• islandcoda42@lemmy.zip
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    3 hours ago

    Your local ambulance and fire rescue’s budget almost just doubled. And mine, my machines all run on diesel which is now 6.49/ gal where I live. A lot of my budgets were written months ago

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      39 minutes ago

      What you’re experiencing is why most other nations in the world are stepping up their adoption of renewable energy and electric vehicles. You can’t plan effectively with this kind of volatility in your energy costs.

      But here in the US it’s far more important for fossil fuel companies to make profits, even if doing so causes a recession.