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They'll still have China. Just about any country + China won't have too many hardships, at least as far as necessities go.Russia might have to operate self-sufficiently for the foreseeable future.
They'll still have China. Just about any country + China won't have too many hardships, at least as far as necessities go.Russia might have to operate self-sufficiently for the foreseeable future.
They'll still have China. Just about any country + China won't have too many hardships, at least as far as necessities go.
Oh no, not the consequences of their actions...good thing everyone is addicted to their shitty SUVs and useless, garbage, gigantic pickup trucks.
Hard to believe that less than two years ago that oil went to zero....then actually went negative. Yet gasoline remained over $1.00!
They should have paid me to fill up!!!
Then later I found out some pesky kids in the UK made $650,000,000 shorting OIL and were partially responsible for making it go negative:
You’ll never see me complaining about gas prices. Ours is rather affordable compared to other Western nations. But average Joe doesn’t think like you or I when they’re filling up their V8 truck and gas crosses that $4 marker.I can't possibly give a fuck about this. walking more and taking PT seems preposterously convenient compared to Ukrainians worrying about getting shelled by Russians.
Too much faith in citizens connecting the dots. You have the usual suspects in this forum claiming Joe Biden “killed” the U.S. oil industry. NBC News found a couple folks who genuinely are willing to pay a little more for gas if it starves Putin, but most will sing a different tune when pump prices exacerbate inflation.I think in this case the reason for higher energy costs matters a lot in public perception. With the media full of images of Russia shelling civilians there is a sense that these are costs the west is largely willing to bear as essentially a wartime condition. A lot of people were complaining about higher fuel costs before now largely as a result of tighter financial discipline on the part of US shale drillers constraining production in the name of greater profitability but they were not making that connection. This is a lot more straightforward.
EV adoption acceleration is the type of unintended consequence we could cheer on.The administration is clearly moving to loosen supply from Venezuela and Iran which would help some. US drillers are sitting on tons of exploitable leases but exercising fiscal discipline with how much they expand so as not to be caught in a glut. One thing I really do think is that the valley of low cost fuel we saw from 2014 till COVID isn't likely to return. So once again MPG is going to actually matter to buyers big and small. I expect the move into electrification to substantially accelerate as a result.
Even costco up in norcal is pushing $5.50, and I've hear some stations as high as $6.40.$4 or so for regular, but I buy premium and couldn’t even say for sure what it costs. It couldn’t be less consequential to my budget with how little I drive these days. Probably had more track miles than normal miles last year and I only went a handful of times.
Thanks, I think we're a couple roaming.Didn't know ATOT has a Dane roaming here, love ur country can't wait to visit again.
sigh.....$4.24
I can hardly wait until EV's become normal.
The demand increase from EVs isn't as much as you think. There is a lot of slack in demand at night, the prime time that EVs would be charging - so production can easily be ramped up, and a lot of excess solar production during the day that may not be used up right now. Our power grid isn't at full tilt 24/7.Then the price of electricity will soar to match the increased demand...
I've driven a FWD-only sedan my whole life. You don't need AWD or a 4x4 for snow in most parts of the country. You don't need an SUV for a family of 2.5 (I grew up with 2 siblings: my parents only ever had sedans). Americans have bought into a weird fantasy that they need these land barges - a fantasy fueled by very effective auto advertising and cheap gas.Went from 3.51 to 4.19 in 5 days. I keep hoping Americans will change their habits when gas shocks occur, but they don't. They just complain about how expensive is it to refill their 4 wheel drive, 19 MPG gas-guzzler, when they never tow anything and never see snow.
