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Peak average high for unleaded regular was in 2008 at $4.09/gal. That's $6.21 in 2026 dollars. We're not at a record yet.
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That sure was a fun time to graduate college.
I know it's partly because conservative voters pretend to care about the economy, and for whatever reason their primary metrics for judging its health seem to be the price of gas and eggs, but I really wish we could stop framing the destruction we are causing throughout the world solely in terms of how much it now costs us to fill up our cars. It makes me almost hope we see an actual invasion on US soil just so we'll realize that war costs much more than a few extra bucks at the gas pump. That's not a healthy or sustainable attitude for an entire society to have, to say the least.
Need some Trump stickers that say "thanks for the vote sucker". Stick them over the Biden "I did that"
I just paid 4.50 per gallon. Bet it’ll be over 5 tomorrow.
5.79 here in northern Cali. 7.20 for diesel.
The Nytimes is garbage. They haven't broken a single scandal this last year. Think about that. They used to have courage. I s there not a scandal to break now? What changed? The NYTiimes is garbage.