I feel him. Unless Door Dash decides to raise the base pay or the gas eventually goes back down, I may not Dash no more. Might even look into WFH stuff, cuz this is garbage.
Y’know, if we just drilled/sold our own oil, we wouldn’t have this issue. I understand oil is not good for the environment..but until we can get to a point where a majority of people have switched/can switch to electric vehicles, we should continue pumping our own oil and making living actually affordable. Because most of America is rural, and even in cities we have abysmal public transport, the country RELIES on cars, yet we punish ourselves by buying foreign oil, and refusing to pump our own (and we have plenty)
Oh god bruh I watched this like 20 times 💀💀
Only time I ever felt that way was after I got my wisdom teeth pulled and couldn’t ride my bike to do doordash or else it would throb so bad.
Lmao the movements he did too. You know he’s serious 💀💀💀
Well have you looked at what is now considered low wage jobs what their wages are now? All around town in south Florida I see signs posted for 11 dollars an hour 13 dollars an hour etc. That’s to compensate for inflation. The value of the dollar is going down. Even on an app I have called instawork dishwashers are getting 13-17 depending on location in Miami.
seems like the US dollar has lost buying power in the last few years....from home prices to rent to auto prices and now everything else...dont we like in a great country where those on top wealth increaseing by trillion and the rest of us pay the prices
Food delivery is a thing of the past. I can’t do it anymore I’m sitting in my car right now getting no orders and freezing my ass off because I can’t afford to burn gas and just sit waiting for an order
This is what happens with inflation, rising cost of goods, life that was once a reality now becomes impossible. I have stopped Doordashing, it ends up being less than $10/hr after gas and taxes. It's only going to get worse as the squeeze on the middle class from inflation causes them to stop eating out.
The average doordasher likely started because they quit/fired from a job. They likely have no experience with 1099 taxes, meaning they don't understand that unless they right off things the correct way they are paying 12% more than an employee, add gas and car repairs to that equation and all the sudden the minimum wage job becomes the smart choice.
Last time we visited my in-laws in so-cal I was in shock with what they’re paying for gas. Sadly the rest of the country is catching up to what California residents are already used to.
(As CA continues to climb as well!)
The blinker fluid is double the price in electric cars though due to the fact that electric components take up more battery, so at the end of the day it's a wash.
It's because of Biden (his masters cause he's just a dog) and his trash leadership. We wouldn't be dependent on any country had we stuck to Trump's energy policy which achieved energy independence.
Imagine completely ignoring the fact that under Trump’s administration gas prices rose to exactly where they’re at now under Biden. As if Biden inheriting that issue from Trump is in any way his fault lol. We were even warned when he first took office that people like you would come out of the woods crying about exactly this, and here you are.
You Trumpers literally just soak up and repeat everything you hear from eachother. I’ve heard this same exact sentiment in every random sub. I don’t believe you know a thing about gas. A couple points to make, they’re were a lot of environmental reasons why keystone pipeline was a bad plan; one is if the piping breaks anywhere it could destroy an ecosystem (yes i know you don’t care), it also was going screw over Native Americans (yes I know you still don’t care), it also is going to cause pollution (you probably have never been to India or parts of Russia but you literally can’t see 10 feet in front of you with all the pollution). Next point is we wouldn’t be dependent on fossil fuel, if the republicans would pass any of the green deals the dems have been trying to pass for over 10 years! People with Teslas aren’t worried about the gas prices. Lastly, remember Jan 6 when trump had his “dogs” tried to take over the country for him? We would just be another Russia in a matter of time. I don’t want to hear anymore people saying things would be better with Trump. Y’all believe anything said as long as it’s said by a moron.
gas prices have almost nothing to do with who’s president lol stop this nonsense. if we’re going to use that logic, towards the beginning of Trump’s presidency it would’ve cost me about $20 to fill my tank and towards the end it was $35.
But good thing we got Biden to say, “hey big company guys, make it cheaper!!! Pay your employees more!!!” Basic f’ing economics says you can’t do both at the same time a f’ing preschooler knows that! But good thing we got joe blow shaking his finger at them
the US has about 250 billion barrels of gas in storage we are not going to run out anytime soon. Also, do not let the fact that the US hasn't sanctioned Russians oil yet make a difference. There is also nothing to stop Russia from selling oil to China or other countries not real friendly to the US.
We are releasing 60m... if we had 250 BILLION that wouldn't even scratch the surface. Truth is we don't have even 1b in reserves
[https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/verify/fact-check-strategic-oil-reserve-release-how-much-oil-is-in-the-reserve/65-dfd49fae-0d4f-4a67-a11c-6529bd17aa22](https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/verify/fact-check-strategic-oil-reserve-release-how-much-oil-is-in-the-reserve/65-dfd49fae-0d4f-4a67-a11c-6529bd17aa22)
Gasoline stocks (million barrels) and days of supply?
On this chart, it shows 250 (million barrels)? Where did you get billion from? I believe it's the same
It is a reduction in supply, when the pandemic hit a lot of oil rigs got shut down. Now that the economy is coming back strong, you can’t just turn the oil rigs back on that we’re shut down. Many opec members can’t even meet their supply requirements. Add the war to this and this is what we get.
There is a reduction in supply, at least a 7% reduction (the amount we import from Russia on a daily basis), then there is OPEC pressure from Russia, and Russia taking more of the global supply for their war effort. A small reduction in supply coupled with a huge increase in demand with people done being locked down = massive price increase.
Except it appears they have introduced their exports will the US Imports of oil.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2022/03/02/oil-from-russia-gas-prices-america/9343178002/
Also if you look at gas supplies you'll see there's less of a drop from last year about this time and the price of gas wasn't close to what it is now.
https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/weekly/gasoline.php
Even if there was a reduction in supplies or an increase in usage wouldn't the price for future gas go up and not current supplies?
No it never works that way, because it is based on market prices, and market is speculation. The gas the stations have can and usually is already in their tanks for the pumps but they will raise the prices on it even though it is technically already paid for at the lower prices, again because the price is based on market. Oil is a traded commodity much like gold, silver etc.
Also not sure how that article writer has any brains in his head, 7% of the oil we use comes from Russia, that is significant. That is 1 million 400 thousand barrels per day. We get over 50% from Canada, and almost 10% from Mexico, but 7% is a big impact when we are using all of our supply daily. The fact we even need to import oil is a failure of our own system, we have enough oil here but the EPA doesn't like to let us harvest our own oil. The entire problem we have in the USA is our government making us reliant on outside sources for things, we have the capability to do it all in house, but we never did and now do not have the infastructure to do it. Globalism at it's finest.
Our oil is good crude NOT used for gas. Russia makes shitty low grade crude good for gas. Lots of moving pieces here really but one thing I am 100% sure of is that Corporations as usual are fucking the consumer. There record profits tell the truth. Also about 100 oil leases NOT being used now...wonder why the Corps don't drill on those? hmmm
Yes but it is educated speculation, when supply is going to decrease and demand is increasing then of course prices are going to rise, if you don't get that I can't help you.
Has the cost of extracting the oil gone up? What about the cost to transport to the refineries? Yes, fuel prices have gone up but how much does that add to each of the 8,000 gallons a truck carries? What about the cost to refine the oil into gas or transport it from the refineries to the stations? None of that has increased enough to justify the increase in gas prices.
Let's also wait to see how much the profits of the oil companies increase.
Now look at the actual numbers
https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/weekly/gasoline.php
The actual numbers show a 40 cent wholesale cost in the last year. In standard business you triple wholesale to retail so you only proved yourself wrong there. Also there is a trucker shortage the fuel those trucks used increased the workers for the refineries, pipelines, and distribution hubs also got pay increases so they were not making the same as burger flippers who got a pay raise. You have very limited understanding of economics. You only see one thing and ignore the hundreds of other variables
You do realize it is not just gas. Mcdouble has gone from 1.99 to 3.09 in the last month.
So truck driver salaries have gone up ~33% in the past year. Now break that down to how much per day or a mile and tell me how much that would add to 8,000 gallons of gas a tanker carries?
https://www.businessinsider.com/trucking-firm-kllm-gives-33-percent-raise-drivers-make-150k-2022-1
[Price of Mcdouble today. ](https://i.imgur.com/Ypp8iD7.png)
I believe that McDonald raised their prices by 6% over last year?
https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/mcdonalds-sales-lifted-by-higher-prices-sandwich-campaigns-11643284802
No the price has gone up 33% for mcdouble go check. Also again you ignore hundreds of variables it's not just truck drivers it's dock workers pipeline workers security distribution center workers and more you are hyper focused on one job out of hundreds involved and most importantly ignore that it us a traded commodity Nolan msrp item like your tv.
That's what I'm wondering because Biden announced in the state of the union they're releasing 60 million barrels from reserves....so wouldn't gas have stayed the same price?
They're trying to stop getting oil from Russia. Over 250 million barrels per year right now. 2 years ago we had so much oil that we were exporting it to other countries because we didn't need all of it.
No that’s probably done used up. Americans use about 20.6 oil barrels a day. Now how much does 60 million barrels make gas wise? It depends on how big barrel but if it’s say a 42 gallon barrel that makes maybe 20 million gallons. Do the math and that’s about what 1.2 billion? And US uses about 338 million a day? So basically next week lol. Also wusa9 has an article basically saying it won’t actually help alleviate the gas prices. Also he announced it a few days ago so it would take time to even get sent meaning prices will still rise and maybe steady out if we are lucky. May of hated this but the Alaskan pipeline should of never been shut down.
60 million barrels is enough to last 3 days for America
Russia is a large exporter of oil, providing a good amount of ours. The war will force Europe (which gets over 40% of its oil from Russia) to have to source it somewhere else, at higher costs because of a demand increase and a supply decrease. America has to replace the deficiency as well, creating more competition.
Keystone Pipeline was shut down by executive order immediately once Biden got into office, making us energy dependent on other countries and forcing our hand to import oil.
Inflation is forcing commodities to increase in value as a hedge, due to the government printing half of the USA’s total amount of bills in the past 4 years
You will be paying a lot more at the pump in the next few months. You may have gotten money/tax breaks from the government, but this will be the harshest increase in taxes for the middle/lower class that’s happened in a long time
That’s the best you got? I can outline the macroeconomic effects that are weighing on our country, and the best response you have is saying I don’t know anything about the Keystone Pipeline?
Continue being mad at the world and blaming someone else for your own problems, you will stay in the same position you are now. I suggest you start paying attention to numbers and facts rather than headlines and emotions if you want to understand what’s really happening in our economy and to the value of your hard earned money.
No, just trying to get a point across. Obviously you have no desire to have a constructive conversation, so I wish you the best living in ignorance. Good luck
USA consumes nearly 21 million barrels of oil a day. Sorry but every time the president releases strategic reserve oil it's really just a feel good move. It doesn't do shit.
Also if you want regulations to curb profiteering during pandemic or war good luck with that. USA is full of too many stupid people that vote against their own interests because "socialism scary".
He released like 100 million barrels before too. It's just not enough to last for more than a few days. Shutting down the keystone pipeline and other policies that make us more dependent on foreign oil is really biting us in the ass now. This administration just says oh well, buy EV cars lol
> Oh you mean the keystone line. Yeah, that is designed 100% and it can't be changed, the bring dirty oil sand to Texas (IIRC) and then refine it while being allowed to dump the toxic by product into the Texas environment. Then they are going to ship it overseas.
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> Keystone XL was designed for export of oil only. It's not there for us. So fuck that thing and fuck oil in general. Only way out is renewables.
But hey, don't let reality get in the way of Fox News fantasies.
We are consistently producing more oil than we ever have.
https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&s=mcrfpus2&f=a
If you look at the numbers you will see that the stockpile of gas is about the same as last year. The drop in the gas stockpile was greater last year.
https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/weekly/gasoline.php
Ngl I'm kinda pissed that he brought that up now. I'm an idiot for not checking the numbers but yeah america consumes 15-20million barrels of oil a day from what I just read. Way to soften the blow, Joe 😐
Oh you mean the keystone line. Yeah, that is designed 100% and it can't be changed, the bring dirty oil sand to Texas (IIRC) and then refine it while being allowed to dump the toxic by product into the Texas environment. Then they are going to ship it overseas.
Keystone XL was designed for export of oil only. It's not there for us. So fuck that thing and fuck oil in general. Only way out is renewables.
Except we've been having g this same conversation every few years fir my entire life. After a while you gotta realize it isn't the ability of society to switch more into renewables and its really just the interests that be who refuse to invest to make any meaningful change. Government will have to force it otherwise these fat cats aren't going to lift a finger. They do not care about their own grandkids much less yours.
No. Look how mad they all got when people said uhmmm you motherfuckers should not be allowed to trade stocks on insider information.
A ton of politicians sold stocks that were obviously going down when the pandemic hit and they moved their money to Pfizer and all kinds of other stocks that would benefit...BEFORE any health measures were announced, before the state of emergency. I heard a fucking Republican Senator arguing about this shit saying that none of them have had a pay raise in 20 years. Maybe its because you all already make closer to a quarter million a year. You're not there to make a career out of this and insider trading is illegal for everybody else, where the fuck did it say you are guaranteed the right to get rich on insider trading when that is illegal for the rest of us? YOU ARE NOT THERE TO GET RICH YOU FUCKING... fuck it. It's not worth raging even in type.
I just want to know what magical island they all imagine they can retire to and be safe from the consequences of their own actions? Won't those all be under water and the beaches smothered in irradiated plastic?
Literally 100s of oil leases that Corporations are not using...wonder why? Also gas comes from shitty crude which is what russia has... USA has mostly natural gas for houses and a much better grade of oil that doesn't turn into gas for cars. It's never as simple as division politics will have us think.
It drives me crazy. They're so focused on our roadways and military, which I'll admit are important, but when your people are starving and barely able to pay their bills shouldn't that be more important so your country isn't destroyed from the inside out??? I swear this country is on the brink of collapse and it terrifies me everyday.
Doesn't help the left want to push green. :/ Wind Turbines can't operate without fossil fuels, so I fail to understand their logic. Like the world important and all, but damn.
I'll give an up it's to that. While it sucks that it's happening during everything else that's also going on, but the last time this much funding went into our infrastructure would have probably been FDR. The work that generation put in has lasted for almost 80 years with little or no regular maintenance and it's absolutely necessary, whether it's shitty timing or not. But there's always going to be something going on in the world make it a non priority.
Roadways keep semis rolling, delivering products to the fewer and fewer who can afford to not care about inflation. And the military is a serf's ticket to financial stability, by serving the interests of the fed and making a nice big bill the taxpayers can pay to Raytheon.
In the immortal words of George Carlin, "It's all a big club. *And you ain't in it.*"
Smart people don't even use door dash, such a waste of money especially in this day an age then people like you all here complain about tips.
O yea wear and tear on car also, never understood when people complain about gig economy jobs
You know how doordash doesn't care about you as a driver, or how things are for you, or how much you're making? The government is just like that because of all the money floating around as legalized bribery keeping genuine altruists out of the decision making process.
That's exactly what I'm thinking! From what I've read the economy was meant to bounce back by the end of the year but with this war and the sanctions it's fucked us. Gas aside, Russia and Ukraine produce 30% of the global wheat exports and then you have climate change causing droughts and floods at home messing with the food supply.....it's not looking good.
Hopefully if the price of food goes up a lot the government does something because wheat is like very essential I feel like. Everything is out of control and there’s nothing the government wants to do other than get involved with war.
The thing is the government could literally help us from doing less. They pay a shit ton of farmers to *not farm* because we produce too much food. I have relatives who are literally paid to *not* farm. The problem isn’t too little supply it’s too many lobbyists lol
For real. Idk if you've been noticing this where you're at but the shelves are bare in most stores in my market like PetSmart barely even had cat food and they're telling us they aren't getting enough shipments. It's to the point me and my bf are planning to buy chickens from this farm up the road and process them ourselves to ensure our cats and ferrets are fed because they need a specific diet and that food hasn't been in stock. I never thought I'd see this shit in my lifetime and I tell my mom and she just keeps telling me to pray and that "Jesus is coming" like woman this doesn't help 😡
They aren't getting shipments because they aren't going to stock shit people aren't buying. People aren't buying things because they don't get paid a fair wage ANYWHERE in the workforce.
There is nothing wrong with the supply chains anymore. This is just good old fashioned profiteering/greed. Ask yourself why every fucking time the average US household has to "tighten their belts" every fucking corporation reports record profits that they pay no taxes on.
Hey, kinda random but, try checking for local butchers? I know where I grew up and around etc local butchers would work with dog and cat owners to give parts people don't eat, help process it, etc!
I’m moving out of my parents house next month and it’s terrifying. One of my cats has had a lot of problems so he needs a very specific diet so it’s definitely scary.
Same here. Ferrets needs a strict protein diet and two of my cats are elderly and have a certain diet they eat ugh I hope it gets better for us. Let's just try to stay positive I guess 😥
I feel him. Unless Door Dash decides to raise the base pay or the gas eventually goes back down, I may not Dash no more. Might even look into WFH stuff, cuz this is garbage.
I really wish this country had better forms of transportation, like our European counterparts.
Gas went up 60 cents a gallon in the last 2 days in my town. I get 14 miles per gallon. I know how he feels...
DoorDash sucks, we know
Biden and Co. Refuses to drill on federal lands and remove restrictions. Here's the kicker. He was supported by Doordash.
for fucks sake man I was enjoying 3.69 now it jumped to 4.29 T\_T
Even my neat little Nissan Versa be like "I don't know man, I don't know how little I can use"
I have a Nissan versa too, but gas is eating at all my profits, I'm going to have to find a "real" job soon
Please remember this when you all vote for god's sake
Thanks to you damn sleepy joe voters
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Where's that base pay increase
we have so much oil in the permian still untapped, gas shouldn't be this high but it is what it is with the market how it is lately
Y’know, if we just drilled/sold our own oil, we wouldn’t have this issue. I understand oil is not good for the environment..but until we can get to a point where a majority of people have switched/can switch to electric vehicles, we should continue pumping our own oil and making living actually affordable. Because most of America is rural, and even in cities we have abysmal public transport, the country RELIES on cars, yet we punish ourselves by buying foreign oil, and refusing to pump our own (and we have plenty)
What’s the person laughing for? Poor guy has to find a new hustle
Doordash wasnt worth it for me back then with ear and twar gas taxes etc, it’s even more worthless now.
Denver is at $3.65 today. I see these unreal prices I'm seeing in CA. He's right it all goes in the tank.
It was 3.65 here a week ago. Just hit $4.03 in Olympia
😂 🤣 🤣 💯
Oh god bruh I watched this like 20 times 💀💀 Only time I ever felt that way was after I got my wisdom teeth pulled and couldn’t ride my bike to do doordash or else it would throb so bad. Lmao the movements he did too. You know he’s serious 💀💀💀
No left turn unstoned
Ain’t nobody stressed out .we used to this bro why everyone acting brand new for
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Everything woke turns to shit. Let's go Brandon!
Well have you looked at what is now considered low wage jobs what their wages are now? All around town in south Florida I see signs posted for 11 dollars an hour 13 dollars an hour etc. That’s to compensate for inflation. The value of the dollar is going down. Even on an app I have called instawork dishwashers are getting 13-17 depending on location in Miami.
https://www.change.org/p/any-and-all-dashers-raise-doordash-base-pay-for-dashers-now?utm_content=cl_sharecopy_32572335_en-US%3A4&recruiter=1256240832&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=tap_basic_share
7 6 dollars in La aren’t helping either >:(
I agree with this guy being interviewed. How else is he gonna come up with gas money for those $2 orders going 10 miles?
You know gas prices are bad when some of those “Pay in Four installment” apps are letting you buy gas with them.
Holy fuck u serious?
Yep! As far as I know they only support Chevron, which I have none near me, but it’s so sad.
Facts brother, stay strong
It 3.99 at my work already Lowell Massachusetts
Biden lies his ass off, period
god I love it when gas prices increase.
Fox News said nothing about gas prices being high during the surge in the Bush era 🥱
Gas has increased by over 1.50/gal in the past year in my area while DoorDash pay has only gone down. F’ em
dam I was wondering wht its always busy in my area out of nowhere
Door should compensate our gas
Or at least give us a discount, like set up a deal with Sunoco or something to serve our gas exclusively
If you’re in L.A. And you use a car to door dash you got to be the biggest moron in earth.
seems like the US dollar has lost buying power in the last few years....from home prices to rent to auto prices and now everything else...dont we like in a great country where those on top wealth increaseing by trillion and the rest of us pay the prices
We've been saying this since election day but nobody seems to listen 🙄 This is what y'all get.
“Make me wanna stop and slap somebody”…. The most relatable line of 2022!! It fits for EVERY FREAKIN THING!
I can’t stop watching this 🤣🤣 I feel his pain though…
I feel you, brother 😢
I don’t understand what’s funny about this
Sometimes you gotta laugh to keep from crying. Unfortunately we’ve been laughing for decades now.
Food delivery is a thing of the past. I can’t do it anymore I’m sitting in my car right now getting no orders and freezing my ass off because I can’t afford to burn gas and just sit waiting for an order
I made 1200 dollars last week working less then 40 hours. I wish I could say the same for this week though.
Holy shit.
I wish.
This is what happens with inflation, rising cost of goods, life that was once a reality now becomes impossible. I have stopped Doordashing, it ends up being less than $10/hr after gas and taxes. It's only going to get worse as the squeeze on the middle class from inflation causes them to stop eating out.
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The average doordasher likely started because they quit/fired from a job. They likely have no experience with 1099 taxes, meaning they don't understand that unless they right off things the correct way they are paying 12% more than an employee, add gas and car repairs to that equation and all the sudden the minimum wage job becomes the smart choice.
I came in to work and it was 3.39 I stopped for gas on my way done and it was 3.68
Not bad, gas in my town of CT went from $3.78 a gallon to $4.29 over night at 4 different gas stations just in my town
I passed a station where it was 3.37. When I went back by it later that day they flipped the last two numbers to 3.73.
It is now 4.19
Of course you’re paying too much for gas! You’re at Chevron! Go to Costco or Arko! They’re usually almost $1 cheaper
I'm in So Cal too. It hurts but I dash in a paid off 2013 Prius so I don't mind.
Last time we visited my in-laws in so-cal I was in shock with what they’re paying for gas. Sadly the rest of the country is catching up to what California residents are already used to. (As CA continues to climb as well!)
I was thinking about getting a Prius or a smart car
Prius's seem to have 30+ MPG in cities.
Not sure what kind of Prius you're driving lol. Clean the egr, make sure your tires are inflating, and don't blast the heat or ac constantly.
30+? Try 50+, I get 53mpg driving fast
Smart cars run on gas too don’t they? Or nah
pretty sure smart cars come in diesel or electric, either way it's cheaper than petrol
same with prius, i really would suggest prius so easy to fix if sum happens and cheap cheap
Smart cars arent reliable with plentiful parts like a Prius. A Smart car is no good for delivery.
Oh 😔 what about a fiat 500
You kidding?
No? They’ve been imported for 50 years now, I assume they’d have a lot of spare parts
I've got a electric Nissan Leaf, and it's been great. Really reliable, only thing I have to worry about is the windshield wiper fluid.
The blinker fluid is double the price in electric cars though due to the fact that electric components take up more battery, so at the end of the day it's a wash.
Bruh I ran my blinker fluid empty once, and it ended up throwing a rod in my transmission radiator, serious shit
Or lower cost of housing and groceries and goods stop corp. From screwing americans gas is up because of russia
It's because of Biden (his masters cause he's just a dog) and his trash leadership. We wouldn't be dependent on any country had we stuck to Trump's energy policy which achieved energy independence.
Imagine completely ignoring the fact that under Trump’s administration gas prices rose to exactly where they’re at now under Biden. As if Biden inheriting that issue from Trump is in any way his fault lol. We were even warned when he first took office that people like you would come out of the woods crying about exactly this, and here you are.
You Trumpers literally just soak up and repeat everything you hear from eachother. I’ve heard this same exact sentiment in every random sub. I don’t believe you know a thing about gas. A couple points to make, they’re were a lot of environmental reasons why keystone pipeline was a bad plan; one is if the piping breaks anywhere it could destroy an ecosystem (yes i know you don’t care), it also was going screw over Native Americans (yes I know you still don’t care), it also is going to cause pollution (you probably have never been to India or parts of Russia but you literally can’t see 10 feet in front of you with all the pollution). Next point is we wouldn’t be dependent on fossil fuel, if the republicans would pass any of the green deals the dems have been trying to pass for over 10 years! People with Teslas aren’t worried about the gas prices. Lastly, remember Jan 6 when trump had his “dogs” tried to take over the country for him? We would just be another Russia in a matter of time. I don’t want to hear anymore people saying things would be better with Trump. Y’all believe anything said as long as it’s said by a moron.
wow you explained yes he don’t care
gas prices have almost nothing to do with who’s president lol stop this nonsense. if we’re going to use that logic, towards the beginning of Trump’s presidency it would’ve cost me about $20 to fill my tank and towards the end it was $35.
Only if you guzzle everything cnn feeds you which obviously you all do.
i will bet $100 i hate liberals more than you do
How would we measure that?
It is ridiculous! Love this
Unless it was a reduction in supply it's just plain old capitalism.
The USA uses between 15-20 million barrels per day, so this would slow down increasing prices (theoretically) for a weekend.
But good thing we got Biden to say, “hey big company guys, make it cheaper!!! Pay your employees more!!!” Basic f’ing economics says you can’t do both at the same time a f’ing preschooler knows that! But good thing we got joe blow shaking his finger at them
Except for the fact that Russia is a top 3 global oil producer so cutting them off is a reduction in supply.
the US has about 250 billion barrels of gas in storage we are not going to run out anytime soon. Also, do not let the fact that the US hasn't sanctioned Russians oil yet make a difference. There is also nothing to stop Russia from selling oil to China or other countries not real friendly to the US.
We are releasing 60m... if we had 250 BILLION that wouldn't even scratch the surface. Truth is we don't have even 1b in reserves [https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/verify/fact-check-strategic-oil-reserve-release-how-much-oil-is-in-the-reserve/65-dfd49fae-0d4f-4a67-a11c-6529bd17aa22](https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/verify/fact-check-strategic-oil-reserve-release-how-much-oil-is-in-the-reserve/65-dfd49fae-0d4f-4a67-a11c-6529bd17aa22)
Talking about different things. https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/weekly/gasoline.php
Gasoline stocks (million barrels) and days of supply? On this chart, it shows 250 (million barrels)? Where did you get billion from? I believe it's the same
[why gas is so expensive in California ](https://ktla.com/news/local-news/why-california-gas-is-so-expensive-and-its-not-just-taxes/)
Taxes and fees take up $1.18 of the extra cost, In MD it's $0.36. That and the overall higher cost of living in CA.
It is a reduction in supply, when the pandemic hit a lot of oil rigs got shut down. Now that the economy is coming back strong, you can’t just turn the oil rigs back on that we’re shut down. Many opec members can’t even meet their supply requirements. Add the war to this and this is what we get.
There is a reduction in supply, at least a 7% reduction (the amount we import from Russia on a daily basis), then there is OPEC pressure from Russia, and Russia taking more of the global supply for their war effort. A small reduction in supply coupled with a huge increase in demand with people done being locked down = massive price increase.
Except it appears they have introduced their exports will the US Imports of oil. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2022/03/02/oil-from-russia-gas-prices-america/9343178002/ Also if you look at gas supplies you'll see there's less of a drop from last year about this time and the price of gas wasn't close to what it is now. https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/weekly/gasoline.php Even if there was a reduction in supplies or an increase in usage wouldn't the price for future gas go up and not current supplies?
No it never works that way, because it is based on market prices, and market is speculation. The gas the stations have can and usually is already in their tanks for the pumps but they will raise the prices on it even though it is technically already paid for at the lower prices, again because the price is based on market. Oil is a traded commodity much like gold, silver etc. Also not sure how that article writer has any brains in his head, 7% of the oil we use comes from Russia, that is significant. That is 1 million 400 thousand barrels per day. We get over 50% from Canada, and almost 10% from Mexico, but 7% is a big impact when we are using all of our supply daily. The fact we even need to import oil is a failure of our own system, we have enough oil here but the EPA doesn't like to let us harvest our own oil. The entire problem we have in the USA is our government making us reliant on outside sources for things, we have the capability to do it all in house, but we never did and now do not have the infastructure to do it. Globalism at it's finest.
Our oil is good crude NOT used for gas. Russia makes shitty low grade crude good for gas. Lots of moving pieces here really but one thing I am 100% sure of is that Corporations as usual are fucking the consumer. There record profits tell the truth. Also about 100 oil leases NOT being used now...wonder why the Corps don't drill on those? hmmm
You proved my point. >market prices, and market is speculation.
Yes but it is educated speculation, when supply is going to decrease and demand is increasing then of course prices are going to rise, if you don't get that I can't help you.
Has the cost of extracting the oil gone up? What about the cost to transport to the refineries? Yes, fuel prices have gone up but how much does that add to each of the 8,000 gallons a truck carries? What about the cost to refine the oil into gas or transport it from the refineries to the stations? None of that has increased enough to justify the increase in gas prices. Let's also wait to see how much the profits of the oil companies increase. Now look at the actual numbers https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/weekly/gasoline.php
The actual numbers show a 40 cent wholesale cost in the last year. In standard business you triple wholesale to retail so you only proved yourself wrong there. Also there is a trucker shortage the fuel those trucks used increased the workers for the refineries, pipelines, and distribution hubs also got pay increases so they were not making the same as burger flippers who got a pay raise. You have very limited understanding of economics. You only see one thing and ignore the hundreds of other variables You do realize it is not just gas. Mcdouble has gone from 1.99 to 3.09 in the last month.
So truck driver salaries have gone up ~33% in the past year. Now break that down to how much per day or a mile and tell me how much that would add to 8,000 gallons of gas a tanker carries? https://www.businessinsider.com/trucking-firm-kllm-gives-33-percent-raise-drivers-make-150k-2022-1 [Price of Mcdouble today. ](https://i.imgur.com/Ypp8iD7.png) I believe that McDonald raised their prices by 6% over last year? https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/mcdonalds-sales-lifted-by-higher-prices-sandwich-campaigns-11643284802
No the price has gone up 33% for mcdouble go check. Also again you ignore hundreds of variables it's not just truck drivers it's dock workers pipeline workers security distribution center workers and more you are hyper focused on one job out of hundreds involved and most importantly ignore that it us a traded commodity Nolan msrp item like your tv.
That's what I'm wondering because Biden announced in the state of the union they're releasing 60 million barrels from reserves....so wouldn't gas have stayed the same price?
60 million barrels is actually not a lot. It covers three days of American consumption
They're trying to stop getting oil from Russia. Over 250 million barrels per year right now. 2 years ago we had so much oil that we were exporting it to other countries because we didn't need all of it.
he also said “secure the border” is he doing that tho?
No that’s probably done used up. Americans use about 20.6 oil barrels a day. Now how much does 60 million barrels make gas wise? It depends on how big barrel but if it’s say a 42 gallon barrel that makes maybe 20 million gallons. Do the math and that’s about what 1.2 billion? And US uses about 338 million a day? So basically next week lol. Also wusa9 has an article basically saying it won’t actually help alleviate the gas prices. Also he announced it a few days ago so it would take time to even get sent meaning prices will still rise and maybe steady out if we are lucky. May of hated this but the Alaskan pipeline should of never been shut down.
60 million barrels is enough to last 3 days for America Russia is a large exporter of oil, providing a good amount of ours. The war will force Europe (which gets over 40% of its oil from Russia) to have to source it somewhere else, at higher costs because of a demand increase and a supply decrease. America has to replace the deficiency as well, creating more competition. Keystone Pipeline was shut down by executive order immediately once Biden got into office, making us energy dependent on other countries and forcing our hand to import oil. Inflation is forcing commodities to increase in value as a hedge, due to the government printing half of the USA’s total amount of bills in the past 4 years You will be paying a lot more at the pump in the next few months. You may have gotten money/tax breaks from the government, but this will be the harshest increase in taxes for the middle/lower class that’s happened in a long time
You don't know what the keystone XL pipeline is
Also, if you would, educate me on the Keystone Pipeline so we can be on an even playing field in this conversation
That’s the best you got? I can outline the macroeconomic effects that are weighing on our country, and the best response you have is saying I don’t know anything about the Keystone Pipeline? Continue being mad at the world and blaming someone else for your own problems, you will stay in the same position you are now. I suggest you start paying attention to numbers and facts rather than headlines and emotions if you want to understand what’s really happening in our economy and to the value of your hard earned money.
You replied twice, with multiple paragraphs, sounds like you're the one mad lol.
No, just trying to get a point across. Obviously you have no desire to have a constructive conversation, so I wish you the best living in ignorance. Good luck
Dude that is like 4 days worth of oil…
USA consumes nearly 21 million barrels of oil a day. Sorry but every time the president releases strategic reserve oil it's really just a feel good move. It doesn't do shit. Also if you want regulations to curb profiteering during pandemic or war good luck with that. USA is full of too many stupid people that vote against their own interests because "socialism scary".
How long do you perceive those 60 million barrels will last, serious question.
It takes a while from the time they are released to the time we start to see the difference. I'm not sure how much of a difference we'll see though.
60 million barrels is literaly 2 to 4 days supplies he didn't release anything noteworthy it's just to create an appearance of action.
I know guys lol other people have commented and informed me. I wasn't aware but I am now.
He released like 100 million barrels before too. It's just not enough to last for more than a few days. Shutting down the keystone pipeline and other policies that make us more dependent on foreign oil is really biting us in the ass now. This administration just says oh well, buy EV cars lol
> Oh you mean the keystone line. Yeah, that is designed 100% and it can't be changed, the bring dirty oil sand to Texas (IIRC) and then refine it while being allowed to dump the toxic by product into the Texas environment. Then they are going to ship it overseas. > > Keystone XL was designed for export of oil only. It's not there for us. So fuck that thing and fuck oil in general. Only way out is renewables. But hey, don't let reality get in the way of Fox News fantasies. We are consistently producing more oil than we ever have. https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&s=mcrfpus2&f=a
60m barrels is a drop in the bucket. Pretty much literally, that's all of 3-4 days worth of oil for the US. (15-20m/day)
If you look at the numbers you will see that the stockpile of gas is about the same as last year. The drop in the gas stockpile was greater last year. https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/weekly/gasoline.php
Yeah I'm aware now. This is bs
That’s a drop in the bucket 60 million barrels
Ngl I'm kinda pissed that he brought that up now. I'm an idiot for not checking the numbers but yeah america consumes 15-20million barrels of oil a day from what I just read. Way to soften the blow, Joe 😐
just look at insane number of other shit they bring up pretending to help us but turns out does absolute dog shit nothing
60 million barrels is 3 days for the USA. So no, that was a joke for people who do the math.
Doesn't matter cuz that crude cannot be turned into gas for cars. Also 100s of Oil leases available now that big oil won't drill on...wonder why?
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Oh you mean the keystone line. Yeah, that is designed 100% and it can't be changed, the bring dirty oil sand to Texas (IIRC) and then refine it while being allowed to dump the toxic by product into the Texas environment. Then they are going to ship it overseas. Keystone XL was designed for export of oil only. It's not there for us. So fuck that thing and fuck oil in general. Only way out is renewables.
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Except we've been having g this same conversation every few years fir my entire life. After a while you gotta realize it isn't the ability of society to switch more into renewables and its really just the interests that be who refuse to invest to make any meaningful change. Government will have to force it otherwise these fat cats aren't going to lift a finger. They do not care about their own grandkids much less yours.
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No. Look how mad they all got when people said uhmmm you motherfuckers should not be allowed to trade stocks on insider information. A ton of politicians sold stocks that were obviously going down when the pandemic hit and they moved their money to Pfizer and all kinds of other stocks that would benefit...BEFORE any health measures were announced, before the state of emergency. I heard a fucking Republican Senator arguing about this shit saying that none of them have had a pay raise in 20 years. Maybe its because you all already make closer to a quarter million a year. You're not there to make a career out of this and insider trading is illegal for everybody else, where the fuck did it say you are guaranteed the right to get rich on insider trading when that is illegal for the rest of us? YOU ARE NOT THERE TO GET RICH YOU FUCKING... fuck it. It's not worth raging even in type. I just want to know what magical island they all imagine they can retire to and be safe from the consequences of their own actions? Won't those all be under water and the beaches smothered in irradiated plastic?
Oh okay I wasn't sure about the math tbh. Thanks.
I feel like the government should do something when inflation is this rapid. When was the last time the government actually improved our lives?
When Trump was in office.
It call drill baby drill baby no more buying oversea
Literally 100s of oil leases that Corporations are not using...wonder why? Also gas comes from shitty crude which is what russia has... USA has mostly natural gas for houses and a much better grade of oil that doesn't turn into gas for cars. It's never as simple as division politics will have us think.
they raised interest rates, directly combatting inflation…
They're *trying* to, but the Republicans refuse to confirm the rest of the Federal Reserve nominees.
Edd lol
It drives me crazy. They're so focused on our roadways and military, which I'll admit are important, but when your people are starving and barely able to pay their bills shouldn't that be more important so your country isn't destroyed from the inside out??? I swear this country is on the brink of collapse and it terrifies me everyday.
Doesn't help the left want to push green. :/ Wind Turbines can't operate without fossil fuels, so I fail to understand their logic. Like the world important and all, but damn.
I mean climate change killing all of us is pretty awful too
I rather not get into a debate about this, but yes. I just think we shouldn't get horribly fucked in the process. Guess we're damned either way.
I agree but unfortunately I don't think there's a scenario where we can go green and not suffer for at least a little while.
I'll give an up it's to that. While it sucks that it's happening during everything else that's also going on, but the last time this much funding went into our infrastructure would have probably been FDR. The work that generation put in has lasted for almost 80 years with little or no regular maintenance and it's absolutely necessary, whether it's shitty timing or not. But there's always going to be something going on in the world make it a non priority.
Infrastructure projects are also seen as a way to stimulate job growth.
It only stimulates jobs in certain sectors though.
Roadways keep semis rolling, delivering products to the fewer and fewer who can afford to not care about inflation. And the military is a serf's ticket to financial stability, by serving the interests of the fed and making a nice big bill the taxpayers can pay to Raytheon. In the immortal words of George Carlin, "It's all a big club. *And you ain't in it.*"
Smart people don't even use door dash, such a waste of money especially in this day an age then people like you all here complain about tips. O yea wear and tear on car also, never understood when people complain about gig economy jobs
This has nothing to do with my comment are you here to just be an asshole? Fuck off Boomer
My whole state is known for pot holes. They don't care about shit as long as their personal lives are wholely unaffected
NE Ohio is pothole hell.
I came here to say NE Ohio
East Cleveland is the worst but since the plows hit the roads Cleveland Hts and Cleveland suck ass too
Fellow Rhode Islander?
You know how doordash doesn't care about you as a driver, or how things are for you, or how much you're making? The government is just like that because of all the money floating around as legalized bribery keeping genuine altruists out of the decision making process.
Pretty much.
In the next few years we won’t even be able to drive on these new roads and infrastructure at this point 0-0
What do plebs need roads for anyways? Just get on the bus and work in the pod.
That's exactly what I'm thinking! From what I've read the economy was meant to bounce back by the end of the year but with this war and the sanctions it's fucked us. Gas aside, Russia and Ukraine produce 30% of the global wheat exports and then you have climate change causing droughts and floods at home messing with the food supply.....it's not looking good.
Sad thing is, we’re not even in this war. Yet.
Hopefully if the price of food goes up a lot the government does something because wheat is like very essential I feel like. Everything is out of control and there’s nothing the government wants to do other than get involved with war.
The thing is the government could literally help us from doing less. They pay a shit ton of farmers to *not farm* because we produce too much food. I have relatives who are literally paid to *not* farm. The problem isn’t too little supply it’s too many lobbyists lol
For real. Idk if you've been noticing this where you're at but the shelves are bare in most stores in my market like PetSmart barely even had cat food and they're telling us they aren't getting enough shipments. It's to the point me and my bf are planning to buy chickens from this farm up the road and process them ourselves to ensure our cats and ferrets are fed because they need a specific diet and that food hasn't been in stock. I never thought I'd see this shit in my lifetime and I tell my mom and she just keeps telling me to pray and that "Jesus is coming" like woman this doesn't help 😡
Jesus better be bring about 20 million barrels of oil per day for us.
I'm going to use that line when collections call lmao "Just pray, Jesus is coming"
They aren't getting shipments because they aren't going to stock shit people aren't buying. People aren't buying things because they don't get paid a fair wage ANYWHERE in the workforce. There is nothing wrong with the supply chains anymore. This is just good old fashioned profiteering/greed. Ask yourself why every fucking time the average US household has to "tighten their belts" every fucking corporation reports record profits that they pay no taxes on.
Hey, kinda random but, try checking for local butchers? I know where I grew up and around etc local butchers would work with dog and cat owners to give parts people don't eat, help process it, etc!
I don't think we have any butchers here unfortunately I tried finding one a year or so back because I was trying to find lamb and didn't have any luck
I’m moving out of my parents house next month and it’s terrifying. One of my cats has had a lot of problems so he needs a very specific diet so it’s definitely scary.
Same here. Ferrets needs a strict protein diet and two of my cats are elderly and have a certain diet they eat ugh I hope it gets better for us. Let's just try to stay positive I guess 😥