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

victorz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

Gas price is only more expensive.

Diesel is $8.30 here now.

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CADmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
How long is your commute

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- victorz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  20 min bike ride. Also I don’t use gasoline or diesel, I have an EV.
  
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  - CADmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    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.
    
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    victorz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    
    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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