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.
Its disgusting that I’m telling you that we don’t have good public transportation and have to use our cars more than most people in Europe do?
And in good old freedom land they don’t let us buy the same electric vehicles you have access too. There’s even models of vehicles that run on diesel that get exceptional mileage per gallon (also don’t you guys measure it in litres?) And they won’t let us buy those cars here. Don’t believe me? Search it up on DuckDuckGo. A lot of the best electric vehicles are the same way they have import duties and crap they add to it that the only electric vehicles you can really afford here are Teslas and I’m not going to burn alive in my car with my children.
Another thing, I just drove 9 hours to get back to my state from an out of state work call, guess how many electric charging stations were on the route back? Can you guess? I bet you can, because there weren’t any it was through rural areas that don’t have any of that. There MAY have been one if i went 30 mins out of the way of the route but it wouldn’t have been enough charge to make the trip like that. Making me dependant on a gas vehicle. Sure in YOUR rural areas they decide to throw money at it and put electronic charging stations in but not here. I thought you mentioned how selfish USA was, and you’re surprised they don’t have a charging station on the highways or nice subscription plans for $100 a month that let you charge unlimitedly?
But hey if you can pull strings lmk I’d love to take the train and it not take 6 days to travel two States away here. That would be lovely.
Its “disgusting” that you blame citizens for shit we have zero control over. I’ve written my representatives many times, it doesn’t do any good. I don’t have enough capital to make them start building better infrastructure I can’t make them do it and they don’t listen to us anyway.
No it’s disgusting that you make it sound like an excuse for not driving more efficient cars.
Which is exactly my point, USA is failing on infrastructure, and has been for half a century. Together with everything else that could curb CO2.
OK as an individual right now maybe you can’t do much, the problem is not you as an individual, but the mentality of the US population as a whole.