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In Spain, for example, electricity prices remain low thanks to renewable energy. This guy is stupid.
He is not stupid. He is deliberately deceiving his voters.
Why not both?
UK - petrol prices are rising.
Electricity prices are falling because most of our energy is from renewables and british/european gas.
Sucks for me because my car is a petrol one. My wife's is electric and it costs about £4 for her to charge up overnight and that gets her about 250-280 miles of range (£0.01 per mile).
My car costs £55 to fill up for 400 miles per range (£0.13 per mile).
Although my car is cheaper
Edit - changed currency symbol....realise 0.01p isnt the same as 1p....
What car does she have? Mines costing about 2p/mile in summer and a whopping 2.9p/mile in winter
A mini.
I might have the sums wrong, but we are on the octopus EV tariff so electricity is dirt cheap overnight.
Also 0.01p is 1p. Should have put the pound sign instead lol
But yeah, its insane how cheap it is.
The only kicker is her car costs £100 a month in payments more than mine.
It's interesting seeing how mine, ionic 5, compares to others in real life. Only reason I got mine was is was one of the few cars somebody could sit behind me, with seat front seat Ben comfortable for driving.
I've got the first service 40k miles soon, compared to my wife's at 10-12k, but realistically 6k for the oil, stupid HDi diesel engine
She has the Aceman that is 5-door so I think you can sort of fit people in the back seat but it isnt comfortable for tall people. No boot space at all though.
But it is very fun to drive!
"We created an unnecessary serious problem, but it causes more grief for you than for us! So why don't you come help us fix it (at our direction of course)."
Gee, can't guess why that might get some allies p.o.'d....
TIL US imports 97% of crude oil that Canada produces which is 60% of all US crude oil imports.
Allies? I though we made it clear that the us has no allies in this war. Nobody want ww3 only to distract the brainwashed population of an awful pedophile from a list that he will do anything to hide it. At this point they are alone with the mess, deal with it.
Havent noticed any price changes yet. Also whos a bad ally now
The US has allies??
trump has, which is mostly PUTIN AND MSB.
Not after this we won't.
US does not have allies. US & Osreal created the Iran war, US can clean up the mess.
I'm pretty sure he thinks allies of the US are beta males that follow the US alpha male...
Stupid toxic masculinity and their constant attempts to cover up their weakness and insecurities by pretending they are 'real men'. And 'real men' don't have empathy. So they behave like self serving pricks.
Why do people vote baby brained bullies into positions of power?
I’m pretty sure he thinks allies of the US are beta males that follow the US alpha male…
Vance said Trump was "America's Hitler". Before Vance realized that he could get power by supporting Trump.
You seem to be using "he thinks" in the sense "Vance genuinely believes". I am not convinced Vance believes anything, his actions look like pure opportunism.
Before ~~Vance~~ Peter Theil realized that he could get power by [making Vance] support~~ing~~ Trump.
No conservatives believe anything. They say and do whatever helps them in that moment and in the next moment they'll say and do the opposite as long as it helps them. They're animalistic, idiots who only react to things. There's no long term thinking, there's no layered thinking it's just "you think this is bad, so I'm going to say it's good"
The fact that Vance actually said that shows just how shitty of a person he is. If he recognizes the kind of person Trump is and still tries to use him to get into a position of power is scummy af.
Oil / Gas is a global commodity, shipped around the world on tankers. If prices are higher in France, someone will take cheaper oil/gas from the US and ship it to France where they can make more money.
In the short term, maybe the US suffers less. But, in the longer term prices well even out as people will sell wherever they can get the highest profits.
I don't even think we are suffering more. Like my fuel prices have gone up by 10p/litre. I'm seeing Americans pay over $100 to fill their tanks, I paid £60 today, our national debt isn't sitting at 20 odd Trillion and our stock market didn't just lose over $1T. Like everything else with these clowns, the truth is the opposite of what they say it is.
From $3.50/gallon to $5.99/gallon on the west coast in the US. We absolutely are feeling the effects of these stupid actions.
$100 for a tank is relatively normal though. Our tow vehicle has a 36 gallon tank so even $3/gallon gets expensive.
US oil export terminals are operating near 100% capacity. The US can't physically export more than they're doing already. I think that's the main reason for the WTI and Brent gap.
Countries with higher gas taxes are going to have higher prices than the US.
I cannot even begin to parse how he thought any of those words were a good idea, let alone in that order.
This is genuinely one of the dumbest things I have ever heard a human being say. Not only is it ludicrously, hilariously wrong, but even if it wasn't, why would that be a good thing? Why would you want to proudly declare how much you fucked over your allies?! Does he know what the word "ally" means? Do any of them know?
Because punching down is the American ethos. On a macro and a micro level.
That's what allies usually look for, suffering.
Oh, we're just getting started.
Really Just Dumb? The Allies have something called public transportation and high-speed rail. You fucking moron, you could have used the $200 billion to upgrade the entire Northeast Corridor and turned it into a true high-speed rail system and that is just for starters. In the meantime, piss off and take your AmeriKa Last with you.
"That reminds me, I don't like all those trains. I demand that all European nations close their train travel! If you don't do what I tell you, I'll bomb your country, and kill your leaders! I'll do it, you know I will!"
Not only that, but the US can actually bludgeon the blow thanks to its economic advantages via so many foreign investors using its bond markets. An advantage that him and his team are destroying. Remember, they got “yippy” per Trump?
Edit: fucking Apple devices lagging after the last update, which for some reason completely wrecked typing and autocorrect.
+1...Indeed, MAGA will trash the US economy. I'm on my last iPhone and ordered a de-Googled Fairphone. Hope it works out.
does he also have a brainworm now or is he just as dumb? Can he explain like in what correlation does the buildout of greenenergy make one more dependent on oil?
Yep, give loser MAGA some hope that they’re not the bottom of the barrel they really are.
This all just plays into the kind of people they are. “You’re suffering, but look at how much worse that poor asshole over there is suffering. Don’t you feel great!?”
What does it help him when others suffer more? So USA is still suffering, but less? Great for them...
That's the Republican's whole shtick "Vote for us, we'll make those people you don't like hurt worse than we make you hurt"
Ironically investing in renewable energy and EVs is how Europe can increase its energy independence. It's not like they can pump that oil from their ground.
I imagine this war will speed up this conversion even more.