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sanitation@lemmy.today to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago

US diesel prices hit a record high, pushing up transportation costs for a long list of goods

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US diesel prices hit a record high, pushing up transportation costs for a long list of goods

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sanitation@lemmy.today to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago
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Diesel has hit a record price in the U.S., soaring to an average of $5.85 a gallon for the first time.
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  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    “…for a long list of goods.”

    You mean like anything that traveled a mile on a truck?

    • CADmonkey@lemmy.world
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      Or was planted/harvested by a tractor.

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    Datacentres run on diesel generators when the grid cannot provide enough power.

    This is why diesel is so expensive.

    • JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz
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      Also. Also the war and insider trading - you know the regular capitalism stuff.

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        There is nothing “regular” about the current unregulated capitalism going on in the US at the moment.

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          So the shitty trading and deals are your pet peeve but not the attack on foreign oil producers.

          The great pumpkin SANK 3 tankers last week. Not hijacked or shot at. But sank. Huge ecological disasters. This is all voluntary.

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    Goods? Expensive

    Workers rights? Removed

    Environment? Fucked

    Libs? Owned

    • SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org
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      Boots? Licked

    • jaschen306@sh.itjust.works
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      Everyone owned. FIFY

      • huppakee@lemmy.world
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        Trump made a few hundred million with insider trading so not literally everyone.

  • Victor@lemmy.world
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    $4.43 per gallon is still only ⅔ of the price as in Northern Europe right now lol. But I guess we’re better off to pay for it? Less dependent on it? I dunno. I have an EV so it’s whatever for me, personally.

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      Ah, I went by the image. Okay, $5.85 is still about ¾ of the price. 😄

      • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
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        Hasn’t been that cheap in months in California. Diesel has been $7 a gallon since February

        • Victor@lemmy.world
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          Still less than 75 % of the maximum price of gasoline here during the pandemic in combination with the Ukraine war. 😅

          Diesel is $8.30/gallon here now.

          • CADmonkey@lemmy.world
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            How long is your commute

            • Victor@lemmy.world
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              20 min bike ride. Also I don’t use gasoline or diesel, I have an EV.

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                So your commute is a fraction of a commute in the US.

                Here it might be a 30-45 minute ride in a car. One way. Do you see why $5 fuel would be a much larger problem here?

                I have an EV

                Good for you. So do I.

                Everything you own and eat involves a diesel engine somewhere. That is the real problem. People with EV’s have to eat still.

                • Victor@lemmy.world
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                  So your commute is a fraction of a commute in the US.

                  lol what. My commute is that long. Lots of people have longer commutes than 30–45 minutes here too. I’m one person. An anecdote. 😆

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    Their goal is to make life nearly unlivable by elections so they can do something drastic.

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    Which could have been mitigated if the big railroad monopolies had electrified their rail like other large freight railroads but noooo no investment only squeezing profits.

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    I’m sure plenty of diesel users in America voted for trump, so fuck em

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    Winning looks so good

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    Make all the things great, price tags, national debt, his book of crimes and general assholery is great enough to be split into volumes by now…

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    6.29 here

    • Matt The Horwood@lemmy.horwood.cloud
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      That’s nothing, a gallon here would be $31. However in the bland UK, we use litres. Our price is about £1.90 a litre for diesel

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        What math are you using lmao.

        The Pound is not that much more than the Dollar (£1 is $1.35), and a liter is not that much smaller than a gallon (1 gallon is 3.79 liter).

        1 US gallon in the UK would be £7.20 which is $9.73

        To be the equivalent of $31 per gallon, it would need to be £6.05 per liter.

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        1.9 x 3.8 (litre to gallon) x 1,35 (gbp to usd) = $9,75. Still a lot more, but not as high as $31.

        • Matt The Horwood@lemmy.horwood.cloud
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          Turns out I can’t count 😭

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    Just as Chris Wright, Secretary for Energy says that all we need to do is drive less…

    https://www.businessinsider.com/gas-prices-labor-day-iran-war-driving-chris-wright-energy-2026-9

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