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Just as I predicted in the 2022 predictions thread - https://news.ycombinator.com/context?id=29746942 https://news.ycombinator.com/context?id=29746942 It sucks
by nivenkos 4y ago
Just as I predicted in the 2022 predictions thread - https://news.ycombinator.com/context?id=29746942 https://news.ycombinator.com/context?id=29746942
It sucks as a Europoor. Visiting NY/WA for work when our salary as a senior engineer is like $70k, and the Americans are still complain about paying less than 20% of what we pay for gasoline.
- fulafel 4y agoOil producing places tend to arrange their gas prices this way, and haven't been able to change it even though its obvious decades-known moral problems and cost in human lives wrt the climate.
- recuter 4y agoAverage km driven in the US: 14,000. Average km driven in the EU: 7,000. What you want to compare is percentage of annual income spent on gasoline. Some Americans (California) even pay double compared to Germans and triple compared to French.
- akmarinov 4y agoWell with these prices - how can we drive more :D