National average hit $4.02, according to AAA data, capping an extraordinary rise from $2.98 just a month ago
Average US fuel prices have crossed $4 a gallon for the first time in four years, piling pressure on drivers as Donald Trump’s war on Iran continues to boost oil markets.
The nationwide average climbed to almost $4.02 on Tuesday, according to AAA data, capping an extraordinary rise from $2.98 just a month ago. The fuel price last reached this high in August 2022.
On the west coast, many drivers filling up cars and trucks are grappling with prices far higher than the US average. In California, the average is $5.89 a gallon; in Washington state, the average is $5.35.
Because your government hates you and doesn’t give a shit about public transportation. Americans aren’t victims of anything they didn’t cause themselves.
I forget about the meeting I was in where I decided for it to be that way.
You’re right our government hates us.
We didn’t cause this. We live in an oligarchy. The same way you didn’t cause it if good public transportation exists where you live. Spot on with our government hating us though - goes double for anyone brown or with boobs
These were decisions made nearly a century ago, in the New Deal era. That’s when the foundations for the “Suburban Experiment” were laid. That’s when the FHA was founded and created its first set of guidelines for developers to get loan approval, which “redlined” traditionally-developed areas and gave extreme preference to car-centric designs, like strip malls and cul-de-sac neighborhoods.
👆why are you booing him? He’s right!
There is nothing – not “being a large country,” not “being built for the car” – that makes the US somehow inherently car-centric. We chose this by being too fucking racist and classist to accept living near or riding transit with black and poor people.
There’s a reason why things like single-family zoning laws with large minimum lot sizes started popping up right after laws enforcing segregation got struck down, for example.