decisions ive made. Also, the last time I checked the value of this stupid car it was valued at more than I paid, and this was despite having logged ~20k miles on it.

[Axe]

I fill up at the halfway mark. Half a tank $42! Damn. 2015 Honda Accord.
Lmao. Better to use an electric car rn instead.

[Patrick Chewing]

Lmao. Better to use an electric car rn instead.

Are you going to buy one for us you broke unemployed bitch??

[Axe]

Are you going to buy one for us you broke unemployed bitch??
Deal. But i want to see you shrink to below 200 lbs. first! :milton